I’ve been using Twitter for more than a year now and I love it. In fact, I love it next to blogging and more than I would ever love Facebook. As of date I have more than 1,000 followers but only follow back a few. That way, I can keep up with my Twitter stream and engage in conversations with people whose area of interests are the same with mine or learn things I don’t know.
There are reasons why I don’t/won’t follow every one who follows me. Here are a few reason why I won’t follow you back:
1. Your Twitter avatar displays a massive boob crack or only have little clothes on you.
2. There are no @ mentions in your Twitter stream, which means you use Twitter mainly to ‘talk’ not listen and discuss.
3. The only topic you tweet about is what you had for lunch, along with Twitpic for evidence.
4. You have too much hashtags on your tweets.
5. The only topic you tweet about is your kids and how many times they vomitted over the last 5 hours.
6. You give advices like how to have as many followers as Ashton Kutcher. Your advice might be great but I don’t want to be Ashton Kutcher.
7. Your tweets almost always have external links. I get it, you want to share links you discovered but those links might be porn sites, I’ll never know.
8. You have very few/no followers but follow a thousand dudes and chicks.
9. Your tweets are suicidal in tone.
10. Your tweets mostly contain obscene language. I don’t want to deal with your potty mouth.
11. Your Twitter updates are protected and I need your permission to follow you.
12. Your tweet stream have nothing on it than inspirational quotes or God forbid, Bible verses.
13. You are the RT (retweet) queen or king.
How about you? Any reason why you wouldn’t be following that someone on Twitter?
Finding Backroads 
Lol. Love your list. I switched to “private” a couple of months ago and I stopped getting all those weiiirdos out there trying to add me.
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Well, I’m glad I followed you before you switched to private! 🙂
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good reasons Some I never thought of Sandy
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All great reasons, I’ve come across a few myself. Have you experienced the ranters that go one for twenty tweets as if by sheer force of will they can get it all out in a coherent manner if they just keep typing furiously enough? LOL
Happy TT,
~Xakara
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Looks like I might be followed. Great reasons to not follow.
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Good list and a lot to think about. I’ve used Twitter some, but not a lot, especially since I started full time at the library. Same with FB. A lot of things I used to do I just don’t have the time for any more…
Happy TT!
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I really do like Twitter, but I find you must have all your attention focused on the board or you miss a kazillion things. I wish I had the time to do it, however, I do manage to get on it between bouts of insanity lol
I won’t follow you if your entire life revolves around sex. I am no prude, but 24/7 gets to be a bit much.
Great list. Happy T13!
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God forbid, Bible verses!! hahaha
I agree with your list. I unfollow people if they tweet the same thing more than once… in the same day! ugh!
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you better be not following me. i only tweet for giveaways. but i am usually amazed that so many follow me.
.-= Charlotte | Life’s a Charm!´s last blog ..Life Unscripted- Viva Chile =-.
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Good reasons. I normally follow some of these, as i wont waste time tweeting unnecessarily.
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Spammy looking tweets, like a lot of hashtags and links.
I usually follow persons I talked before they followed me, or find them on twitter.
Hmm, I guess I usually think of reasons to follow a person and not reason not to follow someome.
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I used to follow back religiously, but it go so the only people who wanted to follow in the first place were scamming. I still tweet now and then, but I got so lost in the twitterings. Now I don’t do much there.
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I’m not a Twitter user myself (I think it’s because I’m too wordy), a lot of these are reasons I won’t follow certain users as well.
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When they ReTweet ReTweets of their own original Tweet–annoying! Or else post the same link to the same blog post five times in one afternoon.
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Very handy things… Good Job!!!
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What I find hard to understand is how people can actually follow lots of people – especially as many posts include url to follow – the time quickly adds up.
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i think some people are collectors…they collect twitterers and facebookers. i think the ones who irrate me most are the people who want to friend you on facebook and don’t even both to tell you why…i just ignore them. i’ve stopped entering as many contests when they want me to follow them all over the the web. i’ve become a crank in my old age!
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Thank you very much for sharing great tips. Keep posting.
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Well but it proceed so the only persons who liked to pursue in the first location were scamming. I still tweet now and then, but I got so lost in the twitterings. Now I don?t manage much there.
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A great list Grace. I have never used twitter. The only person I read tweets from is Lance Armstrong, I’m a big fan of the Tour de France.
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Twitter is used for personal reasons, some use it for business. But sad to say, there are few who uses it to destroy others thru spamming, scamming, and stalking.
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Good list and a lot to think about. I?ve used Twitter some, but not a lot, especially since I started full time at the library. Same with FB. A lot of things I used to do I just don?t have the time for any more?
Happy TT!
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Twitter is used for personal reasons, some use it for business. But sad to say, there are few who uses it to destroy others thru spamming, scamming, and stalking.
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Great list!
The thing that drives me nuts the most is the “click my junk” links in a direct message. I unfollow immediately!
Thanks for commenting on my blog, and for letting me know about your list. 🙂
~Keri
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The only individual I read tweets from is Lance Armstrong, I?m a large-scale follower of the Tour de France.
Seb at Pedometer watches
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Twitter is a really good plateform where you can promote your brand or services free of cost.
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