How To Handle Twitter Drama
How To Handle Twitter Drama
Millions of people use Twitter. In fact, from anyone who has noticed, 2009 has been the year that Twitter literally exploded and finally became more mainstream. Many businesses and celebrities use the service in many ways.
Some celebrities share information of articles about them or where they are going to be if they are in the mood to welcome the public, or for pure publicity. Not long ago Trent Reznor of the band Nine Inch Nails decided that Twitter was no longer for him (by the way, the link to his old Twitter account is to a Twitter ‘Page not found.’ He had quite the followership and was quite active in his tweet stream. He got down with the masses of fans and haters alike to tweet. It was the haters who ended up the winner.
However, he has not been the only one to feel the glares and flamage. Businesses, celebrities, and even normal people on a daily basis on Twitter are getting the same treatment. It all boils down to how you handle the situation. If you have gotten into a situation where people are harassing you on Twitter, or any other social network.
1. Report to the service (Twitter or whatever other social network you use) if the accusations are threatening or defamation of character.
2. Just ignore it. Flamers get tired when you do not fuel the fire.
3. Block users you feel you do not want to hear from if they are persistent.
Not everyone will ever agree with what you say, so you may catch a few kerfluffles, but it is best to be laid back about the situation.
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Great article. I haven’t been flamed myself using Twitter (yet). But forearmed is forewarned and I shall treat these people with the contempt they deserve – BLOCK THEM
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How to handle the “followed” who don’t “follow.” In my case, it was mainly the “celebrity Tweeters.” When I first hit the Twitter mainstream just a few months ago. I was hoping to get to meet, greet and befriend some celebrity icons as well as others (non-celebrities) around the world. What I got was slapped with reality. MOST of them were and still are after one thing and one thing only. – FOLLOWERS!
No matter how much I retweeted, replied or just acknowledged them, I got the same thing back every time. NOTHING!
Twitter instantly turned from a social network and became a sport of who could get the most followers in a short period of time. (One contest comes to mind a few months ago) but I am not to mention any names…. And yes, at first, I joined the hype and quickly followed the stream of craziness. But it only took me just a few short tweets, retweets and acknowledges to realize what it was all about.
My solution to this problem became my very own success. I UNFOLLOWED those who didn’t tweet back. Granted, I lost some followers in the process but those I do follow and who follow me are interacting with one another on a social basis.
I joined Twitter with the state of mind to be sociable. Not to get intertwined with the contest hype. With losing most of the dead weight on Twitter, my experiences on Twitter have become and are now more friendlier and sociable. I continue to make changes to who I follow and who follows me. If I feel they are not respecting me back, I simply unfollow them.
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Thanks for sharing your feedback, very well said my friend..
Twitter is extremely powerful if utilized correctly and it sounds like you are a testiment of that.
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That was very good information. As you know you can not please everyone.
It is said a man that pleases everyone is a man that pleases no one.
Wishing you the best Twitter experiences ever………
Great read! This article is relevant for ANYONE who uses twitter. We ALL can relate to the “haters” on twitter who try to get responses from established people who may have a large following, because we all know when someone responds or (@) a tweet, everyone on THAT persons time line sees it. So people on twitter use that “let me say something disrespectful to get him/her to respond” JUST so they can get more followers. Its sad.
And I also like how you point out ways to eradicate all the foolishness on twitter. People have to realize you cannot please everyone, theres always SOMEBODY who isnt gonna like what you say or do, so just keep it moving when that does happen just like Mr. Feretti stated above. The ones who like to start bogus twitter rumors like the (“r.i.p. kanye west”) or (“unfollow diddy”) trends as trending topics are obvious desperate attempts to gain followers, so people just know that ANYONE who engages in petty behavior is simply looking for what any little kid wants: ATTENTION.
Peace.
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I’m taking the good tweets with the bad. It’s all good and I’m thankful for the fun. Relish the humiliations!
If you need someone to dish out some pun-ishment, just give @hannibal666 a DM and we can work it out.:P
Your mafioso-like friend,
@hannibal666
P.S. Be wonderful and useful: retweet (RT) @hannibal666 and all your other friends on Twitter every chance you get.
I agree with all the comments above and thanks for a good article. I have come across some unpleasant people … you always do both on and offline and, as you say, I have simply blocked them.
Happy Tweeting!
Hi Alex,
Great comment on how you handle Twitter Drama. Like you said there are unpleasant people both on and offline, some people were just weaned on a dill pickle that’s all. You did the right thing by blocking them and moving on.
Thanks for the comment,
Skeeter
I couldn’t agree with you more. Fortunately I haven’t had to block anyone due to hateful tweets. I have had one or two on occasion and I just ignore them. They are usually not from my followers anyway. I use Twitter to find people who have common interests and try to build relationships through conversations and RTs.
I always appreciate it when I am acknowledged for a RT as it shows that tweeple are paying attention and care about who is RTing them. I always try to do the same. It’s a part of building trust and relationship. Twitter and Social Networking in general is not that different than in person networking. I don’t want people to sell to me. I may not be interested and I don’t know you yet. I want to get to know you and that’s what conversation on Twitter is all about.
So, check out your followers and found the ones you want to get to know and reply to their tweets and get to know them better. Ask them “What can I do to support you today?” You never know what can happen!
Susan