Comments on: You Owe Me Nothing (My Twitter Policy)

By: Why Twitter tires me out | jenny jen jen

Why Twitter tires me out | jenny jen jen — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:11:48 +0000

[...] expect (or don’t expect) from others when interacting on Twitter. For instance, I really like Jeremy Tanner’s Twitter policy. Although I think that it’s slightly dated in the sense that following/unfollowing is no [...]

By: GeorgeGSmithJr » How I Fixed Twitter for Me

GeorgeGSmithJr » How I Fixed Twitter for Me — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:28:07 +0000

[...] hello @ reply would work. People are different though. Some people, like Jeremy Tanner – have other filters. The beauty of Twitter is that we can each use the tool as our [...]

By: links for 2009-04-03 — ReinventingErica.com

links for 2009-04-03 — ReinventingErica.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:01:57 +0000

[...] You Owe Me Nothing (My Twitter Policy) – Jeremy Tanner Jeremy Tanner (@penguin) lays down his Twitter Policy. (tags: twitter) [...]

By: Linda Eaves

Linda Eaves — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:16:33 +0000

I was sent to you by way of Laura Roeder. This blog post is one of my favorites because it makes clear the distinction between someone unfollowing you on Twitter vs. another site like Facebook. Thanks.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:57:49 +0000

Ditto Dirk

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:53:13 +0000

Interesting points. I like the idea of creating your own Twitter policy and posting it, so there’s no confusion and frustration from other eager Twitter users. To each their own, right?

I use Twitter to interact and follow people who have intriguing content. I find things interesting everyday, so I share them and then like to find others with the same values. I’m less about, “just blew my nose, it was gross,” or less self promotion and more about being me and through this, I’ve met some amazing people and created a dialogue. I like to think of Twitter as the Wild West, people try to set rules and say this is the way it should be but it can and should be how YOU want it to. Every action has a reaction anyway (wow, that sounds preachy). Enough of that, thanks for the Twitter Policy I might just go post my own.

Cheers!

By: Mike Mueller

Mike Mueller — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:50:40 +0000

Anyone with a Twitter Follow Policy is worthy of a follow from me! (ok, maybe that’s just because I have a Twitter Follow Policy).

I spend way too much time watching meaningless tweets stream by. TweetDeck helps slow down that stream but I still miss so much.

By: Hubert Sawyers III

Hubert Sawyers III — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:18:05 +0000

I actually enjoy the interaction on Twitter. I feel it is a useful tool, but a tool that is still very much in development. I definitely do much follow back everyone that follows me. I usually like to see if they are engaging in conversation with others, because I don’t do one-way conversation very well. I don’t like being “talked at.”

I get what you mean though. Twitter is better as a news service than it is a good device to hold conversations. I mean, you only have 140 characters to make points! All the same, the telephone, Facebook and friendfeed are pretty much all the same in that they are communication hubs. They all have their benefits and it doesn’t hurt to have some sort of plan of how you plan to use them.

By: Georgegsmithjr

Georgegsmithjr — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:34:27 +0000

Awesome post. I fall into the disclaimer category but totally agree with you. Seriously – the whole opt-in ability is so you can customize your experience. I hate when people get emotional over something so silly – but it totally happens. Hope this post helps set the proper table of expectations for the people that do follow you.

By: T@SendChocolate

T@SendChocolate — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:54:03 +0000

I follow many who follow me, unless they are trying to sell me something or get something from me. I tweet people who don’t follow me and that I don’t follow. Following is not the end all and be all of twitter. I follow people I find interesting or that I may have something in common with…beyond that…I do respond to all of the @ to me. I like seeing my name in lights and love the idea that someone is talking to me.

I have a Friend Feed but I don’t care for it much. I mostly just twitter. And I use summize to keep up with the tweets to me.