Comments on: Is Guy Kawasaki Ruining Twitter?

By: Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:38:09 +0000

Guy responded to one of my tweets the other day.

By: Dr. K

Dr. K — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:24:11 +0000

You wrote “And I’ve noticed he’s totally phoning it in with no personal interaction with his followers that I’ve seen.”

That’s not true about the personal interaction. I replied to one of Guy’s tweets, and we had a great back and forth, talked about several things, wound up exchanging books.

By: Marie Ann Bailey

Marie Ann Bailey — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:56:11 +0000

Glad I found this post! How Twitter is used has been an issue with me since I opened my account. You might find Matt Bai’s essay in the NY Times interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/magazine/26wwln-lede-t.html

My biggest grievance is the personal tweets (“going for coffee” etc.) that clutter my page. At least Kawasaki’s tweets have more substance. And it doesn’t bother me if Twitterers like Kawasaki don’t interact with their followers … I mean, if you have hundreds of followers, how could you ever find the time much less the energy?
That said, I do wish some Twitterers would just open separate accounts–a personal one and a professional one–so that followers like me can just follow the tweets I’m really interested in (like that link to a great blog on writing) and not have to slog through tweets about whether or not it’s a good day to go to the beach. If anything is going to kill Twitter, it’s the mountain of mundane tweets that will.

By: Cole Taylor

Cole Taylor — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:08:56 +0000

| It really is like any of the tools we use … I don’t read every post on Facebook, even those of my best and dearest ‘friends’. I also don’t watch every television episode, of any show. I don’t read the entire Sunday Times … I’m just not that ‘in’ to anything to that extreme. Except perhaps my kids and their concerts, ball games or graduations. Or, the dog walks. Those things, I Don’t miss.

Let the tools enhance your life, but treat them like tools.

By: Mike Haydon

Mike Haydon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:30:00 +0000

Ditto what Diane said. Taking it further - if people really thought someone like Guy Kawasaki was spamming them, they'd unfollow him with three clicks. The fact that he has one of the largest followings on twitter suggests people find his stuff useful. So why would he change a working formula? Mike Haydons last blog post..Inspiration to Achieve Your Potential

By: Julie M

Julie M — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:22:40 +0000

This is really a good post and I agree with your perspective. I think 'ghost' posts and auto DM's just plain out suck! isn't that the same as sending out pre-programmed e-mails or text's to your friends to 'seem' like you care? Yes, he does not really interact as far as I can tell. And, No it does not bother me nor do I feel spammed. I RT him all the time, cuz many of his articles are good, but nada in return. I know I have less than 1,000 followers so maybe that is why. But, No I don't think he is ruining it, he is one person and most people I have met there are positive and supportive! Julie Ms last blog post..The Second Person I Met in Cyberspace

By: Stefanie Hartman

Stefanie Hartman — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:45:37 +0000

I find a lot of value in "broadcasters" on Twitter. I find their Tweets interesting. Stefanie Hartmans last blog post..Brilliant Idea

By: Sharon Wilson

Sharon Wilson — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:41:53 +0000

The no interaction thing doesn't really bother me. It's a personal choice on whether or not you interact with your followers. Sharon Wilsons last blog post..How Are You Solving Problems?

By: Jack Zufelt

Jack Zufelt — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:39:24 +0000

I can usually weed out the spammers. I’m glad that there is an unfollow function.

By: Jack Humphrey

Jack Humphrey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:44:17 +0000

This twitter thing is being taken way too seriously.

AMEN! All of the back and forth on all Twitter issues is really funny when you look at it next to, say, wars, economies, or the price of getting back and forth to work (for the lucky ones who have to do that kind of thing.) It’s just silly and also it’s grasping at something to make news out of that probably doesn’t deserve this kind of attention.