A few people replied saying that I should follow back everyone who follows me. I was warned from acting like a “celebrity” and not using Twitter how it should be used, as a social media tool that breaks down barriers.

My initial response, which I sent back to a few people who wrote to me, was that I don’t necessarily agree that you should automatically follow everyone who follows you. Choosing to follow someone should be because of the value they offer. I don’t read the blogs of every person who reads my blog, they choose to read mine because of the value I offer, and I think Twitter should be the same.

Because of my current status of not-autofollowing everyone who follows me, I have a much lower subscriber base of around 7,000 people, where many others are reaching 10, 20 and even 30,000 followers very quickly.