Comments on: Why I "block" on Twitter http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/ Marketing. Social Media. Humanity. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark W. Schaefer http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-19679 Mark W. Schaefer Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:19:00 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-19679 Good addition Robert! Good addition Robert!

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]]> By: Mark W. Schaefer http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-19677 Mark W. Schaefer Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:18:00 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-19677 Glad it was helpful Lorette. Glad it was helpful Lorette.

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]]> By: Lorette Lavine http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-19629 Lorette Lavine Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:34:00 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-19629 Initially I was adamant about blocking and reporting...many times when I do block when I hit their site it has been removed so someone has beaten me to it. After reading this piece I will be much more selective and I will not hesitate to report spam as I see it. Thanks for the info Mark. Initially I was adamant about blocking and reporting…many times when I do block when I hit their site it has been removed so someone has beaten me to it. After reading this piece I will be much more selective and I will not hesitate to report spam as I see it. Thanks for the info Mark.

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]]> By: Robert Dempsey http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-19621 Robert Dempsey Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:07:00 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-19621 One more group I block are the people that reference you via @ and try to send you a link to the same teeth whitening spammy crap. I always block them.  One more group I block are the people that reference you via @ and try to send you a link to the same teeth whitening spammy crap. I always block them. 

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]]> By: heroicboxing http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-5612 heroicboxing Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:37:13 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-5612 Any thoughts on this i observed on my blog guys? What do you guys think is it good information to put on a website? Are you suffering from toothache to your last couple of days? Well, if the answer is inside the affirmative then you have to fix an appointment with your dentist in worcester. Finding a very good dentist can be very a employment but should you stay anywhere close to Worcester, Worcester dentist with good skills and ways can be simply found. Apart from toothache there are many diseases that need dental care. Gingivitis is a disease wherever the gums grow to be inflamed and outcomes in redness and bleeding. One more disease that requirements dentistry is Peroidontitis. In this disease plaque bacterium penetrates among the gums and also the teeth. Therefore anaerobic bacteria establish themselves under the receding gums. Other diseases that need dental attendance are Xerostomia, Halitosis and Canker sores. They also left a link on there that looks like <a href="http://worcesterdentist.shutterfly.com/21" rel="nofollow">Worcester Dentists</a> Any thoughts on this i observed on my blog guys? What do you guys think is it good information to put on a website?

Are you suffering from toothache to your last couple of days? Well, if the answer is inside the affirmative then you have to fix an appointment with your dentist in worcester. Finding a very good dentist can be very a employment but should you stay anywhere close to Worcester, Worcester dentist with good skills and ways can be simply found.

Apart from toothache there are many diseases that need dental care. Gingivitis is a disease wherever the gums grow to be inflamed and outcomes in redness and bleeding. One more disease that requirements dentistry is Peroidontitis. In this disease plaque bacterium penetrates among the gums and also the teeth.

Therefore anaerobic bacteria establish themselves under the receding gums. Other diseases that need dental attendance are Xerostomia, Halitosis and Canker sores.

They also left a link on there that looks like Worcester Dentists

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]]> By: Mark W Schaefer http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-5309 Mark W Schaefer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:01:03 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-5309 @Michael -- Agree. It's a subtle point. But having said that, you would be amazed at the comments i get about my Twitter account. People comment on when I hit a milestone in number of tweets, certain followers, etc ... stuff I don't even keep track of myself. An example would be somebody writing "I see that you have 7,421 tweets and 12,470 followers. It's backwards. I think that's neat" What??? This is all public information and honestly i don't know what people do with it or why they analyze my stats. It's really weird. Thanks for weighing-in today Michael. @Michael — Agree. It’s a subtle point. But having said that, you would be amazed at the comments i get about my Twitter account. People comment on when I hit a milestone in number of tweets, certain followers, etc … stuff I don’t even keep track of myself. An example would be somebody writing “I see that you have 7,421 tweets and 12,470 followers. It’s backwards. I think that’s neat” What??? This is all public information and honestly i don’t know what people do with it or why they analyze my stats. It’s really weird. Thanks for weighing-in today Michael.

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]]> By: Michael Taggart http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-5308 Michael Taggart Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:29:03 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-5308 I think you're half right. Sort of. My view is that you gain credit for having followers of high integrity and/or big authority. Clearly, if these impressive people are following you then you are probably worth following. But there isn't a flipside. If people see weirdos, pervs and loons following you, they'll shrug and say "he's cool with that". Similarly, if you were to give a big speech in a public park, it wouldn't reflect badly on you that the local vagrant had stopped by and that you'd failed to turf him out. That said, I don't believe a significant number of people trawl through other people's followers. I think you’re half right. Sort of.

My view is that you gain credit for having followers of high integrity and/or big authority. Clearly, if these impressive people are following you then you are probably worth following. But there isn’t a flipside. If people see weirdos, pervs and loons following you, they’ll shrug and say “he’s cool with that”.

Similarly, if you were to give a big speech in a public park, it wouldn’t reflect badly on you that the local vagrant had stopped by and that you’d failed to turf him out.

That said, I don’t believe a significant number of people trawl through other people’s followers.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-5160 Mark Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:08:19 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-5160 Thanks for weighing in today Judy! Appreciate the comment. Thanks for weighing in today Judy! Appreciate the comment.

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]]> By: Judy Olsen http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-5156 Judy Olsen Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:57:54 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-5156 Gregg Morris, absolutely right. It happens a lot with design companies, especially those that tweet a few times and then leave their accounts dormant. This sends two messages a) yes, we pay lip service to social media but actually haven't a clue, and anyway it takes time we could be charging out at ££££ b) we obviously can't be a*sed keeping up to date with new developments in our own industry, so don't expect us to try and understand yours. Gregg Morris, absolutely right. It happens a lot with design companies, especially those that tweet a few times and then leave their accounts dormant. This sends two messages a) yes, we pay lip service to social media but actually haven’t a clue, and anyway it takes time we could be charging out at ££££ b) we obviously can’t be a*sed keeping up to date with new developments in our own industry, so don’t expect us to try and understand yours.

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]]> By: EJ Ellis http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter/#comment-4295 EJ Ellis Wed, 26 May 2010 21:44:48 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/why-i-block-on-twitter#comment-4295 I block too. Always have. I clean up my following & my followers lists regularly and I exercise that ability to keep undesirable junk out of my stream for the same reasons you mention. I don't arbitrarily adopt general Twitter practices that many do. I use it in ways that serve my business needs. That's the beauty of the tool, after all, isn't it?! I block too. Always have. I clean up my following & my followers lists regularly and I exercise that ability to keep undesirable junk out of my stream for the same reasons you mention.

I don’t arbitrarily adopt general Twitter practices that many do. I use it in ways that serve my business needs. That’s the beauty of the tool, after all, isn’t it?!

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