If I treat Twitter like a social networking site, e.g. Facebook, then I mutually friend everyone regardless of whether or not I keep up with their updates.

Why Does It Matter?

At first it didn’t matter since there were only a handful of people I was following, and I could easily scroll through the updates to see what was going on. Actually, I could scroll through two pages of updates and get a summary of that entire day.

Now I’m following enough people that I can’t keep up, so I just log on and see what’s going on in real time. Unfortunately, that only results in catching 20 to 40 updates and the rest slip through my fingers.

So What’s a Tweep to Do?

Some people say that it’s proper etiquette to mutually follow everyone sans spam and broadcasting Tweeps. The drawback is that you’re inundated with updates if you follow enough people.

Other people say that you should only follow those individuals who you find interesting. The drawback here is that you can come across as a snob by being picky about who you follow.

Yet another group of people say that you should use tools like TweetDeck to help manage your account; yet it would be unfair of me to follow someone and then filter them out.

So Twitterverse, what’s a Tweep to do? I would greatly appreciate your comments, and I’ve also included a poll below that you can use to voice your opinion.

Sincerely,
Tomas