| Are you following 2,000 people on Twitter yet? | | | | message' text link, then they don't follow you. |
| And how many are following you? More than | | | | To stop following anyone in your list (whether |
| 2,000? Or maybe far fewer... and if it is fewer, | | | | they follow you or not), just click the 'remove' link |
| you may have reached the dreaded Follow Ceiling. | | | | on the right. You'll have to do this one person at a |
| In the good old days of Twitter (if something as | | | | time, but you can do it all from this page. |
| relatively young as this can be said to have 'good | | | | Add More Organization to Your Follow/Follower |
| old days') there were no follow limits. You could | | | | Management |
| just follow as many people as you felt like | | | | If you want to save some time and have this |
| following -- regardless of how many people | | | | information better organized for you, a really |
| followed you. | | | | easy website to use is to help make this process |
| As Twitter has become more popular, this has | | | | even easier. |
| changed. They have had to set some limits on | | | | When you log in to this site, you are required to |
| how many people you can follow. One such limit is | | | | give your Twitter login information and an account |
| the 2,000 followed rule. | | | | is created under your Twitter login. Once you |
| I quote from the Twitter Support area: | | | | create your account, you can check the following |
| We do not limit the number of people who can | | | | with a click of the 'Whack!' button: |
| follow you, but we have put limits in place to stop | | | | ==> A list of those who are following you, but |
| people from aggressively following others. | | | | you are not following them back. |
| Everyone is allowed to follow 2,000 people. After | | | | ==> A list of those whom you are following |
| that, follow limits are based on the number of | | | | who are also following you. |
| people who are following you. | | | | ==> A list of those you are following, but who |
| Can You Only Follow 2,000 Tweeple? | | | | are not following you back. |
| Well, not exactly. What it does mean, however, is | | | | It's these last two groups you will want to inspect |
| that once you are following 2,000 people, you | | | | for people to unfollow if you need to balance your |
| have to start balancing the number of people you | | | | 'following' and 'followers' lists. |
| follow, based on how many follow you. | | | | The most useful group for these purposes is the |
| One way to do this balancing act is to unfollow | | | | one show by the setting 'Showing ==> Only |
| people until the number of your followers more | | | | Following' -- this will give you a list of just those |
| closely aligns with the number of people you are | | | | whom you are following, but who are not |
| following. | | | | following you. |
| How Do You Know Whom You Should Unfollow? | | | | You can now move quickly through that list, |
| One rule of thumb is that you might stop | | | | clicking the boxes to select those names you |
| following people who are not contributing regularly | | | | want to unfollow. If there are a bunch of people |
| on the Twitter stream. Or whose Tweets are not | | | | you want to stop following in this group, scroll to |
| all that interesting to you. | | | | the bottom of the page and 'Check All.' Then |
| Another consideration might be that you could | | | | unclick the relatively fewer names you don't want |
| unfollow people who do not follow you back. | | | | to unfollow. |
| However, remember that there are many | | | | Lastly, scroll down and click on the 'Bulk Unfollow' |
| market leaders and up-and-comers whose | | | | button. And, like magic, you have unfollowed a |
| Tweets are well worth following for the value | | | | bunch of people who weren't following you back, |
| they offer, but they don't follow many people | | | | and you have made your Following/Follower list |
| themselves. You'll probably want to continue to | | | | more balanced. |
| follow them. | | | | You can also use this to select those who are |
| How Can You Find Out Those You Follow but | | | | following you, but you aren't following them. Then |
| Who Aren't Following You? | | | | click each one you want to follow to select them |
| Well, you can log in to your Twitter account and, | | | | (or use 'Check All') and scroll down and click 'Bulk |
| on your home page, click on 'View All' under the | | | | Follow' to follow them all. |
| pictures of people you are following. You will now | | | | Manage the Tweeple you follow carefully when |
| see everyone you are following, and if they follow | | | | you get close to following 2,000, and you can |
| you back, you will see a 'Direct message' text link | | | | break through that Follow Limit with ease! |
| under their Twitter name. If there is no 'Direct | | | | |