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Raj

In other words 97,8% of twitter users have less than 500 followers.

The 50 followers division reminds me of the Pareto principle, only it is 75-25 instead of 80-20.

This is the layout according to number of followers.

What makes me think is what is the Pareto layout according to the cumulative number of twitters written – is 20% of users generating 80% of all traffic on Twitter?

The Twitter is a mirror of the society, with an emphasis given on fame of the user (what you euphemistically called the “social media work”).

If you look for a gossip, follow all “elite”. That will hardly move your business ahead though. To get a good feeling of the developements in my area of endeavour, I should follow all the twitters who post comments on this subject. Twitters like Peter Shankman are hubs for business oriented twitter activity.

As a matter of fact I think I should have two twitter accounts – one for the social me, following all my friends and family, and one for the business me, following my clients, coworkers and important figures in my field.

The Twitter is not to be read thoroughly. One can rather “skim” it, read current twitters every once in a while, to get the feeling of what is going on.

Determine which of the people you follow gives the best stuff and try to read them thoroughly, and skim the rest. Remove those who spam you with uninteresting messages – 80-20 everything and the Twitter will be of use.

Do the same with your messages – write such as you’d be interested to read yourself, your discoveries. When you give a link to a site, describe it, so that one knows where it leads to. When you ask question, twit also the answer to that question when you found it and thank the one who gave it to you.

Make your twits count and soon the number of your followers will be growing – a good twitter spreads like a bush fire.

Have a great twitting