Why I Tweet Frequently (and still don’t count it as a mistake)

Its very likely that you’re reading this post because of either of the following two reasons.

Reason 1. You tweet so much, just like me.

Reason 2. You unfollowed me because I tweet too much.

If you’re neither one, and is a random follower – means  a lot to me. Why ? Read on and you’ll know.

Recently, I was talking to a friend whom I met at a Tweetup. After an interesting conversation, I came to know about the inconvenient truth. That he had unfollowed me soon after three days of following. My friend actually hid the truth from me first, but later, had to admit it. He in fact, was puzzled how I’d take it. Whether I’ll feel offended, sad, or not.

To be honest with you, when someone unfollows me, it doesn’t hurt, as my friend was thinking (not that I’m arrogant) but I kind of agree with the guy that he made a right decision. I mean, when someone unfollows me there must be a reason. And after consulting with many people who’ve unfollowed me,

I’ve come to conclusion that there are only two reasons why someone will unfollow me.

Number 1 – High Frequency of Tweeting.
Because I tweet so much and clog their timeline.

Number 2 – Unacceptable content.
Because I tweet content that’s offensive to him/her.

Apart from these two facts, there is no worthwhile reason why someone is unfollowing me (or you).

Why I tweet so frequently ?

My Twitter Timeline is a blueprint of my learning curve.

People unfollowing you because of your twitter frequency is actually, not a fault or a mistake.

But a “wavelength incompatibility” with you and your follower. In my case, I tweet so much because I’m a constant and rapid learner.
I tweet about things that I often read and study about online. And I can’t possibly stop it. And Twitter is like a blueprint of my learning curve. All those links and stories are all reading material for me, and I share them with the world on Twitter. Luckily there are lot of people who find it interesting, and unfortunately there are a others who think its too much. I don’t blame them, but its quite understandable that not all can find your tweets interesting.

Why clogging one’s timeline isn’t my mistake (rather theirs).

From experience I’ve learned that when I’m clogging someone’s timeline (some of them reporting it graciously), its primarily because they are following very few people on Twitter. When you follow less people the updates too are less that show up. In these cases, what I suggest is to “open up” and follow more meaningful people. Some people don’t like the idea and still follow very less people, while some find the fun at following more tweeps. In the first case, they’re doing a mistake of following me, so I simply ask them to pull me off their timeline so that I don’t end up as the villain

So there you have it. I think you are the best judge to decide how frequently you tweet. Also, it depends on how you want to use Twitter. Some use it as a communication device or an IM tool, while some use it for networking. In my case, its a networking tool with lots of information passing around, so me being a information magnet, can only devour it all and not let it fly by.

So everyone on Twitter has the right to decide whom to follow, what he tweets and when. Obviously if you’re committing grave mistakes, people will dump you, otherwise you keep going and a few will always unfollow.

What are your thoughts ?

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