how did I accumulate them? by being a participatory member of the community. by tying twitter into my blog and vice versa. by tying twitter into various other social media accounts.
I grew it organically. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > define huge. > > > > I'm not famous, but have almost 2000 followers. > > How did you accumulate this number? How many of them already knew > you? How many people did you follow (without taking away subsequent > "unfollows")? > > Amir > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://b4utweet.com > http://chatbotgame.com > http://numbrosia.com > http://twitter.com/amichail >
