Comments on: 10000 followers won’t get you a free latte http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » It’s Official, Twitter is a Cult http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/comment-page-1/#comment-455724 LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » It’s Official, Twitter is a Cult Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:19:30 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1607#comment-455724 [...] of course, don’t expect a free latte just because you have some followers. Share and [...] [...] of course, don’t expect a free latte just because you have some followers. Share and [...]

]]> By: James Burrows http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/comment-page-1/#comment-420914 James Burrows Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:02:07 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1607#comment-420914 I do agree with all of the above wholeheartedly. However, I do have to say that if I help my restaurant owner friend (@fireworksvenue) reach 10,000 followers... ...I will get a free latte. -@jburrows I do agree with all of the above wholeheartedly. However, I do have to say that if I help my restaurant owner friend (@fireworksvenue) reach 10,000 followers…

…I will get a free latte.

-@jburrows

]]> By: Louis Gray http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/comment-page-1/#comment-420895 Louis Gray Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:01:39 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1607#comment-420895 The numbers game is fun, but largely irrelevant. I have no problem with Loic's request for a search option, but understand people's response to its implication. (I have more authority therefore my Tweets are better) The important elements are conversation, discovery and influence. The third piece comes from having a track record of the first two. The numbers game is fun, but largely irrelevant. I have no problem with Loic’s request for a search option, but understand people’s response to its implication. (I have more authority therefore my Tweets are better)

The important elements are conversation, discovery and influence. The third piece comes from having a track record of the first two.

]]> By: Peter Spook http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/comment-page-1/#comment-420894 Peter Spook Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:48:16 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1607#comment-420894 Thanks Jeremy. This is the first post that I've seen that made sense of it all. I found the earlier responses unusually irrational and filled with emotion not fully understanding what was behind the scenes (though I assumed something was!). Frankly I got pretty uncomfortable with how quickly people would pass around 'idiot' and 'stupid' instead of trying to push for a reasonable and logical discussion. I don't think that behavior is positive for anyone's readers, but I'm glad to better understand it through your post. Thanks! And I agreed. Thanks Jeremy. This is the first post that I’ve seen that made sense of it all. I found the earlier responses unusually irrational and filled with emotion not fully understanding what was behind the scenes (though I assumed something was!). Frankly I got pretty uncomfortable with how quickly people would pass around ‘idiot’ and ‘stupid’ instead of trying to push for a reasonable and logical discussion.

I don’t think that behavior is positive for anyone’s readers, but I’m glad to better understand it through your post. Thanks! And I agreed.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/comment-page-1/#comment-420893 Dave Zatz Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:39:42 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1607#comment-420893 Yeah, you hit the nail on the head regarding "popularity" - and that popularity will also very by niche, something we're not categorized by on Twitter. Someone who's a popular YouTube celeb, musician, or online shoe store, doesn't necessarily mean they have any "authority" in the topics I discuss. Some stats or rankings can be useful, but I recently stopped pointing my RSS feed to Feedburner. The number doesn't really mean anything - it doesn't inform my blogging and I don't see a point in displaying the count as a badge. Yeah, you hit the nail on the head regarding “popularity” – and that popularity will also very by niche, something we’re not categorized by on Twitter. Someone who’s a popular YouTube celeb, musician, or online shoe store, doesn’t necessarily mean they have any “authority” in the topics I discuss.

Some stats or rankings can be useful, but I recently stopped pointing my RSS feed to Feedburner. The number doesn’t really mean anything – it doesn’t inform my blogging and I don’t see a point in displaying the count as a badge.

]]> By: Mathew Ballard http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/12/28/10000-followers-wont-get-you-a-free-latte/comment-page-1/#comment-420890 Mathew Ballard Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:29:03 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1607#comment-420890 I totally agree with you. There have been many times when someone has followed me and I've looked and seen that they have over 2000 followers and then I look at their feed and see crap. Those are the people that I don't follow. I may only have numbers in the high 100s on my counts. But, I know that those people, for the most part, are people that I will actually gain something from. I totally agree with you. There have been many times when someone has followed me and I’ve looked and seen that they have over 2000 followers and then I look at their feed and see crap. Those are the people that I don’t follow. I may only have numbers in the high 100s on my counts. But, I know that those people, for the most part, are people that I will actually gain something from.

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