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	<title>Comments on: To Follow or Not to Follow&#8230;</title>
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	<description>&#34;Watching out for you, one tweet at a time&#34;</description>
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		<title>By: Al Ferretti</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-2231</link>
		<dc:creator>Al Ferretti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can we clone you Nicole? :-)

Speaking of following.... how about meeting? Would you be interested in a local Tweetup?

-Al</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can we clone you Nicole? <img src='http://twitterwatchdog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Speaking of following&#8230;. how about meeting? Would you be interested in a local Tweetup?</p>
<p>-Al</p>
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		<title>By: Nicole French</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-2221</link>
		<dc:creator>Nicole French</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your perspective Al.  I agree with you and use similar methods.  I look at twitter as a way to connect with the world.   Why would I not have the courtesy to follow back people and learn about what is going on in the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your perspective Al.  I agree with you and use similar methods.  I look at twitter as a way to connect with the world.   Why would I not have the courtesy to follow back people and learn about what is going on in the world.</p>
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		<title>By: Cassandra Jade</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-2059</link>
		<dc:creator>Cassandra Jade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I look at everyone who follows me but if they aren&#039;t writing anything that interests me (usually they are simply marketing and are posting the same link every hour) then I don&#039;t follow them. It works out that I follow most people who follow me.  There are a few people I follow who don&#039;t follow me back but that&#039;s fine because I like reading their tweets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I look at everyone who follows me but if they aren&#8217;t writing anything that interests me (usually they are simply marketing and are posting the same link every hour) then I don&#8217;t follow them. It works out that I follow most people who follow me.  There are a few people I follow who don&#8217;t follow me back but that&#8217;s fine because I like reading their tweets.</p>
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		<title>By: Fruitfulvine2</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-1327</link>
		<dc:creator>Fruitfulvine2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting blend of the different methods.  I&#039;ve basically been following back those who interest me.  I&#039;ve been thinking about auto-following but still not sure.  I use tweetdeck also and the way you present it makes it seem doable because I already have certain groups set up.  So then all I need to do is add from the tweet stream.  Good food for thought.  Thanks for tweeting this out this morning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting blend of the different methods.  I&#8217;ve basically been following back those who interest me.  I&#8217;ve been thinking about auto-following but still not sure.  I use tweetdeck also and the way you present it makes it seem doable because I already have certain groups set up.  So then all I need to do is add from the tweet stream.  Good food for thought.  Thanks for tweeting this out this morning.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul J. G.</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-698</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul J. G.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I try to follow as many followers as I can but most of which are what I consider as spammers. Before I follow someone who has chosen to follow me, I read through their tweets. If I find them to talk about things of interests to me, then I will follow them. A lot of my followers are money scammers, who are only on Twitter to promote their products or services. I do not follow them and the first time they approach me with a spamming topic, I don&#039;t only unfollow, but I also block them. 

I currently have more than 400 followers v/s just over 300 who I am following. I am not getting to many replies, RT&#039;s or any acknowledgements. I recently gone through my list and those who are following me but have yet to reply or RT my tweets, I block and make sure I am not following them. I have learned that Twitter is a give and take 50/50 social network. If you don&#039;t give back, you don&#039;t remain a follower or are being followed by me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I try to follow as many followers as I can but most of which are what I consider as spammers. Before I follow someone who has chosen to follow me, I read through their tweets. If I find them to talk about things of interests to me, then I will follow them. A lot of my followers are money scammers, who are only on Twitter to promote their products or services. I do not follow them and the first time they approach me with a spamming topic, I don&#8217;t only unfollow, but I also block them. </p>
<p>I currently have more than 400 followers v/s just over 300 who I am following. I am not getting to many replies, RT&#8217;s or any acknowledgements. I recently gone through my list and those who are following me but have yet to reply or RT my tweets, I block and make sure I am not following them. I have learned that Twitter is a give and take 50/50 social network. If you don&#8217;t give back, you don&#8217;t remain a follower or are being followed by me.</p>
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		<title>By: Twittiquette: Etiquette of &#8220;Follow&#8221; on Twitter &#171; Software Technology Trends</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-587</link>
		<dc:creator>Twittiquette: Etiquette of &#8220;Follow&#8221; on Twitter &#171; Software Technology Trends</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] in a post recently had some good advice on who to follow or not to follow on Twitter. See this. However among them there were a couple of points as [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Twitiquette: Etiquette of &#8220;Follow&#8221; on Twitter &#171; Software Technology Trends</title>
		<link>http://twitterwatchdog.com/2009/08/28/to-follow-or-not-to-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-586</link>
		<dc:creator>Twitiquette: Etiquette of &#8220;Follow&#8221; on Twitter &#171; Software Technology Trends</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] in a post recently had some good advice on who to follow or not to follow on Twitter. See this. However among them there were a couple of points as [...]</description>
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