How Many "Followers" is Too Many?
This week, science writer and Wired columnist Clive Thompson writes “in praise of obscurity,” observing that in social media, there may very well be a point of having too many followers -- a number he ballparks at “a few thousand.” Thompson uses Maureen Evans, a poet, as an example. Evans built up an audience by tweeting recipes and poetic observations -- “this coffee tastes of peonies and the inner blades of fresh green grass,” she tweeted this morning. She loved the community that developed around her when it numbered 100 people -- even when it reached 3,000. Yet once Evans had amassed a stunning 13,000 followers, the conversation abruptly
26 January 2010•1 min read
