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Do you read your Twitter DM’s? (15 posts)

Topic tags: Twitter Direct Messages

Jason Wiser said
6 months ago:
I’m writing an article about the death of Twitter DM’s and I need your input. Simply put, “Do you read your Twitter DM’s”
Also, if you want to elaborate, What is the ratio of real to Spam in your DM? How many DM a day do you get? How many people do you follow?
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Jason Wiser said
6 months ago:
I am also using the hashtag #DeadDM if you want to leave feedback on Twitter or follow there.
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Dea Irby said
6 months ago:
I do not read my twitter DM. I also am not actively participating but continue to get new followers??? @jasonwiser
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Rich Brooks said
5 months, 4 weeks ago:
@jasonwiser
I read the ones to me (@therichbrooks) all the time. I’m less regular about reading DMs to my other handles, as those are less about conversation.
However, if you want to reach me and don’t know my email, that’s one good way.
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Milan Steskal said
5 months, 4 weeks ago:
@jasonwiser I do read them, but don’t really use them
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Amy Hall, Virtual Assistant for WordPress and MailChimp Help said
5 months, 4 weeks ago:
@jasonwiser *crickets* twitter dm? What’s that?
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Bob Green said
5 months, 3 weeks ago:
I don’t get many DM’s anyway. I read the feed and search for hashtags to retweet and hot trends to follow.
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Bob Green said
5 months, 3 weeks ago:
I’ve also started using Topsy in my desktop browser. http://www.topsy.com  You can enter a topic and see when the last time it was tweeted, posted, etc. Really kind of cool way to research for hot topics.
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Julie G Hughes said
5 months, 3 weeks ago:
Just had this discussion, sort of, in a FB group – got a bit of an education.
Discovered that, at a guesstimate, 98% of my DMs are autoDMs from followers pushing their business, personal agenda. Authors begging for reviews, companies (and I use the term loosely) trying to recruit affiliates, and sites begging for paying members.
As a result, I’ve stopped giving DMs much credit – may glance, in passing. But anything with a link gets a pass.
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Steve Curran said
5 months, 3 weeks ago:
I find the same DM’s as @julie-g-hughes. I have started DMing those that follow me with unique messages asking to check out my website and I am interested to see what sort of traffic numbers show up.
Steve
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Julie G Hughes said
5 months, 3 weeks ago:
@stevecurran – Really? You’re spamming followers with DMs? Or you’re spamming the spammers?
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Steve Curran said
5 months, 3 weeks ago:
Neither, I think! I am trying to see if a customized or personal “thanks for following” with a link to my website or blog creates more traffic.
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Kristy C. Cartier said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
@jasonwiser I read my DMs in Hootsuite (TweetDeck for work) and respond to the non-spam ones (I consider the generic “thanks for following me…” to be spammy). I have held a couple of short conversations. Sometimes we’ll transfer over to email. I agree with @rich-brooks about being a good way to reach me.
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E N Brown said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
Hi @jasonwiser
Not so much anymore as most are just spam asking for likes, etc.
With some folks I do send a DM and wonder if I will get a response as I think those of us who have been on the platform for a long time realize that reading them all is a big fat time waster.
Eileen
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Preston Odenbrett said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
I have used DM’s in the past and have and met some great people over the years, but I don’t use twitter as much as I could or should. I think DM’s are great if they are not automated but are specific to me or have a question about what I am doing or they can relate to me in that DM. Hard to do, but I will review-
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