On Twitter, again: I had a giggle at this from one Mr. Robert Scoble, who has just discovered that trimming your friends means better quality.
2. Because I personally care about everyone I am following their noise level is a LOT lower. Think about it. Hearing from some stranger that they ate a peanut butter sandwich isn’t very interesting. Hearing that from someone you care about, like, say, my brother, is a lot more interesting.
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For me, my major learning of social networks is that you should be very choosy on who to listen to and who to put into your view.
Gee whiz, what a revelation.
You know, about a year ago I @replied Scoble in response to some tweet he made about how awesome he thought it was to follow eighty bajillion people (which I can no longer find in Twitter Search: fail) and said I doubted that he’d actually be able to properly comprehend a relentless firehose of whatever:
@Scobleizer, I really fail to believe you when you say you read new posts every two seconds. See, yes. Comprehend?
I followed that up with something to do with social media, actual friends, and a meaningful experience (can’t find that either) at which point he had a whinge at me:
@raena: come here and I’ll show you a meaningful experience. It’s pretty clear you have no clue about my capabilities.
He then had a little spaz and blocked me.
Now, I don’t want to be MUCH of an arsehole here, Robert, but I do love a good “I told you so!” moment.
Isn’t the quality of your Twitter friends timeline a whole shitload better now that you’re not just indiscriminately following everything that moves?
