Comments on: Life Lessons Learned from the Phishing Attack on Twitter

By: Leslie Todd

Leslie Todd — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:33:41 +0000

Interesting points! I have a nearby feature on my phone and occasionally look at it to find people to follow. I think it would be useful to have geographically nearby followers so you can tweet news, disasters, warnings, etc. as they are happening and let people in the area know. As on mashable recently it would be nice to have the option of sending tweets only to your followers in a geographic region.

By: Laurel Genteman

Laurel Genteman — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:31:39 +0000

” Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul”. Thank you for all you do. I will RT this link again.

By: Martha A. Wade

Martha A. Wade — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:51:53 +0000

This is BEAUTIFUL and WONDERFUL! I see why you have over 80,000 followers. You are a joy to follow, and inspiration to me, and a truly GREAT artist. Thank you for posting this

By: Huayruro

Huayruro — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:40:06 +0000

Thanks for the reminder, people often forget this lesson.
Gracias por el recordatorio, la gente generalmente olvida esta lección

By: Training

Training — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:58:12 +0000

This is never easy.

By: Orchideen

Orchideen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:39:39 +0000

This is really a great article, Judy! I am following you since about 2 hours now and have already got the first peace of realy useful information. Thanks!
But there is one thing I would like to note: You wrote “The more people a person follows on Twitter, the more likely one has access to a broader and better field of information. The more one can learn.” This is definitely true, but with an increasing number of people you follow, the harder it gets to actually find that information among all the the other stuff. So the “noise” gets louder and you have to spend a lot more time to go through all the potential information. (hope that was clear – I’m not native and sometimes have some troubles saying what I actually want to… )

By: Rita

Rita — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:15:17 +0000

Excellent post JudyRey! I saw brief mentions @ the phishing, but am so tiny and use twitter so little I don’t think I was touched by it. I have though, often wondered why certain people are following me? Do they even look at my website? If yes, why do they not leave a comment-help with the rankings-or retweet, as I do. I do a full profile review and leave a comment for everyone I follow, or follow-back. That is my idea of “community” and building “relationships”. If I get a follow that does nothing, and I review their site and see they are in no way related to my interests, I feel guilty for not following back! Generally I will follow back anyway, and assume they are just building numbers. I have no problem with that either, but will not participate most of the time, since we do not “share a vision.”
Thanks for the great blog! I really like it!

By: Betty Fellows

Betty Fellows — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:36:14 +0000

JudyRey you are a real hero!!! It is comforting to know that people like you and @pawLuxury exist and care so much about the community. I will log into twitter and follow you.

Betty

By: EZSimpleGifts

EZSimpleGifts — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:00:58 +0000

It has always amazed me how people will band together during any kind of crisis. It helps me believe that there is some good in the world. I’m sorry that I signed up for Twitter a few days too late to help warn people about the attack while it was happening.

By: Alma Gray

Alma Gray — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:46:42 +0000

This is what I love about (what is commonly termed) social media.
The people factor is what it is and should be about; I think the ‘movers and shakers’ miss this very important point.
Thanks for writing this Judy!