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What’s Most Annoying About Twitter? See Your Answers Here

12/03/2009 - 1:00 am By Diana Adams
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I love my Twitter and you’ve never seen me complain about it in any post I’ve ever written. I am a Twitterholic and I’m plugged into what’s going on in my Twitter stream almost all the time. It is a lifeline for me to be able to connect with some very special people.

I consider Twitter to be one of my best friends, but just like any best friend, Twitter can be annoying every once in a while. One of those days was yesterday.

I can handle the Britney bots, I am very patient with the occasional fail whale, and I don’t even mind the spam messages that show up in my mentions. However, the auto-DMs drive me over the edge of sanity sometimes.

I’m one of those people that actually uses DM to communicate with some of my followers. I’ve had full conversations in DM. It is really annoying to have to filter through twenty or thirty auto-DMs in order to find a ‘real one.’ That is not even to mention when I follow someone, then they send a DM with a question that I try to answer, only to find out I can’t send it because they haven’t followed me back yet.

In Twitter’s defense, DMs have come a long way. I remember back in the day when we couldn’t delete them out of TweetDeck. At least now, when I am really annoyed, I can go in and delete them so they aren’t staring me in the face as I tweet.

I started wondering if there were things that annoyed my followers about Twitter. I sent a tweet asking that question, and I received many fun responses which I decided to share with you below. What is the most annoying part of Twitter to you? Leave it in a comment below.

Just like a good friend who eats with her mouth open or has bad breath, this really is nothing more than an annoyance to me. I still love my Twitter very much, and I am grateful for it every single day.

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Author: Diana Adams

By day, Diana is the CEO/owner of Adams Consulting Group, Inc, a technology services and business solutions consultancy firm serving the specific needs of its clients in advertising and public relations. By night, she lives and breathes by writing. After publishing a small cookbook last year, she is now working on her new masterpiece, scheduled for publishing next year. “I could write all night long and not get tired of it. I think that is when you know you’ve tapped into a true passion. Whatever that thing may be, if you could do it all day or night long, lose track of time, ‘wake up’ ten hours later, and still thirst for more, that is a passion, and I feel like I’ve found that in my writing.” Diana also spends many hours each week assisting the homeless men and women in Atlanta. You can find her on Twitter at @adamsconsulting.


14 Comments

Fernando Fonseca

December 3rd, 2009

Excellent Diana!!!
Great way to start the morning!!!
(Love Shelly’s Tweet there)

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Misty Belardo

December 3rd, 2009

Yes I agree with you, the auto DMs really is annoying, same as you I also use it to communicate to other friends on Twitter, but gets flooded sometimes and I can’t monitor all the messages. Can I add as well, another annoying thing is the way some people RT conversations that are really just between two people just so they get exposure. They should just say hello, we really don’t bite and we converse freely with others. Thanks for the cool article.

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Krystyn

December 3rd, 2009

I hope this wakes up the auto-reply dm’ers. LOL at @ShellyKramer. :)

a song for twitty21 at twitterholics: ♫ http://blip.fm/~h83bu ;)

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Heather O

December 3rd, 2009

Nice post Diana. Thanks for the snicker. SK you are priceless. I can’t stand the lame DM’s asking what makes me happy or tick <—c'mon and keep it real.

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shelly kramer

December 3rd, 2009

Another great article, D. I’m just glad that people didn’t say the thing they find most annoying is people who overuse #hashtags to #maketheirpoint because I #reallylikehashtags and I blame @fjfonseca and the #hashtagmafia for my predilection for them.

xoxo

Shelly a/k/a #hashtaggirl

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Fernando Fonseca Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:59 pm

#goahead #blameiton #ME and the #hashtagmafia crew!
You, Shelly Kramer, are #thebestofthebestintheuniverse

#hashtagLove

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Gloson

December 3rd, 2009

Hi Diana. Have you tried opting out of auto DMs? I explained it in the first point of my post on 10 Ways to Improve Your Twitter.

Quoting my post,

“1) Log in to Twitter.

2) Follow @OptMeOut.

3) Wait for @OptMeOut to follow you back. @OptMeOut will send you a DM to tell you it has followed you.

4) Then send a DM to @OptMeOut. (You can write whatever you want in the DM, it does not matter.)

5) After sending the DM, unfollow @OptMeOut. (This way your opting out remains private since you won’t be in the list of @OptMeOut’s followers. We will unfollow you as well.)
Must be done in that order.

And now that you have gotten rid of all the spam, you can enable email notifications now.

Now you will be notified every time a person sends you a genuine, personal direct message, via email ;-) .”

I’ve done that and now I rarely receive any auto DMs! :-) Wooohooo!

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Diana Adams Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 am

You are sooooo wise beyond your years. THANK YOU once again. You are always so helpful. You are also brilliant dear. You totally rock!! Love you babe.

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Gloson Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:41 am

Thank you, Diana! Please tell me if it works for you! Love you too!

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Kimba Green

December 3rd, 2009

Wow!Great stuff! My biggest annoyance is when you @ someone with a question about their post & you don’t hear anything back. Especially when it is to one of the ones that always talk about “engagement & relationship”. I realize some of these people have thousands of followers but don’t say what you can’t do. Am I being to harsh? #doyoufeelme #justsayin

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Diana Adams Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:44 am

Well, in their defense, I have over 20,000 followers, and although I try to respond to everyone, sometimes some tweets get buried in the mix.

However…

I get so annoyed with what you are describing that if someone does it over and over, I will unfollow because I think it’s rude.

I could name names, but that’s not my style. LOL

Now… am I being too harsh? LOL #doyoufeelme #justsayin

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Kimba Green Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:16 am

Being a newbie (yes I still celebrate every time someone follows me!)to social media I want to follow & engage with those of you that have so much to offer.
I am only asking that those of you, yes you know who you are,that do this should clean up you act & practice what you preach!
If you can’t engage due to your amount of followers then say so. We are cool with that.
I think I just one harshed you! LOL #doyoufeelme #justsaying
Yes I love hashtags! Go @shellykramer!

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Bevan Bird

December 3rd, 2009

Now I’ve started seeing @replies to me like this:

mandy4467: Sup @birdify http://woo.ly/bdw told me 2 follow U. Return the favor?

When I looked at the profile of that user: mandy4467, it was clearly running on autopilot. Most if not all of their tweets were variations of the above example.

My advice: ignore these kinds of reciprocal following scams.

Thank you Diana for featuring my comment in your post!

Thanks Gloson for your advice Re: @OptMeOut. I’m trying that today.

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