I’m getting flooded with new followers since Sherri Shepherd mentioned my site by way of Corry Joe Biddle, and it’s time I mentioned a Twitter tip that doesn’t get enough press.
When you follow people on Twitter, by default you see their replies to anybody – even if you’re not following them. Quite frankly, that’s annoying. I don’t really want to overhear somebody’s conversations with some complete stranger.
There’s an easy workaround: in Twitter, go into Settings, Notices, and change the Replies setting shown below:
Twitter Notices Settings
Set it up so that it only shows you replies to the people you’re following. That way, if you’re following me, but you’re not following @SherriEShepherd, then you won’t see me replying to her.
This really cuts down on the noise of Twitter, and makes it much easier to follow more people without getting overwhelmed.
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Thank you for the advice. I appreciate the Twitter rules of the road. I received the Tweet from Sherri and probably contributed to the flood of visitors to your blog. It is a very small world when I saw that you live in Whitehall MI, our family has been vacationing at Lakeside Inn the same time every year for a very long time!! Special spot in our hearts!
Cheers!
Wow, Lakeside, how funny – my family owned The Galleon Restaurant right next door. I spent way too much time there in 1988-1992, and Erika and I go over there to walk our dog all the time.
You may miss out on a @reply to someone who you show be following. That is how I follow alot of people. Firehose it.
Yeah, but guys like you and me are pros who are actively looking for people in the same field. Too often, I hear from people following me who say, “Man, you sure do talk a lot, and I don’t really care about those other people you’re talking to. You should take that to direct messaging or instant messaging.” They’re not clear on how the public part of Twitter works yet.
I have to say since Sherry mentioned you, I have read your blog and I find your information very informative. Keep up the twitter tips, PLEASE!
Also, I like your comparion on three of social networking desktop client applications. I have been using Tweetdeck and have downloaded Orsiso and giving it a whirl. I have only one account to keep track of… can’t imagine more than one! LOL.
I agree with Jason. I’m always grateful when I see a reply from one of my fellow SQL tweeps to someone new and I discover someone else to follow. Firehose ftw!
This feature doesn’t seem to exist. The drop down is replaced with a few checkboxes related to receiving e-mails. Why would they take away such a useful feature? Can someone else confirm they didn’t just move it? I don’t see it anywhere…
Yep, wouldn’t you know it – they removed it. But now, Twitter actually works this way by default!