Comments on: Automatic Direct Messages on Twitter

By: John

John — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:58:51 +0000

Sai, I can see where you are coming from but I am sure most people get annoyed if it is obvious the message is automated, and just delete the message without opening it in the mailbox…

By: Sai Bharadwaj

Sai Bharadwaj — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:28:04 +0000

Personally, I think its a good way of improving relation & also building your business if you own one.

By: John

John — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:08:14 +0000

Aislinn – Interesting point, if you are sending messages thanking people for following you – I suppose that is a nice thing, automating the process, could be a little be of a problem. We will come to a point when everyone thinks this is a great idea…

Already we are seeing people sending a ‘thank you’ message, which also tries to direct you to their website, product page.

I don’t see why a nice personalised thank you message would lead to ‘unfollow’…

At the end of the day it is a personal choice, some may be annoyed some make like a nice DM…?

By: Aislinn O'Connor

Aislinn O'Connor — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:15:20 +0000

Personally I like getting welcome messages, although I hate it when people I’ve started following send me a DM plugging something that they want to sell. That’s my idea of spam, because it’s not what I signed up for.

I’ve been sending DMs because I thought it was polite and friendly to welcome new followers, and a good idea to let them know their follow was appreciated and was now returned.

After spending most of yesterday (seriously!) sending them, and as my message was pretty much the same in almost every case, I decided that I had to automate the task.

After reading the above I’m not sure what to do. It goes against the grain to ignore someone who’s initiated contact, but I certainly don’t want to send unwanted mail to anyone.

Are we maybe talking about different aspects of DM, and are genuine, non-selling, one-off welcome messages more likely to be received in the spirit that they’re sent?

By: Nishadha

Nishadha — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:20:14 +0000

I was just about to add a automatic direct message to my Twitter account but thought of doing some googling to see what people think about it. Guess they don’t like it much.

By: John

John — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:10:59 +0000

Barry I think you are confused, it has nothing to do with being popular, it is when you decided to follow someone and you get an automated message.

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:08:25 +0000

Be glad you are popular, strange there is no way to stop this. Imagine the inbox of those with a large following. Could you just mark twitter mail as spam in your inbox settings!

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:53:10 +0000

John, I hear you! It’s so annoying. Usually it’s something like “Nice to meet you, check out my blog” or “Thanks for the follow… download this ebook”.

I’ve started to unfollow those who do that.

So no, you’re not alone.