Comments on: Follow Friday Protocol

By: Dan Ho

Dan Ho — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:07:53 +0000

Love it! Another unique and positive idea.

Regards,
Dan

By: Teeg

Teeg — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:21:39 +0000

For a long time I hesitated to post any follow Friday recommendations because I didn’t want to post just a list of names, but 140 characters isn’t always enough to tell why you think others would enjoy someone.

After trying a couple different ways of sharing (post a category (ie comedian, social media pro, or marketer) and share a couple names, or a short description of one person, I finally came up with a solution.

I write a short post mentioning 3 or 4 people and telling why I recommend them. For each person, I limit myself to a paragraph around the length of a tweet although I haven’t actually counted the number of characters.

Then I share the names, a quick hint as to why I’m suggesting them, and a link to the blog post.

One benefit is that anyone who wants to know more can easily ask, or mention their own recommendation for the person without worrying about the space to retweet and comment.

By: Patricia Stoltey

Patricia Stoltey — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:05:02 +0000

Excellent advice. I’m one of the ones who does look at the recommendations of my best connections, and then often wonder what they were thinking to recommend someone who only tweets nonsensical responses to boring questions. If we tweet only those who give good solid information and links, or those who can make us laugh in 140 characters, we’ll be doing the Twitter community a great favor.

Patricia
http://patriciastoltey.blogspot.com

By: Peter Bestel

Peter Bestel — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:29:57 +0000

Absolutely Dr Mani,

I use to list 6, 7 or even 8 usernames and simply say #followfriday – not good enough! I’ve learned that by giving reasons for your recommendations you’re adding real value to your tweets.

Having said that, I do however have my doubts as to the real worth of #followfriday. Do people really check the hashtag search and browse for folk to follow? If they don’t then why not simply tweet about recommendations throughout the week?

Peter