I dropped another one today unfortunately, as they had a habit of making about six plurks at once every few hours asking inane questions, and dropping links.

Because of the number of mutual friends, they tend to clog the timeline over a 24 hour period. Mute didn’t work, and my attempts to ‘unfollow’ failed as well, so..

Cheers

Allan

I was sure I’d commented here, but then remembered we discussed this on Plurk. This is a good post and I agree with you wholeheartedly. I really don’t want to drop anyone as a friend on there, but certain conversations are starting to feel slightly one-sided.

David Bridgers last blog post..How do you carry on writing when the sky falls around you?

Glad you like the post!

This has become a soap box issue across most social networking sites.

Cheers

I’m glad you like the post.

It seems to be a common theme among people that I talk to - they don’t mind the occasional link, but without interaction, there isn’t much point.

Someone who over does it on Plurk soon pays the price.

Apart from the friends that I have met there, I have learned so much at Plurk, that it has become a great resource for me too!

Cheers

I have also dropped one or two people as friends–not because I don’t like them, but because they persistently continued to drop links and not interact with me. People get away with it on Twitter because it’s just one huge, continuous stream of posts, rather than a detailed timeline with threaded conversations, like Plurk.

But the true colors come out in Plurk. :)Hope Wilbankss last blog post..Make Exercise Fun For Your Family

Balance really is the key, and wins all the time.

The relationships that I build are more important than anything that I sell, because as I have said before, transparency builds trust..

Cheers,

Allan

I agree with you about what the advertisers think - people really want transparency, and a good product.

What many people don’t realise in their marketing is that they are the product, not the item that they are selling.

By building relationship, people are more likely to trust them, which will bring increased business anyway.

Thanks,

Allan

I don’t mind receiving broadcasts, as long as they aren’t over done.

I’ve seen some do 5 or 6 in a matter of less than an hour. When I see that, I usually decide not to follow that person, and/or not visit their site anyway!

I like what you say about hanging back rather than jumping straight in. I thnk that people tend to forget that we are all different, with different tastes and so no.

Cheers

Allan