Yes ladies and gentlemen, this is another Twitter entry. Today, I decided to focus on the reasons why I unfollow people on Twitter. This list should prove helpful, because it may save you from mimicking the annoying habits of many other people on that site. That, or make you laugh. Either way, it’s worth checking out.
10 Reasons Why I Will Unfollow You On Twitter.
- You are a man, and you are shirtless or in your underwear in your main photo. I DON’T WANT TO SEE ALL THAT. Your sweet-butt Derek Zoolander picture-taking ass deserves it. *Unfollow*
- You engage in constant twitter arguments. I’m going to assume that one day you might turn your tweet wrath on me, and force me to put you in a sleeper hold. *Unfollow*
- I followed you because you’re pretty, but you have nothing interesting or intelligent to say. Models and pornstars on Twitter are similar to pretty bartenders and strippers in this regard: they might reply to you because it’s part of the job, but they DO NOT want to sleep with you. If you can remember that before following a bunch of half-naked women tweeting about the nail shop and the club, then you’re good. However, we all slip up under the allure of beauty. Great nations have fallen thanks to it, so it’s only natural that some women with the personality of cardboard get followed since they look good in a thong. When that happens…*Unfollow*
- You’re too sensitive. I make a lot of jokes, and I try to draw the line as far as what is TOO over the top and crass. That said, some people get offended way too easily. It’s better for both of us if I press this button right now. *Unfollow*
- You’re not sensitive enough. I don’t need to see photos of your childbirth, or any other thoroughly disgusting or non work-safe images without a proper warning. A simple “NSFW” is only four characters, so it’s not that hard. *Unfollow*
- You are a self-proclaimed social networking expert/guru. For every one social media person I’ve followed who actually posts helpful and informative tweets, there are at least 100 more who are petty scam artists at worst, and annoying jackasses at best. Nowadays I generally stick to following social media folks with sites that I’ve already heard of, or I’ll examine their timeline first to see what they’ve been tweeting. However, some have slipped through the cracks, which forces me to *Unfollow*
- If you are not following me back within a reasonable amount of time. I’m not big on one-sided conversations. Even if you are interesting or funny, I’m forced to drop you like a bad habit. I give people with thousands of followers more time to follow me back, since looking through them can be a pain in the ass. However, if I don’t get that love returned, I’ll stop paying attention. Especially if you are someone I know in real-life. That just adds insult to injury! *Unfollow*
- You send out tweets that say stuff like “Get 300 new followers INSTANTLY!” I’m going to assume that your account has been taken over by spam, and not trust another link you ever post. Therefore…*Unfollow*
- You are a Twitter name-dropper. People who only tweet to celebrities who never reply or follow them back annoy me for some reason. Maybe it’s a pet peeve or something. Who knows? Who cares? *Unfollow*
- You have revealed yourself to be a spam-bot or crappy salesperson. I usually see these accounts a mile away, but occasionally I follow people back and find out that they are automated spam accounts or people trying to sell me a product that I don’t need. I tend to feel like I have been hoodwinked and bamboozled when this happens, so I strike back with great vengeance and furious anger by pressing *Unfollow*
I cosign on this like a new BMW!
I CONCUR!
About #7, I must apologize, but boring people don’t get a follow back. I’m not following you back in ANY amount of time if your tweets are of BET quality.
You’ve said it all. I will not ruin it by adding my two cents.
If you do is trending topic subjects I must unfollow. And also if you keep trying to make me visit your blog wvery 5 mins then I must also unfollow.
meant to say all you do
<< JUST now getting on twitter and already find myself wondering if I will be unfollowed..
Im not a member of said social site but all those seem to be very good reasons!
You take yourself way too seriously.Who cares if you follow or unfollow someone on Twitter? You’re not important anyway! Lol
I concur with all but #9. That may not be a good indicator of a user. Sometimes you’re the first of your friends to use twitter.
@ Dora, true. In the case of new people, that’s understandable
@ Anonymous, apparently YOU cared enough to comment…but this whole thing isn’t just about me. It’s more about annoying Twitter habits. Whatever the case, thank you for spending a few minutes of your time sharing your opinion on the site of such an unimportant guy ;)
@ Lani, you should join!
@ Belve, I’m sure you have nothing to worry about
@ Caress Lepore, anything done in excess gets annoying. That’s a good rule of thumb for most things in life, especially the internet!
@ Max Redick, your $0.02 is always welcome here!
@ Herb, good point
@ The Jaded Voice & Killa Cal, thank you
“strike back with great vengeance and furious anger”
haha
Name droppers are the worst! Who cares that you are following Halle Berry? Can you see her? I hate stars who name-drop! Telling us that you are lunching with Gabrielle Union is not necessary!
nah, leon. that anonymous commenter is actually somebody that you stopped following a while back and has been such a loyal fan of the blog that he/she is incredibly bitter about the whole thing so they only way they could get a jab in and you feeling it (without tweeting you directly) was to do exactly what he/she did.
that’s what i think, at least. and i see you see that trackback, so you already know i appreciate this post. let’s get it.