Social Following - why people won't follow you back

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bunkeroo26

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Many people have the wrong views about social interaction. They believe tight they follow you,

that you will follow them back. This is not some sort

of blood oath, a pact, or an obscure section

of the never read End User Agreement.

This is just their own misinterpretation.


Yes, social networks use to work life this "back

in the day". Yes, many people still adhere to the follow back theory.


But, the largest and busiest social marketers don't have time for blind follow backs. Heck, Twitter is limited to around 2000 followers. The question is : how can you be one of the two thousand?




I came across an article that best describes some reasons that users will choose NOT to follow someone back. I thought it was great insight into how social marketing had changed, even if the article is four years old
 
The article was really about the snap judgements that people make when deciding to friend/follow/ignore you. There are a few in the list that I use, like tweet numbers.


Umm, if you have zero tweets, why should I follow you?

Conversely, there were things that I previously had not factored, like if someone posts or is conversational. While I enjoy interaction, I never thought that some would use this as follow criteria.


And yes, keeping things fresh is another small sector of the social beast.
 
just because they ask you to follow them doesnt mean they are legit...there is so much spam and scam on social media its stupid!


 


hey follow me back


you do


hey click this link I think you will like


you do


and now you have a virus on your computer....


 


same thing that happens all the time through emails


 


about 1/2 the accounts on twitter are fake anyway.  How in the world do you go from 500 followers to 45000 in two days....simple, its a spam bot that you can pay for to make it look like you are a big time person...when in reality, you only are dealing with 501 real accounts!!!
 
Great point about bots and fake accounts, which makes proper social management more integral.


You must look like a real account with worth in order to get people to pay attention.


 


Yes, you do this mainly with content, but on many social networks people look


at followers and following levels.  It varies, of course .... but my point is that people look


at much more than your content these days. 


 


This is another reason why I don't just blindly retweet and repost articles.


The goal is to stay with relevant articles in your field.
 
you just said "people look at much more than your content these days"


 


then go on to say "this is another reason why I dont just blindly retweet and repost"


 


SOOOOOOOO....what are you saying?  content matters or it doesnt?


 


and do you have any facts that people will theoretically flock to your business page because you have 1million followers on twitter and 20K friends on facebook???
 
Did you read the Article listed?


When did I ever say more followers is better?

You can ask questions respectfully without putting words in my mouth.


You obviously are missing the point of the article,

and for some reason you want an argument.
 
Did you read the Article listed?


When did I ever say more followers is better?

You can ask questions respectfully without putting words in my mouth.


You obviously are missing the point of the article,

and for some reason you want an argument.
 
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