I think the author of the original article was trying to gauge the effectiveness of a call to action over an assumption to action. No, we don't want to put the

I think the author of the original article was trying to gauge the effectiveness of a call to action over an assumption to action. No, we don't want to put the "click here" links at the end of everything, but that MAY just be what people need when it comes to Twitter. "Click here" is familiar, it means there's more to see and do, and something isn't just going to start happening magically. Saying "follow my twitter" to a general audience sounds absolutely creepy. What the hell does that even mean? I had a lady once ask what "following my twitter" meant, because she wasn't sure what my "twitter" was. Seriously, 10 years ago, had you asked a random woman to follow your Twitter around, you'd get slapped first, and there would be no asking questions later. NOTE: I ALWAYS say "follow me on twitter" or "follow me on twitter.com" now - geezers like it when you add .com because it reminds them of the only 3 years of their life they actually made money in the stock market. Long story short, don't get bent over backwards because you think this person is a follower-whore. This is Hacker News, and the author of the original post was hacking his twitter tag-line to see what pulled in the most subscribers through that single medium. It's all for science my friend.