Found them this morning, and now following. I like what I see, especially Pistachio’s profile.

Thanks so much! (Oh, and did the rain finally fall??)

Robin

Try following these two tweeters:

@Pistachio – She’s social media expert-y, yes. But I followed her early on because she mixed private and personal life in an interesting (sometimes painful) way. (She tweeted about the aftermath of her divorce.)

@SeasonalWisdom – She’s newish but tweets really well. Plus, I think you’ll have a lot in common.

Expanded my content shortly thereafter, though, and actively use @RobinLeRoyKyle (included linked g-mail here). Hope you will follow, as I’m enjoying your creativity and would love to be able to respond/reciprocate from time to time. Found you on FB as well…. thanks for your willingness to offer a newbie some advice. I feel I’ve stumbled upon an interesting person on a street corner in that proverbial big city! )

When I first joined Twitter, the “culture” was to reciprocate follow all but the most hardcore spammers. It was just good manners. As Twitter has mushroomed, I find that I’m more careful about whom I follow.

That said, if one is too cautious about whom one follows, then we loose some of the “thrill” of tweeting–specifically the accidental revelations resulting from encountering a mish-mash of styles and content. It can be an experience not akin to dropping someone into the heart of a big city.

Of course, some people prefer the country.

My more cavalier approach has led me to meet some interesting people that I might have missed otherwise. I also think that the 80/20 rule applies… rarely more than 20% of the tweets that I read any given day resonate. To each her own.

With your help, I will stay “real” and focused! One of our local tweeps asked the question just this week: “Is it so wrong to want to grow your followers organically? Who wants a bunch of spammers!”

I couldn’t agree more…