[warning, rant about to ensue - much of it to the collective 'they' using TrueTwit]

Recently I began making an effort to find and follow more people on Twitter. I did so because I have never auto-followed anyone, and it had been awhile since I had gone in and purposely sought out new people to follow.

So I'm choosing new peeps to follow, I am not doing so to get them to follow me back (I don't receive any emails when new folks follow me, so I follow based on my own criteria, not just to blindly return a follow). I have been slammed with auto DMs from many of these new folks I followed requesting me to click their TrueTwit validation link.

First, I don't click links in DMs unless it's someone I know and I can tell they sent me the link personally, as in a request to view their site and we had discussed it before hand, or I asked them to send me a link, etc.. something like that.

But this DM just took the cake:

Hi! I know it's a pain but I'm interested in people, not bots. Please follow this link to validate your profile.
Say what?!! I chose to follow you, then you use a BOT to send me an auto DM telling me that you're not interested in bots. Good grief!

Twitter is NOT about forced mutual reciprocation. If I choose to receive what you are tweeting, that's my prerogative to do so. I will not click your TrueTwit validation link in order to get you to follow me in return. I didn't follow you to get you to follow me. I don't like bots either - especially those who send me unwanted DMs with links.

[end of rant]



Back to your regularly scheduled programming.