Flicker photo: mattedgarLately, I've noticed an uptick in the number of tweets on this theme:
I found an AWESOME way to get tons of followers on Twitter in days! (Insert spammy link here.)
This got me to thinking: Do we really want thousands of followers?
There's no shortage of folks out there telling you how. Then there are those mocking the tellers; just search for "twitter eleventy-billion" in any search engine for a great example, but be warned that it's pretty NSFW. There are even services out there that will auto-gather followers -- or let you buy them.
Yes, even in the age of social media, old school rules are being trotted out: bigger is still, apparently, better. The more followers you have, the more people may see your message, click on it, and take action. I get that. But like Aliza Sherman at Web Worker Daily, I'll take quality over quantity.
Here's my Twitter philosophy: