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how about "Follow me on twitter here. I have x followers."?

by siong1987 17y ago

PStamatiou 17y ago
Similarly, I wonder how some automated text like "11,399 people follow me on Twitter, you should too" would work.
- petercooper 17y ago
  Probably not as well as notaddicted's suggestion below/above. People don't like being told they "should" do something, and it also presents a statement they can answer "No, I shouldn't" too. Ideally you'd need to ask an obvious "yes" question or just direct them to do something without allow them to think about it.
- whughes 17y ago
  I'm not familiar with Twitter, but would it be possible to have the site say something like: "You're following X, Y, and Z, who are also following me; you should too." I don't really like the tone I wrote, but you get the idea.
- notaddicted 17y ago
  I'd word it like: "Join the 4,615 people following me on twitter _here_."
  - thorax 17y ago
    Maybe... "You should join my 4,615 followers on Twitter _here_."
    - eru 17y ago
      'twitter' seems to be more effective than 'Twitter'. ;o)
    - notaddicted 17y ago
      Why not just go all out ;). "You should join my 4,615 followers on Twitter _here_. Everybody uses it. All the interesting people follow me. You really need to follow me now. I can't believe you're reading this when you could already be following me. DO IT DO IT DO IT. Fine. Enjoy your miserable life without me and die alone. Don't you want to be popular and interesting?"
forgotmypasswd 17y ago
Number of followers is great for determining spamminess of an account, but mentioning the number of followers makes the message seem less personal. I would guess this would reduce its effectiveness, but I'm sure a quick test would provide harder evidence :)
jseifer 17y ago
Or the Cialdini route: "Can you follow me on twitter because I have X followers?"
- SwellJoe 17y ago
  "You should follow me on Twitter because I need to make some copies." Am I doing it right?
HoneyAndSilicon 17y ago
But some people are going to respond negatively to large numbers (or at least very large). e.g.: if I see "I have 28,437 followers" I'm likely to think: okay, this is probably some Perez Hilton type person. But if the info could be tailored more (e.g., "2,437 HN subscribers that follow me") I would be more interested. In other words, not everyone finds following the most massive crowd a sign of value.

how about "Follow me on twitter here. I have x followers."?

PStamatiou 17y ago

Similarly, I wonder how some automated text like "11,399 people follow me on Twitter, you should too" would work.

petercooper 17y ago
Probably not as well as notaddicted's suggestion below/above. People don't like being told they "should" do something, and it also presents a statement they can answer "No, I shouldn't" too. Ideally you'd need to ask an obvious "yes" question or just direct them to do something without allow them to think about it.
whughes 17y ago
I'm not familiar with Twitter, but would it be possible to have the site say something like: "You're following X, Y, and Z, who are also following me; you should too." I don't really like the tone I wrote, but you get the idea.
notaddicted 17y ago
I'd word it like: "Join the 4,615 people following me on twitter _here_."
- thorax 17y ago
  Maybe... "You should join my 4,615 followers on Twitter _here_."
  - eru 17y ago
    'twitter' seems to be more effective than 'Twitter'. ;o)
  - notaddicted 17y ago
    Why not just go all out ;). "You should join my 4,615 followers on Twitter _here_. Everybody uses it. All the interesting people follow me. You really need to follow me now. I can't believe you're reading this when you could already be following me. DO IT DO IT DO IT. Fine. Enjoy your miserable life without me and die alone. Don't you want to be popular and interesting?"

forgotmypasswd 17y ago

Number of followers is great for determining spamminess of an account, but mentioning the number of followers makes the message seem less personal. I would guess this would reduce its effectiveness, but I'm sure a quick test would provide harder evidence :)

jseifer 17y ago

Or the Cialdini route: "Can you follow me on twitter because I have X followers?"

SwellJoe 17y ago
"You should follow me on Twitter because I need to make some copies." Am I doing it right?

HoneyAndSilicon 17y ago

But some people are going to respond negatively to large numbers (or at least very large). e.g.: if I see "I have 28,437 followers" I'm likely to think: okay, this is probably some Perez Hilton type person. But if the info could be tailored more (e.g., "2,437 HN subscribers that follow me") I would be more interested. In other words, not everyone finds following the most massive crowd a sign of value.