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Why I unfollow people

Someone asked me why I unfollowed him on Twitter. Here is what I had to say:

“I unfollowed several people. Since Twitter changed their @replies model, I receive all @replies of users I follow, no matter if they are directed to me or not. This became so much that I completely lost track of the tweets I want to read and the benefit of Twitter was heavily diminished for me. Thats why I started to sort out people. I don’t want the people I unfollowed to take this personal, but if I unfollow someone it just means that their tweets might just not be of so much information for me. But for someone that knows this person better (or in person) it might very well be interesting. For me, Twitter is not a “I know that person so I follow him” tool, this is what e.g. Facebook is for. It’s an information channel.

This is why I am really unemotional unfollowing people and sometimes unfollow people that I personally like, just because there is no added benefit for me. On the other hand I really don’t mind if anyone unfollows me for the same reasons. No one has a special benefit of a large number of followers and being unfollowed doesnt hurt ones reputation or so.

Being unfollowed doesn’t meant one can’t be followed again, does it?