First up , a huge sorry for the recent slow frequency of posts . It was not intentional , let us just say that life in its grand scheme played a few pranks on me and I wasn’t laughing . I run three blogs and all of them are crying out for attention now . With that done , let me get to the point of this post . My presence on twitter is now long enough that at least a few tweeps in India know me . And I recently changed from @sakthidharan to @v_shakthi on twitter .I have a lot of friends on Twitter , 4500+ now . My tweet policy is to share links and to have conversations too . I also tweet quotes and jokes and the like . I am a liberal user of Twitterfeed , but I read all my links that get posted. Here lies the problem , apparently it is pissing off a few folks who follow me . Then the question , what is good on twitter ? and When am I good ? Let us try and answer that in this post
Twitter as I understand it is very different from IM , it is a micro-blogging platform which for the time being is free (I do pray that it stays that way , but then I also pray that Twitter makes money , let’s leave that to the almighty ! ) . So as my micro-blog , what should it contain ? It could contain many things , and it is not entirely wrong if I choose to have my micro-blog reflect Breaking News and Tech stuff that I believe define what I like and want to share . Right ?
Now the next part , after deciding what to share , I also have the liberty to choose how to share it , that is again an extension of what I am and want to be seen as on-line . Essentially , as long as I am sure about what I am sharing , how I share it is immaterial . So here is what I did . I first looked around the net and found out really trustworthy and reputed sources of Information in the areas that I wanted to tweet about . Mind you , this is a long and persistent exercise . It takes a lot of effort to do that . Once I had that list , I used Twitterfeed to automate scheduled tweets whenever new information was there in these places . Some of them are National topics of Interest and some of them are Technical and some other trivia as well . Then I sit down and calculate the frequency and number of updates vis-a-vis the twitter limits so that I don’t get kicked out of twitter . And here again I have to account for my conversations with friends and buffer to RT great stuff that I see on my time-line
There is a catch here , the catch is that the blogs/sites that I identify are updated in spurts . Let me explain , when there are a lot of breaking news items , they are more frequent , when there is some heavy tech updates in the net , they are more and so on . But remember , all this is well within the twitter limits . It is not that I don’t tweet , I do too and I reply to all mesgs addressed to me . So I am not a bot . Heh ! Bots don’t blog 
Now my friends , tell me , is the above methodology wrong ? Am I bad on twitter , if I am , when am I good on twitter ?
Pls do comment on this post
Thanks
u made my day 
You are the constant in the constantly changing twiniverse
. I dread the day when i get on to twitter & don’t find you there. Cheers buddy & Lage raho Shakti Bhai 
Dear Shakthi,
I appreciate ur effort in taking time off to set up[ the methodology.
But wat happens is u tend to clog others time line. So u mite lose followers if they are pissed
All the best!!
\mad_nad/
hey ..u do u’r job he best way u can…u don’ have to bother abt wat other’s think abt it..keep up
Sir , you made my day
Like u told mew on twitter , right !
Hmm , I guess one man’s honey is another’s poison
Hi Shakthi,
I was trying to reach u about your query about Japanese culture via @pprakash; your tweets keep coming in via twitterfeed (and web), but u don’t respond ?!! so, r u a bot ? no offence, ok, the comment should be be read with your blog content, ok; bye
Hi Shakti,
I have been following you for quite some time now but haven’t interacted on a one to one basis, I did mention you in a couple of Tweets requesting @KhushiKiDuniya for a Google Wave Invite though..
Not sure if you have been following me
Just trying to be Honest as I myself can understand the importance of True feedbacks, At times The frequent Updates do make People uncomfortable. Thats a general case not pointing to you.
your tweets in particular created concern in my mind only once… But I chose to wait. I wouldn’t really un-follow anyone for this Reason, because you always have the option to Follow but No Follow..
http://bijayrungta.com/follow-but-nofollow-an-idea-for-twitter-apps
Now I enjoy your Tweets and find them useful, funny, stress busters etc..
I have had this feeling myself and have even lost followers including a few whom I care about.. because of a flood of Updates in my Timeline..
I also made a similar post yesterday asking my Friends to provide feedback to my Social Media Activities…
Do Comment if you have any point…
http://bijayrungta.com/should-i-stopreduce-posting-all-those-tweets-updates-and-other-stuff-stop-sharing
Considering everything, I do feel that why not use the Service for what they are meant to be???
But Of-course I also need to take care of my Friends’ Interest and so perhaps I will take measures to achieve that…
@rungss on Twitter
you are doing a great job on twitter, but the sad part is sometimes my stream is filled with others twitterfeed
its not a bad thing but pls use other alternatives which provide a time gap while using twitter in auto pilot
suggestion only!
Loved the article…
First off how you tweet is your business. As long as you are not spamming or always using a service to send tweets its not a big deal. The important thing is you build relationships.
The true Twitter Friends as I deem them will still follow and not complain. It is impossible to be on Twitter 24/7. Life happens. I recently lost touch on Twitter because of my new business and also because of a stalker. So I understand how life can throw you punches.
I am just now trying to reconnect and get back up to speed with my networking.
Hope these words helped my friend. Thanks for the follow on twitter!!!
@teamwildjoker
Also you can follow me on my other accounts @thewildjoker and @thewildjoker2 … bear with me as i learn to use multiple accounts 1 for personal 2 for business. Trying to find the balance is so hard!!!
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