Comments on: Effective Immediately- No More Auto-Follow

By: The Lazy Way to Grow Your Twitter Follower Count

The Lazy Way to Grow Your Twitter Follower Count — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:20:55 +0000

[...] of fact, the well known Twitter advocate Chris Brogan once employed this strategy. However, he said no to this autofollow strategy in 2009, but it was to late. He had already accrued too large a number of people he was following [...]

By: He Who Dies With the Most Followers Wins - Endurance Marketing

He Who Dies With the Most Followers Wins - Endurance Marketing — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:22:21 +0000

[...] Brogan, who recommends you “Follow anyone who follows you (and unfollow spammers/jerks” has ran into problems with that tactic due to an overload of “spammy” [...]

By: Doug Braun

Doug Braun — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:44:21 +0000

Chris, I wouldn't worry about it. I don't believe in auto-followbacks and all of the headaches they create. A person should follow those who have something to contribute that interests *them*. I even wrote an article about the problems with auto-followbacks: http://thedustpan.com/2010/03/evils-of-reciproc... ... if it helps to put your mind at ease regarding the issues that you are now leaving behind. :-) Good move.

By: Should you auto-follow everyone that follows you?

Should you auto-follow everyone that follows you? — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:45:14 +0000

[...] for spammers by auto-following them ends up costing you more time in the long run. Of course, Chris knows this, so I’ve asked him to [...]

By: BadCreditAutomotive.com

BadCreditAutomotive.com — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:24:33 +0000

Yeah – same thing happened to me and drove me nuts.

By: Cosmedic Dentistry San Diego

Cosmedic Dentistry San Diego — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:03:28 +0000

I don't blame you making this decision. For one the auto DM levels are crazy and secondly once your Twitter account gets above the 50K level it is hard to keep up with the daily followers that follow you.

Wendy

By: Twitter Adder

Twitter Adder — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:48:59 +0000

If you can get more twitter followers, then you will be in a very good position to use the twitter marketing to get more buyers. By having more followers, you will be able to have a multiplied effect of your marketing efforts. More and more people will be seeing your updates.

By: Mariano

Mariano — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:05:44 +0000

Thanks for posting this Chris. I actually found it because I got a DM from someone this morning about “fun140.com” and I decided to look it up before I followed the link. Thank goodness I did, and thanks for writing about it!

By: Mariano

Mariano — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:05:44 +0000

By: AdNectar Brings its Branded Virtual Goods to Twitter and LiveJournal

AdNectar Brings its Branded Virtual Goods to Twitter and LiveJournal — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:01:26 +0000

[...] that Twitter users have found this action spammy. For more, see what social media consultant Chris Brogan had to say about it earlier this summer. Note: I don’t currently see any of these gifts live, [...]