We’re still talking about Suggested Users?

Remember when Twitter initially released the suggested users list and self-proclaimed important people cried and whined that they were not on the list? Remember how they went on and on about how it was unfair and was diminishing the value of people who had much more value? Remember what happened after that 2-3 week period? Well nothing did. People realized that it was pointless to bitch and moan about something as trivial as followers on twitter, and moved on with their lives.

Well Robert Scoble didn’t stop letting it get to him, until today that is. What changed? Well Robert decided being a suggested user isn’t cool, rather not being on the list is where the cool people are. He spends countless words showing who isn’t on the list, in essence justifying why he himself isn’t on the list.

For a person who has publicly said (to me nonetheless) that who you follow defines you, he sure spends a lot of time justifying following numbers. I have far better and more important things to do and care about than a number on my twitter profile. To be fair to Robert, he isn’t the only one who still bitches about the list, I unfollowed Dave Winer after he started complaining about Scott Simon’s numbers.

If these “celebrities” of the internet can’t get over the fact that some people have more followers than them, and can’t understand no one actually cares about how many people follow you on twitter (which are bots/spammers anyway), then they need to seek counseling.

September 27, 2009  •  Opinion  •  Post to Twitter

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