Follow Friday – Not Just For Twitter Anymore

Every Friday, Twitter is filled with Follow Friday (#FF) mentions. These are people you like, think others should follow, and keep tabs on. In a way, it’s virtual pimping, in 140 characters. While I participate and enjoy #FF, I also have some annoyances with it. The weekly trend can clog a Twitter stream with the many names you should follow. It’s also hard to say why you think you should follow someone in under 140 characters. Also, many people have a Twitter account, not everyone is checking it on Friday.

Twitter moves at such a frantic pace, if I make a slew of mentions early in the day, no one may ever see them. I also like to provide reasons why you should pay attention to the people I recommend. Sometimes it’s a blog post, sometimes it’s something they said, other times it’s because they are cool people. I can’t always do that on Twitter.

So starting this week, I’m changing how I handle Follow Friday’s. Every week, I’ll create a post as my weekly Follow Friday post. I’ll include the names of individuals, why I think you should follow them, and what ever other information I feel should be included. I’ll also update my Follow Friday Twitter List (@singlecityguy/follow-friday) so that you can be updated with my weekly favorites.

This is just one step in a slew of upcoming changes to SCG, one that I think will benefit not just the readers of this blog, but add some sanity to the virtual pimping that is Follow Friday.