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JessicaGottlieb — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:01:54 -0000

I got a 404 error page on Scobelizer's site... that's interesting

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Original — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:35:23 -0000

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igorthetroll — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:11:23 -0000

Are you sure Robert Scoble did not Unfollow these users as a PR Blitz to get people talking about him - creating a Buz meme? Robert is very well know for creating disturbances to get people talking about him. Like the time he downloaded all his friends email addresses from FaceBook ultimately getting Banned from FaceBook. Then he cried about it all over Social Media until FaceBook unbanned him!

Robert Scoble is a Social Media Whore!
http://www.igorthetroll.com...

Oh and Robert Scoble picks fights with me every few months. Just because he thinks he can! SAD

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HHotelconsult — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:24:59 -0000

I accidently auto-followed back, and would love to auto-unfollow a lot of people. How can I do it without getting in trouble?

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trenoops — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:13:33 -0000

All I can say to the end statement "it seems, users are learning that having 100,000 “friends” you’ve never met is much less valuable than connecting with a select number of people you know well." is - well, DUH!

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trenoops — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:13:23 -0000

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A Photo Assistant — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:47:30 -0000

Spamelizer?

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Michael Durwin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:22:48 -0000

I couldn't believe that it took Scoble this long to get that quantity doesn't equal quality. I'm very surprised that so many so-called social media experts still automatically follow everyone back rather than being more selective. Following everyone back doesn't mean you're being "open to conversation", it means that you overwhelmed whatever conversation you were having with a bunch of noise. Duh!
I read at least the last page of each person that follows me before I decide to follow them back. And, if I start getting alot of crap, like repeated news posts and retweets, self-promotional tweets, DMs just to push traffic to a link, false links, etc. I unfollow, even block them.

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iluvblackwomen — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:49:53 -0000

Being one of the people Scobie unfollowed i had mixed feelings while following 100K seems inconceivable MCHammer does a great job of following 31,239 ppl and he is available through DM. For those of us on Twitter pre OPRAH and pre APLUSK. I think its a sad day when Twitter becomes one way communication

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Rob Wilcox — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:52:46 -0000

Not only is following over 100K Twitter accounts overwhelming and unmanageable, but it is definitely an approach that goes against what my company believes Twitter should be all about--building relationships with those who have simliar things to talk about and content to share. I think people are (hopefully) starting to realize that with Twitter, it's definitely a matter of quality over quantity. Good for Scoble. I think most users eventually find their "sweet spot" in regards to the number of users they follow and I'll be interested to see where his winds up.

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Guest — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:36:14 -0000

This was by FAR the silliest non-news story of the week. Not because he unfollowed people, but for actually thinking doing so was worth a blog post to begin with (oh wait...) even on Scobleizer. If he wanted to make a news story he ought to have blocked his 90K followers and started from scratch.

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Miladinoski — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:21:09 -0000

The auto-follow option for everyone who follows you doesn't offer removal of spam accounts, so many times I have to go and remove the follow of the spam accounts on my own.

Sometimes I forget it and just leave it that way...

Oh and it still doesn't offer a solution for @mentions spam you receive, which I have in loads (which I weren't talking about in the first place, but I'm just saying)... :(

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Miladinoski — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:18:06 -0000

I think you're not that dumb to think that I would leave the email address in its original look in the bio field.

You will protect it with a URL and a Captcha, something like this service offers: http://tinymailto.com/

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berni — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:48:40 -0000

great. so scoble finally finds out what most people already know? even from the early days I was always selective of whom to follow. Best feature for twitter is automated un-follow after x amount of time of adding someone to follow

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Viral Traffic Team — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:13:11 -0000

Hmmmm... I guess I just look at it differently. I'm nearing 7000 followers now with my @BodyByChocolate account. If people want to put SPAM bots on me, so what? I believe that real people will still look at these accounts, and as such they help me to get my message out further and further. However, I must note that I've a couple of tricks up my sleeve to get rid of the vast majority of stupidity on Twitter. What are they? I'll never tell... ;)

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EmailBusiness — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:09:02 -0000

Well.... - - WOW! - I did find Scoble's Tweets interesting in the past.

With My Measly 15,000 Followers - I guess it would be useless to follow him back now.

Sounds like alot of Whales with 100,000+ followers (Especially those with a social media marketing axe to grind for $) seem to be auto unfollowing others just to get some great attention and show how much they value REAL followers HA!

Well - No Worries - I WILL NOT Be Auto-Unfollowing Any of My Followers.
- - - For My Followers Are What Made Me. I listen to their news and love their tweets.
BYE BYE Scoble - I look forward to never seeing your rediculous Hulk Avatar ANYMORE!!

Yes in the early days you as many others did, made the promise "Follow Me and I'll Follow You Back" - But now that you have the following, have just given up on many (LIKE ME) who just may have been Loyal Followers.

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vladstan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:16:32 -0000

I like this experiment and today I had a totally different perspective about how to approach Twitter: http://vladstan.com/post/15...

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vladstan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:15:33 -0000

I like this experiment and today I had a totally different perspective about how to approach Twitter: http://vladstan.com/post/15...

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Raven Matt — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:14:46 -0000

Too much noise, too little signal.

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Carol Allison — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:47:25 -0000

I only follow people that I want to listen to. If I don't have the time or inclination to read their Tweets, then why would I follow them? For me it's about quality, not quantity - same goes for my followers; if they look dodgy I block them.

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Jacob A Tapia — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:14:27 -0000

I did the same thing (only on a much smaller scale) - lost a bunch of 'followers' but it's actually much nicer now. I only follow those I am interested in which makes my experience much better and those that do follow me seem to pay attention!

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Danny Brown — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:59:41 -0000

Scoble's hardly a social media virgin. Even if he was, let's look at it at face value. Scoble joined Twitter on 20 November 2006. It's taken him more than 2 1/2 years to realize that auto-following is pretty unsocial? That it comes across as "Well, I don't care who the person is, I'll add anyway." That it seems like nothing but a number booster?

Does he befriend every single person he meets in real life? That guy he sat next to on the bus. The library assistant. The coffee barista behind the Starbucks counter?

Scoble seems very apt at saying one thing, then another, then another again. It's cool to adapt and change, but he's starting to look like someone that does a lot of things for dramatic effect than anything else.

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Mark — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:59:06 -0000

oh, the drama.

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IM & Social Media Connections — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:42:19 -0000

Many people do it. I have a client who does so that ppl can DM them - not my choice or advice, but it works for them (although I have to assume she'll eventually hit the point of Scoble one day). Guy Kawasaki does the same thing for the same reason - so that ppl can DM him but he doesn't try to manage his entire Twitter stream, he manages replies and DMs. I am anti autofollow, always have been but some ppl still have their reasons for trying it out.

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meatbagwtf — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:40:26 -0000

Scoble followed people who mentioned him, even in passing. He did not just follow those who followed him, as this post states. Anyway, one hopes that this heralds the beginning of the end for this type of "factory farm" approach to the social web.