J-Mo Exposes The Cheesy Way To Get Popular On Twitter
How many Twitter friends do you have? It’s really become quite a funny contest lately, and there are variety of ways in which some are increasing their “followers”.
I’m about to hit 1000 followers, and am proud to say I’ve done it the non-cheesy way. However, others are taking the Gorgonzola approach and doing all kinds of silly stuff to appear more popular then they really are.
Here’s today’s number one cheesy way to “appear popular” on Twitter…
Some people have a theory that if someone follows you, you should follow them. That’s okay if that’s how you want to do it. Personally I only follow a small amount of friends.
The reason to keep the amount of people you follow to a small amount can be for a variety of reasons. First, it’s just really distracting sometimes. Secondly, some people consider it a positioning thing. If they were to follow too many people it may look like a desperate attempt to garner a bunch of followers through reciprocal following. It’s a low perceived value! And hey, this game is all about perceptions right?
Following a bunch of people is fine, if that’s what you want to do. Nothing wrong with that at all. But here is where it gets all extra Gouda-ish (another smelly cheese)….
Follow a few thousand people, and get them to follow you. Then, all the sudden go on a massive “Unfollow” spree and delete all those people. Now, it appears like you have 2500 people following you, but you are too cool to do the same. Wow, you are so popular now!
It’s actually a pretty good strategy in a slimy and cheesy sort of way. But, it’s pretty lame if you ask me.
So instead I build my Twitter list the old fashion way, and focus on people that really do want to hear from me instead of gaming a bunch of peeps into following me, then just parsing them from the list.
Is it me, or is this a cheesy strategy? Would love to hear your opinions.
Cheers,
J-Mo
PS: Does anyone ever use these little bookmark thingy’s at the end of blog posts? I’m curious.
PPS: Follow me suckas!… http://www.twitter.com/jasonmoffatt (now that’s straight up Kraft Mac N Cheese style)
