Re:Twitter Needs a Spam Filter? No, We Need a Marketer Filter
by jamesbritt on Saturday July 04, 2009 @01:10PM
(#687292)
"But do you care equally about everyone you follow? "
Of course not. That's not how use Twitter
"If you sample randomly you bias for those who post often rather than those you care more about."
If a random sample routinely has someone posting items of little to no value to me, I follow. So it works out.
The people I really care about I connect with in other ways: phone, E-mail, blogs, conferences and local meetings, and so on.
Twitter is but one of many ways I get my daily data bath. That I miss this or that is not a big deal. Besides, the important stuff tends to get repeated so it usually finds me anyways.
Of course not. That's not how use Twitter
"If you sample randomly you bias for those who post often rather than those you care more about."
If a random sample routinely has someone posting items of little to no value to me, I follow. So it works out.
The people I really care about I connect with in other ways: phone, E-mail, blogs, conferences and local meetings, and so on.
Twitter is but one of many ways I get my daily data bath. That I miss this or that is not a big deal. Besides, the important stuff tends to get repeated so it usually finds me anyways.