define huge. I'm not famous, but have almost 2000 followers.
early adopters probably have an easier time accruing large numbers of followers, as do celebrities, but fame is certainly not a requirement. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Stut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9 Dec 2008, at 18:04, Amir Michail wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM, jstrellner > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> To me, this sounds like MLM, based off of twitter, just slightly > >>> modified. If you want to go this route, why not just say, "if you > >>> follow me, I'll follow you and we'll both get higher numbers. Maybe > >>> you'll like what I have to say too." > >> > >> How do you do this without spamming a huge number of people? Why do > >> you think many people would look at your twitter page to read such a > >> message? > > > > In my experience the best way to get new followers is not to ask for > > them, either directly or through using any service with the sole > > purpose of allowing you to pimp yourself as worth following. If you're > > worth following people will follow. It's then up to you whether you > > reciprocate or not. Personally I look their last few pages and base my > > decision on that. If I'm not interested in that then there's no value > > in my following them. > > How many people has this worked for? From what I understand, people > with a huge number of followers on twitter were already famous before > using twitter. > > Amir > > > > > But that's just the way I see it. > > > > -Stut > > > > -- > > http://stut.net/ > > http://twitter.com/stut > > > >>> > >>> Honestly though, this completely misses the whole point of Twitter. > >>> > >>> On Dec 8, 7:51 pm, "Amir Michail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Waitman Gobble > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Well, if you're like me you don't really need any cheerleaders to > >>>>> fluff you up and get you going. I mean they're nice and all, but > >>>>> stubborn persistence regardless. > >>>> > >>>>> And besides, we'd not have much of this stuff if it weren't for > >>>>> some > >>>>> renegades with stubborn idears. You know, the Internet Cowboys. > >>>>> Guys > >>>>> who would crowbar their ways onto the rooftops of bank hi-rises > >>>>> just > >>>>> to set up satellite dishes and offer wireless internet when most > >>>>> people never even heard of broadband. Or rent a back hoe and chaw > >>>>> through public streets without permit to run copper. Back in the > >>>>> 1990's. Those types. Where would we be now? > >>>> > >>>>> The thing I'm missing in your proposal - I can't see the nookie. I > >>>>> mean, are users getting a higher quality of selection of tweets > >>>>> because you do the Turing exam? Or are they going to get more > >>>>> followers because you have a pool of twitters at the other end > >>>>> waiting > >>>>> for them? (because of the quality of feed). > >>>> > >>>> Suppose you have two twitter users who are each working on a web 2.0 > >>>> startup and would like to increase the number of their twitter > >>>> followers to better their chances of startup success. > >>>> > >>>> They could go to this service to increase their followers. > >>>> > >>>> So in using this service, they find each other. Even though they > >>>> don't necessarily want to increase the number of people they follow, > >>>> they might discover cool tweets that they would like to see anyway. > >>>> > >>>> And so they end up following each other, even though it was not > >>>> their > >>>> intent to follow more people. > >>>> > >>>> Amir > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Not cutting, just trying to understand. > >>>> > >>>>> Waitman > >>>> > >>>>> On Dec 8, 7:11 pm, "Amir Michail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Waitman Gobble > >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>> ... > >>>> > >>>>>>> Anyways, back to the original topic. > >>>> > >>>>>>> I don't understand WHERE these "Them" are going to submit. (re: > >>>>>>> original post). I guess that's what I'm missing. > >>>> > >>>>>>> Waitman > >>>> > >>>>>> At the service using the twitter API that I'm thinking of > >>>>>> building. I > >>>>>> didn't realize this idea was so difficult to understand though. > >>>>>> Maybe > >>>>>> I shouldn't even try... > >>>> > >>>>>> Amir > >>>> > >>>>>>> On Dec 8, 5:54 pm, Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> It's because people who are new, or considered new due to few > >>>>>>>> posts, are > >>>>>>>> automatically put in the moderation queue. > >>>>>>>> spam, which I'm sure > >>>> > >>>>>> --http://b4utweet.comhttp://chatbotgame.comhttp://numbrosia.comhttp > >>>>>> ://t... > >>>> > >>>> --http://b4utweet.comhttp://chatbotgame.comhttp:// > >>>> numbrosia.comhttp://twitter.com/amichail > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://b4utweet.com > >> http://chatbotgame.com > >> http://numbrosia.com > >> http://twitter.com/amichail > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://b4utweet.com > http://chatbotgame.com > http://numbrosia.com > http://twitter.com/amichail >
