But if you've read any of my recent posts, you know that I recently gave in to Christine Hill. Originally, when I received a notification that she was following me, I opted not to follow her back after reviewing her profile and most recent tweets. But when I received a second and then a third notification that she was following me, I realized Christine Hill was not going to give up.
After writing about how turned-off I am by multiple follows by the same account a week or so ago, I decided to go ahead and follow her so that I could report back on all that I learned from Christine.
I have to admit, I feel a little bad about openly dissing this innocent lady. So I just want to quickly remind myself (and you) that I do not know Christine Hill - nor do I pretend to. She may be the sweetest, most intelligent person I've never met. All I know about Christine Hill is that she lives in Salt Lake City, she loves the internet and her dog, is a Latter Day Saint and she uses Twitter. Every comment I make below is based only these few facts that I know about this person who is a relatively flat character in my life.
Now that I've got that disclaimer out of the way, on with the review! Initially I thought I would comment on her 10 most recent Tweets. But as I delved into that, I realized it wasn't that interesting. So instead, I will simply comment on a the different types of typical tweets posted by Christine Hill, along with a few examples.
1. Links to articles about social media.
This is her most popular type of tweet. And in Christine's defense, I will admit up front that she directly posts as many links as she retweets. I find this impressive, because I always feel like I'm the last person to stumble upon some of the more interesting articles. So when I do post a link to an interesting article, its almost always a retweet.
Nonetheless, people who tweet links to articles about social media and marketing all day long are quite the bore to me. Don't these people have anything else to do...???
2. Inspirational Quotes
If someone's twitter stream contains an excessive amount of inspirational quotes, I consider this a reason to not follow or unfollow him/her. If I wanted to read some inspirational quotes, I'd do a google search for "inspirational quotes." Last time I did that: 14 years ago. (Which means I probably used AOL or Yahoo and not Google).
What's even more annoying than an inspirational quote? A picture of a quote: http://twitpic.com/48we5
Yep, Christine posted that gem yesterday...with no further info.
3. Thank You Tweets
Saying thank you to your followers for following you seems insincere and fake. I don't like it - even when you include an animation and to make it seem more like an e-card:
http://twitpic.com/46rww ~ Thank you for following me! I always follow back but give me a few days :-)
What? Am I supposed to feel like you appreciate me even more cause you wasted time digging this crap up on the internet?
And the "reassurance" that you always follow back to me suggests that you value quantity of quality.
4. Jokes
This is essentially the same as tweeting inspirational quotes. If you do happen to stumble across something funny, I'm definitely in favor of tweeting it. But jokes should not be a part of your regular reportoire...in my opinion. It's like those old chain emails you used to receive with the dumb jokes in them. Normally, I skip right past these tweets in my twitter feed. But for the sake of this blog, I did click on the link Christine posted earlier this week:
This is HYSTERICAL! If you need a laugh, this is guaranteed to give you one! http://tinyurl.com/2vk9sw
I'll admit, it was kind of funny, but only because I hate telemarketers.
All in all, Christine Hill really isn't a huge Twitter offender. She only tweets about 5 times a day and she posts a mix of articles, quotes, jokes and appreciation tweets.
Would I miss her if I didn't follow her? No.
If I'm going to be so judgemental, I guess maybe a better question would be What kind of tweets do I like?
Maybe I'll get to that next.
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