I logged into my Twitter account finally after setting it up ages ago and found that I already have 31 followers. It’s important to say that I have never posted a single tweet before today and my profile is completely empty. Yet people found me and became my “followers”.
What confuses me is how did I start “following” 7 people when I didn’t even use this darn thing? Perhaps this has happened automatically at some point when I read other people’s tweets?
Some twitter expert please come and share some light here, please, I beg you.
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m…I think some spammer just like to follow people.
You are different, you build your name on few of your blogs, not surprising to see that!
Twitter are quite addictive.
It is just like subscribing to other people’s list.
There will definitely be people who are interested
in what you are doing, so they will go to Twitter
and search for your name.
Especially your subscribers.
As for you following others, you may have accidently
click on other people’s twitter url.
Check out mine here.
https://twitter.com/jazlai
Jaz
Wow you got 1800+ followers, I’m jealous. But I’m now one of your followers as well.
Hi Gobala,
I think your ‘followers’ are you fans, but i have no idea how you could’ve ‘follow’ those 7 people. But there are free third party service, for us to follow back our followers automatically.
Check out mine here
http://twitter.com/rakanblogger
dude, seriously twitter is a really cool application.
whether it is for personal use or for marketing.
checkout this ebook where you can use ebook as marketing tool:
http://thumlog.com/tweets-for-traffic-using-your-twitter
follow me too:
http://twitter.com/syuxx
Hi, I have tested what Gobala mean.
I do not follow Mike. But suddenly I became his ‘follower’ after visited his twitter page even I do not click his ‘follow’ button. I think there is ’something’ and i’m impressed with it.
methinks that they are all spammers of first order!! Leave that alone.. initially when i was fairly new on twiiter.. i use to thank even the spammers.. and of course, i did not get any response..
Its very simple bro.
You must have been forwarded the invitation to join by this people before this, and your email has been stored in their database.
When you joined, twitter remembers this, and automatically adds you in as their follower..
Its just like Facebook.
Of course, there is also some application out there that automatically adds you up as followers..
Hope this helps..
And here is mine http://twitter.com/asianlunatic
i guess many people use twitter todays. Its become trend to malaysian blogger.
wow.. its cool… how can it be like that…
hoho..thats big number..
I also started a twitter account few days ago.
I only have four followers (one of them is jaz lai
) because I think the search people option is temporarily disabled.
I am following gobala and some of his friends like edmund loh and vince tan.
And here is my twitter account
http://www.twitter.com/gloson
I wonder how can jazlai get followed by soooo many people…..
great discussion!
I’ve had my twitter account now for a few weeks and I alreay have about 89 followers. Because I am a freelance writer, fashion and style editor and problogger, I find it hard to keep up but what I want to know is:
1.) how can you reply to someone that is following you without having to follow them??
2.) how can I use twitter to build subscribers on my blog?
I am always looking for my weekly/Daily Blogger highlights and would love some link exchanges.
hit me up at http://www.thecocktailcafe.com or http://twitter.com/thecocktailcafe
I’m always on the lookout for the next HOT products, service, person.
Cheers!
You’re lucky! I was stuck with just 17 “followers” for 2 whole months!! Then December came my break may be cos Christmas was coming. Now I am a little over 400 and I have no newsletter for readers of my blog, so i find it “something”!
I have a feeling you’ll hit far more than 1k in 1 to 2 months Gobala. I tweeted your profile to all in my network!
If you remember me, I am the fun-loving gal who loves playing with online avatar-makers you blogged some time back. So, feel free to tweet me Gobala!
Hi Kelly:
Thanks a lot
I appreciate it!
No prob Gobala cos your blog has helped me a lot! Sorry meant to say 10k! >,<
Hey Gobala,
Your Twitter account suspended?