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Fri, 01 May 2009 15:46:42 +0000

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By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:42:14 +0000

I’ve also found myself “tuning out” the long lists of @names. They seem… somehow incomplete. As if the person just grabbed 5 out of their follow list and said “I follow these”.

Michael – I love that idea! If I really like what someone has to say, I’ve probably starred some tweets.

By: Tim Walker

Tim Walker — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:10:06 +0000

Michael — I hadn’t thought of that. Good approach. Anything that promotes quality over quantity is welcome in my book.

By: Tim Walker

Tim Walker — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:09:14 +0000

I think this is a good approach, Shawn. I don’t set a particular limit of how many FF’s to do, and I don’t write a post for each one, but I’d rather more people copied your style, rather than just shotgunning-out lists of names.

By: Shawn K

Shawn K — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:50:51 +0000

I try to make my follow friday extra special. I only do one per week, and if I have to think about it too hard, I don’t do it that week. Accompanying my follow friday is a short blog post, just a few paragraphs.

If you can’t come up with a dozen sentences to go with a follow friday selection, they can’t be that special.

But that’s me.

~Shawn K (@thattalldude)

By: michael

michael — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:41:47 +0000

Another example I’ve seen that works well, most recently from @thebloggess, is a link to her favorites. I was able to scan a fairly hefty list of posts and follow at will.