Someone tweeted about 4 Annoying Twitter Myths which is an interesting post, I agree with what is written.

Newsflash to Twitter Gurus: Twitter is not your personal garden party where you get to set the norms. It’s a rapidly growing worldwide community where anyone can act however they want.

The four myths that are commented on are:
1. Myth: Twitter is a Community.
2. Myth: You Need to Do X, Y, or Z to Succeed on Twitter.
3. Myth: You must follow back everyone who follows you.
4. Myth: Auto-Direct Messages are Evil.

Under point three he writes “I prefer quality in my relationships, not quantity. Don’t you?” which is in line with the text in my Twitter-bio: I prefer conversation over promotions.

Twitip has an interesting post, The Quest for 5000 – How many Followers are Enough, written by Mark Hayward (mark_hayward). While preparing for the post Mark asked the question at Twitter, some of the answers are included in his post. My answer was:

Does not matter to me but I am picky with who I follow since I am interested in conversations.

Mark is shooting for 5000 followers and gives his reasons in the post above. That number makes perfect sense based on his aim with using Twitter, marketing his business and projects.

My aim is different, I use Twitter for social purposes and see it as my water cooler and enjoy the conversations. My coaching business is (so far) local and I am not likely to find any customers through Twitter. I follow people with interesting and engaging tweets.

When I get a follower I check their profile and latest tweets, if it looks interesting I follow back. Those I at first decided not to follow back that start a conversation I start to follow, my decisions can change.

Being active on Twitter is in line with all of my three key words: Trust, Connect and Grow.

Here are some Twitter-related links:

• 10 Steps To Untwangling Twitter To Make It Useful
• How to Get Things Done with Twitter
• Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared
• 25+ Celebrity Twitter Users