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   |  |  |       |  04-01-2010, 02:13 PM | #26 |   | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie 
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					Originally Posted by Ronin  4600 people give a shit about what I'm doing... |  4590 of them just want you to check out their pics
		 
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					Originally Posted by raygunpk  4590 of them just want you to check out their pics |  I have a tool that removes all spammers as well as all people that have less than 100 followers, 100 people followed and 100 tweets unless they're people I actually followed.
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					Originally Posted by Ronin  I have a tool that removes all spammers as well as all people that have less than 100 followers, 100 people followed and 100 tweets unless they're people I actually followed. |  Do you have a blog linked to your twitter profile?
		 
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					Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS  Do you have a blog linked to your twitter profile? |  Yes  
P.S. if a spammer follows you, just don't follow them back and they will automatically either be removed by Twitter or unfollow you in 3 days.  Usually 3 days...I know what tool they're using.
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					Originally Posted by Ronin  Yes
 P.S. if a spammer follows you, just don't follow them back and they will automatically either be removed by Twitter or unfollow you in 3 days.  Usually 3 days...I know what tool they're using.
 |  If you didn't have a blog link or some link to your business on your twitter account, I'd be impressed with you just simply tweeting and having people follow you in such large numbers.  Nonethless, 4000 is pretty crazy either way.
		 
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			its not who or how many follows you. it is who you follow.
		 
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					Originally Posted by SuperSlowSS  its not who or how many follows you. it is who you follow. |    
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					Originally Posted by Ronin  4600 people give a shit about what I'm doing... |  You mean 4600 followed you back when you auto-added them, because they also want to have a large (completely meaningless) number of followers    |   |   |   |      |  04-01-2010, 07:26 PM | #34 |   | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS 
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			the only thing that pisses me off is the few friends of mine who have FB, Twitter and a blog, then a program that autoposts across all three. So they post on the blog and then Twitter tweets the title and a link to the blog and then FB posts the title and the link to the blog AS WELL as a link to the tweet. It's fucking ridiculous.
 I will admit I follow two twitter accounts, well ok now only one (Newlywedsontjob and Shitmydadsays) but I have them in my Fastdial on Firefox. But 99.99% of what gets posted on twitter is useless. Aside from the purely comedic ones, I can't think of anyone or anything that I want to know every little update on, immediately.
 
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					Originally Posted by maksimizer  half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. |   Quote:   | 
					Originally Posted by RevYouUp  reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z |   Quote:   | 
					Originally Posted by Good_KarMa  OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: |  |   |   |   |      |  04-01-2010, 10:13 PM | #35 |   | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum 
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It isn't a contest to see how many are following you. Most people try to be nice and do this if you follow me then I follow you thing. But really you should only follow the twitts you actually care about and find useful.
		 
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			I actually stopped using FB as much because I find Twitter being a better social networking tool+stay updated with your friends.  Some might find it lame or the concept stupid, but tell that to those of us who use it daily and actually enjoy staying connected with others knowing what they are doing that very second.
		 
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			^ that's called stalking
		 
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					Originally Posted by maksimizer  half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. |   Quote:   | 
					Originally Posted by RevYouUp  reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z |   Quote:   | 
					Originally Posted by Good_KarMa  OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: |  |   |   |   |      |  04-02-2010, 06:42 PM | #38 |   | ...in the world. 
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			It's true...Crayon stalks me on Twitter all the time.
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					Originally Posted by underscore  ^ that's called stalking |  Well if that's the case, stalking is helping me gain more business and network at the same time
		 
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			so you know what all of your clients are doing at every second? yeah that's creepy.
		 
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					Originally Posted by maksimizer  half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. |   Quote:   | 
					Originally Posted by RevYouUp  reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z |   Quote:   | 
					Originally Posted by Good_KarMa  OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: |  |   |   |   |      |  04-03-2010, 08:33 AM | #41 |   | Official Texas Ambassador 
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			It helps you gain a better perspective on their ever-changing needs and react immediately.
		 |   |   |   |      |  10-13-2010, 11:42 AM | #42 |   | Everyone wants a piece of R S... 
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			I've had a twitter account for a long time but it certainly took a good learning curve to understand the language, converstaions and community.  
What it is in Canada and definately different from the States and I am actually kind of glad that it's not being flooded by the "OMG I AM POOING" Twits YET.  
If you follow the right people and interact with the right crowd.....Twitter definately gives you a headsup of what is happening around town and the supply and demand of your market if you are into business. There are tons of amazing PRs and marketing people making good use of the service while providing informative and creative entertainment for the day.  
I'm having fun with it so far......  
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			I lol'ed when you were talking about being flooded by poo
 I throw some of those out there "taking a dump" or "I didn't eat any corn" then you get some texts telling you how disgusting you are
 
 Don't really use it much anymore as it's pretty dull after a while and 140 characters is too limiting
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			For me it was really hard to get into at first but it's all worth it. I've met so many amazing people and been to a lot of great events over the past year now. Glad to have done it because it's helped my business and who-to-know (follow) people in this city!
 Plus I get to stalk Maggie .. and Ronin from time to time
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			I use twitter for two reasons, NHL trade deadline and July1st free agents other then that I don't give two shits about what someone had to eat or what happened to them at work today.Posted via RS Mobile |   |   |   |      |  10-13-2010, 01:00 PM | #46 |   | Everyone wants a piece of R S... 
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			^ If you take the time to look into the better contents that people post....there is a lot of hidden treasures there. Treat it as like a website that you frequent...like a RSS feed with a real person behind each thread.....like the NSFW thread that you check everyday....  
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			Hmmmm really, can you post some examples   Posted via RS Mobile |   |   |   |      |  10-13-2010, 01:27 PM | #48 |   | MOD 
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			lol..noob
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			facebook is for people i know but hate and twitter is for people I don't know but like.
		 |   |   |   |     |  10-13-2010, 01:58 PM | #50 |   | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me! 
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			i mainly use twitter for following updates from businesses and organizations.  Much more convenient and simple than facebook imo.  facebook is geared more towards networking with friends and family.
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