Comments on: Screw Relationships, I Want Numbers!

By: Are You Shortcutting Your Community? | SonnyGill.com

Are You Shortcutting Your Community? | SonnyGill.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:28 +0000

[...] 1-minute video sums up a lot on what people have mistaken in this hyper-connected online world. The need to increase the number of friends, followers, and fans you have. Even #FollowFriday, which started off as a [...]

By: The Lost Art of Relationship Building | SonnyGill.com

The Lost Art of Relationship Building | SonnyGill.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:08:27 +0000

[...] strikes a chord with me though, is the lost art of relationship building. People are stuck on numbers and looking for that quick fix or lead. WAKE UP CALL: things don’t work that way anymore. You [...]

By: VlogHog

VlogHog — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:58:46 +0000

I see no reason to have a huge following if:1. These people aren’t really reading what you write 2. Don’t go to your blog or website and follow it 3. These people aren’t all unique followers.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:01 +0000

Definitely agreed, Sonny. Good post!

By: Eric Brown

Eric Brown — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:49:17 +0000

Hi Sonny,
I am not sure why anyone obsesses about twitter followers, and I am even more sure that not many are really being honest about why they fret over twitter followers. None of this really monetizes for hardly anyone does it? Do folks think that the twitter Santa will suddenly show up once they cross over some superficial twitter follower threshold? How many people can you really connect with anyway, really connect with, a handful maybe.

So is a twitter follower obsession a search for a pot of gold that doesn’t exist?

By: Raj Iyer

Raj Iyer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:48:31 +0000

Your article is right on the money. I too believed in having a mass of people following me at twitter for no reason at all. The only thing that would have given me is bump me up on the list people like Guy Kawasaki sit (most followers) but it defeats the real purpose. Don’t take me wrong, I still would like more followers but not through a program. It’s about people and that’s how it should be.

I recently wrote my twitter experience in my blog that talks about this.
http://thegreenjar.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/its-a-twitterific-world/

By: Discussing Social Media with Sonny Gill | danny brown

Discussing Social Media with Sonny Gill | danny brown — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:43:55 +0000

[...] realize the time and effort aspect of social media and that it takes a lot of both to connect and build relationships, not numbers. They’re not utilizing Twitter for the benefit of conversation or relationships; they’re using [...]

By: olivier blanchard

olivier blanchard — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:16:42 +0000

Amen!

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:28:37 +0000

Sonny,

What I’ve noticed is that people choose to do social media in their own way and the bonus is that some engage (like you) and some are all about numbers. At the end of the day it shows when their numbers mean nothing and no one is clicking through to their content.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:03:19 +0000

Sonny, thanks for the post with your twitter following hopefully we can squash this. I am picking on who I follow only because I want value not quantity. I would not want anyone following me that I could not help.

thanks again