Who Do You Follow on Twitter?

When you choose to click that “Follow” link do you do it randomly? Or do you only follow people you actually know? Maybe somewhere in between? It seems like some are out there to get as many followers as possible and then bombard their followers with advertisements and selfless plugs. Is this you?

Twitter is a great place to network not just for business, but for fun. There is so much more to Twitter than posting your thoughts, it’s there so you can see the thoughts of others too. Twitter helps people from all over the word answer that one question all friends ask each other, “What are you doing?”. It’s a simple question, but to those who take an interest in your life it can really mean a lot to be able to keep up with you and what you are up to. Through Twitter, you can easily make new friends and develop relationships if you just put in a little effort. I love meeting new people and I try to follow everyone who is following me, with the occasional exception of “that guy”. Twitter is doing a pretty good job of dealing with those shady fellows.

I have my own system through which I choose my new twitter friends. But how do you do it? I think there are a lot of equally good ideas on how to choose your Twitter friends and I’d love to hear them, Just post a quick comment and tell me how you follow.

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Comment by Sam Feuer - MindSmack.com on June 11, 2009 at 10:35am: My 2 favorite people to follow on twitter are @Saurik who developed CYDIA for the iphone which is awesome and @MindSmack for all of the best Internet, Mobile and World New updates daily.

Comment by Tazinator on January 26, 2009 at 5:57pm: Geeks Radio and people who I know either personally or from online friends

Comment by Jaym on January 26, 2009 at 5:53pm: I follow a bunch of girls that run the girlsentertainmentnetwork.com, and some random women I thought looked cute. Otherwise, I follow a few organizations such as Starbucks and Mensa, and some celebrities like Greg Grungberg and Brea Grant from Heroes.

I just get depressed when I have 44 followers one day, and only 40 the next. I feel like I was overly boring that previous day or something. =P

Comment by David on January 22, 2009 at 8:15pm: I am careful who I follow, because I do not want a constant stream of updates about what someone had for dinner or what random person they just saw. I mostly follow people who have a blog/youtube site that I check frequently. I try and be just as respectful to my followers in return! My twitter is DLB1752.

Comment by TheRetroMetro on January 20, 2009 at 7:50pm: I follow/have followers with similar interests - be they business, hobbies, environmental, etc. I also follow/have followers who want to learn different things.

I've figured a way to "qwit" the ones who just follow, then unfollow, for numbers. I've also noticed a surge of "dating" or "porn" follows. Those are easily blocked.

Comment by Bobbi Jo Woods on January 20, 2009 at 2:10pm: Hi Lamar

The LICK was just an old inside diddy. Some friends and I used to be active at now-gone-forever community called theglobe.com, at which we would *smooch* and *lick*. Really tasteless and cheesy,I know.

We was just havin' a little fun, hee hee :)

Comment by Susanne Bullo on January 20, 2009 at 7:29am: I currently follow George Takei and Ashton Kutcher - and that's it for celebrities. The remainder are a few of those that follow me and that's after checking their Twitter profile, their tweets, their personal/business site.

Comment by Ron N9QGS on January 20, 2009 at 5:22am: People follow my twitter cause I update status of High Altitude Ballons fom DePauw University in Indiana. I do wish multiple people could update the same Twitter account so others in the group could put updates out on the balloon launch as well, but I don't think twiiters has expanded to this concept yet. I hve only selected to follow podcasters myself, none of my "friends" are on twitter.

Comment by VOID Munashii on January 20, 2009 at 5:09am: I follow my favourite podcasters and webcomics (Mur Laffert, Scott Sigler, Scott Johnson, Obsibian Abnormal, Steve Eley, J.C. Hutchins, etc).
I follow people who participate in some of the same forums or podcasts that I do.
If someone follows me, and they seem interesting, I'll follow them back.

I only follow "Celebs" if they seem interesting, and willing to interact with the Twitter populace (Stephen Fry, Wil Wheaton, Brent Spiner, etc)

Comment by Emma Best on January 20, 2009 at 2:27am: I follow those with similar interests as me, plus news (BBC, CNN) tech- Arstechnica. I use it to stay up to date with what is going on.