Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I usually ask people I trust directly via email, phone, IM or face-to-face. When I tweet asking for stuff, I tend to get people I

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I usually ask people I trust directly via email, phone, IM or face-to-face. When I tweet asking for stuff, I tend to get people I do not know recommending things, usually things that they have some interest in pushing on me. Ick.