Phil Glockner'Simple Deal' by Yan =]
First thanks for the thoughtful reply, Dave.
The situation you describe is reasonable, and one I don't think anyone should really take offense at. And I may actually be guilty of labeling people with a lot of followers who follow/un-follow me quickly as gamers instead of people who decided I had too many FriendFeed links in my Twitter stream, etc.
But the bottom line is that, at least for me, I need to un-couple the activities of people following me with my own activities on Twitter. The two shouldn't have a direct relationship. And when I re-visit who I *want* to follow, I will also throw away any expectations of them following me back, or following people who follow me.
In other words, if someone on Twitter or FriendFeed comes to my attention, via a blog or because they follow me there, I then will attempt to make a judgment based on my interests and what I am looking for, to follow them. And by doing that., by making that single decision, I am free of the dual burdens of mutual following and stress over why they aren't following me.
It reduces the only question down to, who do I really want to follow?
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