laying it out
I feel like I am sort of going out on a limb here since I really don’t want to cheese anyone off. First, I am very thankful for all my Twitter followers. Secondly, for the most part, they provide me with some great stuff.
But…
I have noticed a substantial increase of self proclaimed “Internet Marketeers” who are all following +20k people and have +20k followers. There’s a couple of problems with this. First, I haven’t heard of them. Second, there is ALWAYS some vague reference to “financial freedom” that makes me think that they’re either recent graduates of a Internet marketing seminar or they are some other bandwagon jumper. Third, their icon or avatar is just a little creepy.
Don’t get me wrong, I think they are probably really nice people, who really believe they are helping people, but for the most part, they seem to really only re-tweet what others are saying.
And therein in lies the delimma.
One of the things I really enjoy about Twitter is the original thought. If I look through my stream, I see more re-tweets than I do see original tweets. I guess there isn’t really anything wrong with it, but that’s just something I’d rather not see. I don’t want to hear about “Twitter marketing secrets” but I would rather hear about something funny your four-year-old did.
me <=> you
I want to relate to you. I want to get to know you for who you are. I want to make you smile.
And that’s it. Well, okay. I would like you to help me find a new job the next time I need one. 
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Excellent points! Ive been twittering for a year, but now that everyone is hawking something im thinking about re-thinking it!
Future job or no, if someone follows me and appears to be a random internet marketer that I have no interest in – as evidenced by a very high number of people followed – I just block ‘em.
I’m still on the fence. I think most of the people are misguided, yet well intentioned. However, if you are using Twitter to gain financial freedom, you’ve got bigger problems, imho.
Thanks, Bill. There is still great information and most of the twitter folk are great. Don’t let the few bad apples spoil the potential.