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I hate questions that say, “Tell us a little about yourself.”
How on Earth am I supposed to capture everything about me and distill it into a few words? That’s ridiculous. Thankfully, that’s the wrong question. If you reword the question, it’s much easier to answer. Think about who’s reading the description: Twitterers who’ve never met you before. They don’t really want to know what’s important to you, what you believe in, or how many kids you’ve got.
Here’s what they really want to know: “What can I ask you about?”
For example, I’m a database guy, but if someone glances at my 20 most recent tweets, they probably won’t be about databases. I’ll be talking about my day, my most recent trip, my favorite blog of the moment, or maybe what I’m about to eat for dinner. Heck, I bet you could swap out my 20 most recent tweets with several other different people, and it might be hard to tell whose are whose. The Twitter description helps bystanders figure out whether we share interests and whether I can help them out.
Here are some of the most popular tags on WeFollow, a database of Twitter users:
- Celebrity – funny how everybody thinks they’re a celebrity on Twitter!
- Music
- SocialMedia – a fancypants word for social networking
- Entrepreneur – lots of people trying to make money on here, eh?
- News
- Blogger
- Tech
- Comedy
You can add yourself to WeFollow and pick a handful of tags to describe yourself, and within a day or so you’ll be listed in the directory for that tag. Keep in mind that unless you’re one of the most popular users within that tag, you probably won’t win a lot of followers this way.
