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Mathew’s Twitter Policy.

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June 28, 2009

I noticed a good friend Andrea Vascellari from the ArcticStartup Community has created a “Twitter Policy”. I’m very much in agreement with it, and therefore, I have essentially stolen it and used it for myself.

Credit to @vascellari (Andrea: I corrected some of the English grammar/sentence structure)

Due to an increasing number of spammers and a number of other twitter related issues I created this policy which applies to me, my twitter account and who decides to connect with me on twitter.

My account on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mgcarley

I WILL BLOCK YOU IF:

  • you start to follow me and then un-follow without telling me why you stopped following me (you can let me know via DM direct message or through a tweet mentioning @mgcarley). Why? It’s simple. I spend time in going through every request that I receive. I spend time in checking your profile, links, and tweets to understand who you are and if there’s value in connecting with you. So, if I follow you back this means that I trust you. I trust the fact that you sincerely want to join the conversation with me. If you take my trust and you throw it away you don’t deserve it and so I’ll block you.
  • you are in MLM. Forced matrixes/matrices and pyramid systems don’t work for most people. One should make money based on his own merits and output/sales skills, not by recruiting annoying friends and family in to joining “the plan”. By contrast, affiliates or actual salespeople with genuinely interesting/useful products and real sales skills for a specific audience (in which I am included) are welcome (as I may like to employ you somehow). See my twitter bio as well as the next item.
  • you are an “internet marketer” (or guru, maven etc) pushing rubbish e-books or trying to “increase my twitter followers”. I’d prefer genuine, organic growth and an audience that is interested in what I have to say
  • you are any other spam – especially those accounts with between 1 and 4 tweets saying something like “going for a swim” “back from a swim, I’m so horny” et al ad infinitum. I don’t think I have to add anything to this.

I WILL FOLLOW YOU ONLY IF:

  • after starting following me you send me a tweet @mgcarley to let me know that you connected with me (this is because in my Twitter settings the “new follower” email notifications are disabled).
  • you talk about topics that I find interesting, or otherwise related to what I do.
  • I see meaning in your tweets.

I WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU IF:

  • after starting following me you don’t send me a tweet @mgcarley to let me know that you connected with me (this is because in my Twitter settings the “new follower” email notifications are disabled).
  • you don’t have a link in your Twitter sidebar that points to your blog, site, Facebook/Linkedin profile: anywhere I can find additional information about you.
  • you don’t have information in your Bio on the Twitter sidebar.
  • in addition to your usual tweets, you don’t post interesting links, join the conversation with others through @ messages, and RT valuable content.

I SUGGEST THAT YOU:

  • Again: grab my attention with @mgcarley tweets in case I didn’t follow you back yet. I will notice you earlier and if you are an interesting person/brand I’ll follow you back immediately.
  • be patient if you want to join the conversation with me. During certain periods I’m really busy, this means that I can’t always check on daily basis the new following notifications I receive. So if I’m not following you back immediately please wait, again if you are an interesting person/brand, I’ll follow you back as soon as possible.

I’m open to review this policy based on constructive criticism, suggestions, feedback.

Mathew Carley @mgcarley

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10 things that might go away in 2009

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January 22, 2009

I was reading an article the other day about things that technologies that may disappear in 2009.

  1. Microblogs
  2. Targeted Advertising
  3. Social News sites
  4. Online Video
  5. Streaming Music
  6. Enterprise Social Networking

1. Microblogs

I won’t be entirely sorry to see these go – they’re a bit interesting for a while, but otherwise, well, who cares that you’re going out for a coffee in your lawnchair? 

It IS a concept that could be more effectively implemented, and it could potentially find its way in to certain enterprise applications – wouldn’t it be great if you could send an SMS from your mobile phone and it would turn up in your enterprises CRM system?

The other thing is, private accounts – following a single person’s activities is a bit dull – following a bunch at once might be better… instead of being somewhat linear and scattered (John Doe has gone out for a lunch with a customer), it could be grouped by company or team or something (John from Marketing is going to meet a customer for lunch – invites Daniel, James and Vivek from Engineering)… or… well, I’d have to draw a picture to explain what I mean better.

2. Targeted Advertising

I don’t actually see why they think this is going away – but in saying that, I’ll be glad if it does. Call me paranoid or whatever, but it’s creepy – especially in some implementations (here’s talking to you, Facebook).

3. Social News Sites

Again, I’m not sure why they think these will be going away. Many will die, for sure: there is too much choice, and too much choice is too much of a good thing (though far better than a monopoly from the consumers end) – but when there is too much, there isn’t enough to go around, and the business becomes unsustainable – that is, unless you corner (and capture) a niche.

4. Online Video

Again, many will die. CNet I think does alright in this arena – the videos are focused, and the advertisers probably get good value for money – its just a 30-second, usually high-impact video at the beginning of the broadcast, and that’s it.

Youtube is good because it has Google and is immensly popular, although I would say there are some sites superior to Youtube.

I also like a lot of the Chinese streaming video sites (like guba.com – but only when I have a decent amount of bandwidth) because like me, they don’t care so much about copyright.

Not that copyright is a BAD thing, per sé, but the implementation of it these days is flawed, and more of a burden than what it was intended to be. But that is a whole other debate altogether.

5. Streaming Music

I will sort of be sad to see this go, although I’ve pretty much stuck to the major players which I think will survive, I’ve been a happy user since 2000-2001 with Shoutcast, and more recently, Last.fm and things of that nature (when I have had the bandwidth).

Like streaming video, I will be happy if the big players hang about, but like social-news sites and streaming video – too many players are making the business models of most sites unsustainable.

I like both of these technologies because, in countries with decent bandwidth, I can use them. They do engage me more, and I discover more on the web than I do with TV. (I’ve turned on my TV but twice since I arrived in India on 27/11/2008.)

6. Enterprise Social Networking

To be honest, I don’t know about this one. I use LinkedIn and Ecademy fairly regularly, but I think it fits in with my previous points with regards to too many players – Sure, I might be a member of Plaxo and about 15 other sites, but I log in to them… almost never… unless I get sent an email.

The majority should go away, or at least define themselves a niche – I mean, there are far too many social networks for IT workers, but only a few for other industries. Although I could be wrong, as I haven’t really researched that fully – but my point remains. I would like to consolidate all my details in to a couple of places and be done.

(Based upon the article at http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=169817&print=yes)

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