Comments on: Thursday Thirteen: Twitter Fouls

By: Anjasa

Anjasa — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:25:22 +0000

The people that most get me are the repetitive ones that post the same thing every single day. Like clockwork.

I really should unfollow them. I’m still new enough to twitter that I kinda feel bad about it.

By: Sidney

Sidney — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:34:06 +0000

In reply to David F. That's unfortunate. :( I almost feel bad about unfollowing people for that, but it makes me a happier person to not see their spam.

By: Sidney

Sidney — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:32:46 +0000

In reply to Fedora. Hey, if that's what you're most comfortable doing, stick to it! It's social media, not an obligation. ;)

By: David F

David F — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:56:21 +0000

#8 (number 8 not hashtag 8) happened to me yesterday. I thought, because someone I respect, is following a certain organization that it might be worth a blind follow. Then the DM came. Unfollow.
I’m most guilty of, not several hashtags, but the occasional long hashtag. When doing so I try to capitalize each word in the tag to make it somewhat easier to read. Those that know me know I’ve got a dry sense of humor, a dirty mind, and am quite sarcastic. I worry that some of the things I tweet are seen as serious when I don’t mean them to be.

By: Fedora

Fedora — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:40 +0000

LOL! See, I often wonder that anyone wants to follow me at all! I am admittedly boring, and I rarely tweet except most likely to retweet or pimp authors’ books/contests/etc. I do admit to sometimes “eavesdropping” on people’s convos, but it’s Twitter, so it’s all public, right? I don’t know, sometimes I think I’m extremely ill-suited to all this “newfangled technology”! 😉

By: Sidney

Sidney — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:21:23 +0000

In reply to Karla Doyle.

LoL!! I don’t mind getting shows spoiled as much as some people. I get that there are different time zones and that by being “in a public place” I run that risk. Plus, I’m guilty of that one so I can’t be too unhappy with others.

Oooh, the excessive hashtags. I’ll do that, but only when tweeting my friends and intentionally being silly. I didn’t include it because I didn’t want to look like a hypocrite. Tagging a random tweet that much just has me rolling my eyes and scrolling on!

By: Karla Doyle

Karla Doyle — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:18:12 +0000

What about people who blurt out what’s going to happen on The Voice because the TV channel they’re watching is a few minutes ahead of your feed? 😉

I think #4 is my biggest peeve.

Another one that kinda bugs me…excessive use of hashtags. Like, putting six of them in one tweet. #hot #funny #sexy #erotic #mancandy #sextoys #yougettheidea…