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So having been tweeting for 4 years now, I have come across lots of different styles, lots of different ways to spam, and of course lots of different way to bore me rigid, but I have come across some mighty fine tweeters (so trying to be good here and not use another term for those that use this particular social media method!).

So listed is what turns me off, and what turns me on as regards following people.

So pet hate number one has to be automated tweets – dddoooohhhh did you lot read and comprehend the whole ethos re twitter ie SOCIAL media – go look up the word! How on earth can I interact with you, when I am talking to a bloody machine missing the human touch??

Another peeve has to be the ‘thanks for following me please go to our site and see what we can sell you’, direct message, that is automated. Hello …. I am an individual not a mass gathering!

So thats, all automated people off the list, and all those who send annoying automated messages when you follow them.

Right next, the character of what is written.

I deliberately follow various who merely send quick jokes – reason being – everyone would do with a flicker of a smile during the day – but do unfollow those who just spout out motivational sayings or just quotes …. don’t you possess an original thought??

Ok, so some say you shouldn’t tweet about what you had for breakfast and when you went to the loo etc, but mixed in with humour, some informatiom, and a lot of character you can and will get away with it – although yes, constant updates re this would get a tad jarring!!

So what makes a good tweeter?

Simple, remember what its all about – its called social media for a reason – ie interact with others, listen, talk (ok tweet), and join in generally.

Oh yes and hashtags – if you have a group of you wishing to chat, handy things meaning you can open a new window and chat with various who are all interested in that particular topic.

So, what annoys you about your fellow tweeters? What little habits should we drop or even adopt?

Yep good old twitter!!

Anyone else enjoying it at present?

I have been on twitter now for nearly two years and have seen the rather dramatic uptake recently with celebrities such as Stephen Fry and others joining in and talking about it.

So what is it?

Mini blogging, or another form of networking via that old thing called the Internet. You join up, get yourself a username then head off in to the big yonder and find like minded people to chat to. You are given 140 characters, so watch out for text speak taking over sometimes so you can get your meaning across, and you then start telling the world what is hopefully, useful information or just silly information perhaps.

Don’t fall in to the the trap though of just ‘twittering’ about your breakfast and how many cups of coffee you had etc, make them either silly, funny or informative, and also don’t constantly link to your business or site. You will soon have people stop following you as its perceived as spam.

Its like any community, treat it with respect and enjoy it and you will soon find yourself with some new friends on it.

If anyone wants to see what its all about or even just come chatting to me on it, head over to twitter.com and search for gilliemillie.