Spouting words (that might make sentences) on the Internet since 19XX.
Spouting words (that might make sentences) on the Internet since 19XX.
Here’s the reason why interaction is so important to me on social networks: random follows.
I’ve had that happening more and more on Google+ lately. This has been a major problem on Twitter already, but it still makes me wonder… I know I don’t say anything of importance nor am I someone in the public spotlight, so why do certain people follow me?
More often than not, someone’s following me as a way to get me to be aware of their product/brand/service/etc. The problem with that is that instead of making me think “oh… that’s interesting”, it annoys me instead. It looks like a form of unsolicited advertising to me. If we’ve had a prior interaction, then it makes more sense to me. It would seem that we had a mutual back-and-forth where we enjoyed the conversation we had. Unfortunately, this never seems to be the case.
Now, I know there’s nothing I can do about this as it’s just the way of public social networks, but that doesn’t change the fact I’ll still find it as nuisance. A nuisance I guess I’ll just have to deal with.
(The other half this problem are services that offer “GET A BAZILLION FOLLOWERS!” that just randomly start following people with no criteria. If you want brand awareness, don’t use services like this. Instead, interact. It’ll go a long way.)