After watching other people raving about it, I joined. And it is great - especially during big events like the Olympics when there was so much information coming from the athletes and commentators.
But... (ah, you knew there was a but didn't you??) whilst I think I'm playing the game well, others are starting to annoy me.
Yes, I am an author.
Yes, I have a book available.
Yes, I would like everyone who reads about my book to buy it (Cat and The Dreamer, links on the left-hand bar...)
BUT... on Twitter I talk about other things. Yes, funnily enough, I have a 'real' life - I have housework to do, a job to go to, I love going to the gym and watching Homes Under the Hammer. All of this you'll have probably read about on Twitter and Facebook. Every so often, when I've garnered enough new followers, I'll mention my novella - a brief link, a did you know this about me kind of tweet.
Those others I mentioned above, some of them talk their book in every tweet... that seems to be the sole purpose for them having a Twitter account. They aren't real people, they are quotes from their book. Or perhaps they are the book. Perhaps these (mostly) self-published books are rising up, locking their authors in a cupboard, and creating their own accounts. This I could forgive. I mean, how many books do you know that enjoy an evening jog or coffee with a friend?
I am on the verge of culling people solely for this reason. I did unfollow someone who during the Olympic opening ceremony who, while everyone else seemed to be talking about what they were watching, tweeted THREE times about his book. Nope, wrong, gone.
What do you think? Does this annoy you as much as it annoys me?
Am I being unreasonable? Have you culled people for the same reason?
Are you going to cull me because of this post??
Are you going to cull me because of this post??
