Earlier this week the remarkable happened: I (briefly) had
more followers on Twitter than accounts I was following. Unfortunately most of
them were spam accounts, but (briefly) I felt like a celebrity. After reviewing
the list, I blocked and reported many of them for spam – I am consistent in
that I block spam-tweets as fast as possible.
Most of the newfound popularity has come since I started
using foursquare for check-ins and many of the businesses into which I have
checked and nearby businesses have started following me since I began using the
service. I guess that is good for the businesses to make a direct connection
with their customers.
But now that winter break is over, they are going to find
that “homebody” marks my most common status.
Which still gets me lots of hits.
I named my home “Roy’s Bed and Breakfast” for the many
friends from out-of-town who stay with me. So every night when I check in at my
house, it appears that I am frequenting a bed and breakfast, so I have become
popular with B&B’s across the land on Twitter. I have never actually stayed
at a B&B as I prefer room service when I travel.
Just as I was disturbed recently when my doctor’s office
replied via Twitter to one of my tweets about being there, I am enjoying
tracking how my online activity tracks across media and seeing the trends in
both spam email and spam Twitter.
Does that make me a nerd? Geek? I never can keep them
separate.
I think I may start giving places I frequently visit my own
personal name to see just what kind of interactions I can stir up. It will also
give me more mayorships on foursquare – but that would be cheating, wouldn’t it?
