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Louis Gray — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:19:11 -0000

Laura, thanks for noticing the use of the word "buttload". I believe
this is an official louisgray.com first!

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Louis Gray — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:19:09 -0000

I used to treat Facebook and LinkedIn very carefully, and after I
realized a lot of people who read the blog just want to get connected,
I opened up the doors and accept everything. Twitter is the same way.
FriendFeed I am much more careful with, putting people in lists, as
adding a person can be intensive.

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Louis Gray — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:18:06 -0000

Steven, I honestly considered looking at your account. I know I looked
at MG. I don't remember what yours looked like, but you are as much in
my mind as the rest of the guys I included here.

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Louis Gray — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:17:06 -0000

A lot of folks are guessing that the Twitter followers jump is due to
the FriendFeed/Twitter application. I looked at it myself, and with
the large lists of people I have, synching would be overwhelming,
assuming I would want to do it. I believe that it, in combination with
Mr. Tweet and natural growth, are having impacts on the jump.

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Scott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:02:37 -0000

You may like Yonkly, too. It's the first "create your own microblog" that integrates with twitter: http://yonkly.com

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Matik72 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:29:28 -0000

Great Post! - Louis :-) @Steven LMAO @ your comment. :-P

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Kevin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:14:22 -0000

For me it was the death of pownce which finally pushed me onto twitter. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of ICQ.

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LouCypher — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:01:12 -0000

Must be https://twitter2ff.appspot.... effect

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mathewballard — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:10:30 -0000

Yea, I know mine has been going up. Yesterday I gained 14 or 15 followers and today, so far, I've gained 7. Those are the kind of numbers I have per week usually.

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StevenHodson — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:39:24 -0000

well that is one list (number of followers) that I definitely won't be making any time soon LOL :)

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CraigK — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:29:21 -0000

As it becomes more mainstream I think there will be more of a spike. Also people seem to be more comfortable with following people unlike Facebook, where you really only feel comfortable friending people you know. It's a different culture. I've seen it was faster for me to go from 100 to 200, than to get to my first 100. Still working on getting to 300 but may take a little faster.

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Laura Norvig — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:21:31 -0000

You said, "buttload" hehe. Nice post as always. Here's how the increase looks from a lowly plebe's perspective: Average followers per day since August = 1. Average followers per day this week = 5.

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Michael Fidler — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:13:52 -0000

Even little old me can feel the effects of it. I'm not even tring to increase follower's, but it seems like it's going to have no end! I just hit 500 last week, and now there's 75 more. I live by the idea of treating other's the way I would like to be treated, so I it's hard to say no. I think I'm going to have to start being a little more selective! Spiking is right!

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Daynah — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:12:52 -0000

*sings* All I want for Xmas is more Twitter followers.. more Twitter followers.. :)

Louis, I have to say that my "Twitter Tolerance" has been getting better, and I'm more comfortable following more people. And Mr. Tweets definitely helps me interact with more interesting Twitterers.

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Hutch Carpenter — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:10:07 -0000

Cool site Louis. Yeah, I've noticed the spike myself. Some weird mojo out there is causing a big increase in Twitter following. Network effects accelerating.