The size of a person’s follower list does NOT determine their authority, credibility nor expertise of anything. I’ve seen self-proclaimed experts give suggestions that simply defy the rules or flat out don’t make sense. Why they are still so convincing, I don’t know.

I can understand using this tactic for niche marketing and the such, but to use it for your primary business, it’s really not anything that I have any respect for. I mean, now-a-days it’s like all Twitter is good for is to market to each other rather than stay in touch with friends or family. I think we’ve lost grasp of that and have become a greedy bunch of people who simply want to promote and make money off of others.

I will continue to grow my Twitter account organically and constantly removing people who’s updates are 90%+ promotion. I want to meet and interact with REAL people, not a robot. If I wanted to play with a robot, I’d go buy one.