TweeterGetter – A Failed Experiment, But Not Harmful
Written by Nile | Posted in News | Posted on
03-03-2009 |
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Tags: technology, twitter, websites
Well, it is a day later than I was going to blog on my 5 day experiment with TweeterGetter. For those who are just reading about this, I blogged almost a week ago about TweeterGetter in the article “TweeterGetter – Is It Really Worth Your Time?”
In the beginning I lost only a dozen followers after sending the link out. However, I got most of those back after I sent a tweet out on Twitter warning them about the experiment. I noticed that the 6 people before me listed in Tweetergetter did follow me.
Afterwards, I did not notice any difference in my normal intake of followers a day. Usually these people follow me due to a similar interest or when I give WordPress tips and help. Some follow because they like my blog. However, TweeterGetter did nothing. I got 6 followers from the site.
My issue is that there waswas to see if TweeterGetter was considered the evil scheme that others have called it. No, it is not. It does not hack anyone or collect information. No money was exchanged, therefore it cannot be called a ponzi scheme. You can unfollow anyone you chose. Really, TweeterGetter filled the ‘follow bank’ of its creator.
As for the questions I wanted to find out:
- 1. What type of people are following me? There were no difference in followers than normal and those that did not match my interests I either blocked or did not follow. All 6 before me that followed were interested in social media and business.
- 2. Did I make any new meaningful connections through this? I make meaningful connections daily, but none starting with any that may have followed through TweeterGetter. I had only a few DM (direct message) exchanges with 3 of the 6 that did follow.
- 3. What type of people did I unfollow? Some were adult related or explicit material.
- >4. What type of feedback have I drawn in testing this out? Not much feedback other than a few saying that it was a scheme and they wanted to avoid it. I have not had any backlash.
- 5. Did it work? No. Not really unless you count 6 as being significant, but according to TweeterGetter, this would be a failure.
- 6. Was the venture really worth it at all? No. It was not worth it. If the site promised it, then it should have worked only one time. You would have to constantly plug the produced TweeterGetter link into your Twitter stream to get it to work. However, you could possibly lose those followers that you may talk to regularly.
I do not find this as a disappointment. I had a feeling it would not work.
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RT @Garymccaffrey Sorry about the tweetergetter crap yall… seems to be a hoax… http://tinyurl.com/tweetcrap TAKE THAT SHIT OFFLINE !
Lunk’d it on my twitter !
That crap should go offline …
may twitter users trust external tools with passwords this F%#’s up that trust towards goodwilling open developers and platforms .
suckage level 4 stars
You’ve been Lunk’d !
MrLunk’s last blog post..MrLunk: RT @Garymccaffrey Sorry about the tweetergetter crap yall… seems to be a hoax… http://tinyurl.com/tweetcrap TAKE THAT SHIT OFFLINE !
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