jlo Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I don't tweet very often and only follow about 17 "people" and only have three followers, including my daughter! I have just received a request by a Richard Jay Parker to follow me. I had never heard of him so had a look at his page and it seems that he is an author. Has anyone else had any requests from total strangers to be followed? I think that I am going to decline it as it all seems a bit random but I just wondered whether any other tweeters had any thoughts. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Yes,which is why I got rid of it. It creeped me out a bit - I prefer Facebook anyhow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I get the odd one I don't know, but I just refuse to add them. I threw me the first time I got one. I changed some of my settings so I don't think anyone can watch me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I've had loads from people and companies to follow me, I think they must pick up on a word or something, and just send requests to everyone. I don't tweet anything very interesting so I'm not bothered. If it looks like anything dodgy I block them, but otherwise I don't do anything. If they want to follow me they can, but I don't often follow them back unless it's something I'm interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchens Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Yes I think they do pick up on certain words you use. Its weird because I follow lots of 'famous' people including the likes of Jonathan Ross, Philip Schofield and Stephen Fry et al but when someone follows me I think 'who the hell is that?'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 They do, do keyword searches and follow you from that, IT and software companies seem to do it a lot, and there are a couple of poultry places/people that did it You can always change the settings so your tweets aren't on the public timeline, and they won't be able to search for them I think its when the celebs reply and follow you back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 i've had a few, i think it's funny they want to follow me i've had some very dodgy ones though so i just said no to those. i must admit i prefer facebook but i do tweet occasionally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
