While working outside in the garden yesterday, I was watching a baby bird learning to fly while its mother chirped and moved from tree to tree trying to get the little one to follow. Occasionally the daddy bird would also join in. It was nice to hear the little tweets as they all talked to each other. It gave me something else to think about as I was pulling weeds. There are days though, when all the crows are chirping incessantly and all I want is some peace and quiet. I’m not interested in what they’re doing, I don’t care what all the fuss is about. I just want to switch off. Their chirping is irritating as I try to sleep or work.
The same thing applies to Twitter. There are days when I like hearing that little chirp. Other days, I just want to turn it off. Some people just tweet too much. Unless you’re CNN, you can’t possibly have that much to say that you’re tweeting every 10 minutes. Asking around the office, I’m not the only one that will un-follow someone for tweeting too much. If you’re following several hundred people there can just be a brain overload. That gentle chirping can turn into feeding time at the parakeet show and a lot of those tweets are like the result of all that food…
Whilst Twitter can be a good marketing tool, it’s important to limit what you say. If you babble to much, people will turn you off and then your message is going no-where.
