Comments on: WTH is #FollowFriday?

By: Complete Compilation: The 2012 #FollowFriday Recommendations | Spin Sucks

Complete Compilation: The 2012 #FollowFriday Recommendations | Spin Sucks — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:59:18 +0000

[...] on May 29, 2009, we started doing #FF a little bit differently. At first, it was a list of people in a blog post [...]

By: Follow Friday and MY Usual Suspects |

Follow Friday and MY Usual Suspects | — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:26:43 +0000

[...] to say what you like best about people in just 140 characters, and so a few of my Twitter friends (Gini Dietrich and Julio Varela specifically) have written blog posts to go a little deeper in order to explain [...]

By: ChadC

ChadC — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:53:10 +0000

Gini and Arment Dietrich, Inc. is one of the best in the business. And as you mentioned in #FollowFriday to my colleague @LorneFisher – we may be competitors, but share a passion and same philosphy on communication: If you aren’t affecting profitable business growth, you aren’t doing your job.

Good stuff Gini – keep it up! @Chad_Cohen

By: The Fight Against Destructive Spin » Blog Archive » The June 5 #FollowFriday List!

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:37:08 +0000

[...] week’s blog post “WTH is FollowFriday” was very popular because people now have a reason to follow others on Twitter. Therefore, [...]

By: CandiceStone

CandiceStone — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:33:53 +0000

Love it! Had decided to boycott #followfriday after seeing way to may enless lists of #FF @s and RT of other people’s #FF tweets. If everyone did it this way it definitely adds value but there is a pretty significant time investment in putting a list like this together so I’m guessing most people probably won’t!

By: Charlotte Sherman

Charlotte Sherman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:03:38 +0000

Hello Gini,

This is EXACTLY the answer!! Thanks

I too love #followfriday on twitter, however one of the biggest questions I have had is “Why should I follow him/her”? Especially from those that just lump everyone together, which I confess I have done. A few weeks ago during #followfriday I experimented with using “bigtweet” to recommend someone from their website, making it easier to see if they are a potential match to follow…..although I will admit this idea might be better than mine…

Charlotte

By: Jeannie Walters

Jeannie Walters — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:49:25 +0000

Hi Gini -
Thanks for including little ol @jeanniecw in this extraordinary list. It is interesting to watch how Twitter and all of social media will morph. The beauty is the self-regulating part of it all. The users determine what’s important for them and how they will improve the process. Well done! And yes, our small world is one we would have POSSIBLY discovered over time, but it was shown to us immediately thanks to social media. Amazing. And lucky me, I gain a new friend who feels like an old one!

By: My #FollowFriday List on Twitter | Standing Out From The Crowd

My #FollowFriday List on Twitter | Standing Out From The Crowd — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:40:51 +0000

[...] List – You can find his list here). Since then, another good friend, @ginidietrich, decided to copy his idea and, since I didn’t want to be the last one to join the cool kids club, I decided to do the [...]

By: Jeff Mello

Jeff Mello — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:20:54 +0000

Gini,

GREAT JOB!!! You have inspired me to follow your lead and do the same for my #followfriday love. Always learning, changing, and evolving shows how smart you truly are! Thanks for the nice #followfriday mention.

By: Mike Fleming

Mike Fleming — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:38:48 +0000

Wonderful idea, Ms. Dietrich! I’ve often wondered how the fate of #followfriday was going to play out when it became as pervasive as it clearly has lately. The whole idea of it was to give thanks to those who inspire us and recognize those who we’ve developed a relationship with, some purely virtual and others over happy hour and beyond. Obviously it’s very hard to give everyone the attention they deserve, but I think the #tlist will certainly catch on because it’s a more permanent and meaningful expression of appreciation. I’m grateful that you included me (@gofurther)! But what I think will always prevail are the myriad ways that we go beyond – or further, if you will – the norm to make a relationship feel truly special. Yesterday it was #followfriday, today the #tlist and tomorrow it will be something entirely different. The medium is ephemeral, but the effort will always be timeless.