Last week I wrote about the problem of "Too much Twitter". It drew a lot of comments from veteran twitterites who have thousands of followers and who also follow thousands. 

But what about most of us who have too few followers? Is it possible to have too few?  Are you getting the maximum value from twitteer if you limit yourself to just a handful of people that  you know and a few others?

I have 70+followers and I follow under 50. This is all very manageable.

Its easy to have followers. You tweet and your followers either read it or don't. Hit or miss.

Its harder and perhaps a greater responsibility to follow others. If your followers are not offended by your lack of interest in or inability to read all their tweets then go ahead and at least add them to your list of those you follow.

I chose not to do so. Those that  I currently follow and whom follow me each have an average well over a thousand followers and followees. They act as a filter for me.   If something important is going on out there, chances are I won't miss it- those that I follow will pick it up. I read everything of those that I follow.

I am not sure that would be the case if I was following 1500, 2500 or any number larger than that. I would probably miss more important stuff in the mass of tweets flying by.

I suppose everyone wants to have followers, which actually makes you into a broadcaster not a conversationalist. If, however, to build a great following you have to follow those that follow you (or at least say that you will) you may end up being a broadcaster that no one listens to; or whom only your dozen or so friends listen to, which may mean you have 1000+ too many followers and followees.

@lcammarosa

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