Social Blend

first, you will need a twitter account. you will want to choose a username that is memorable and easy to spell, and an avatar that is interesting to look at and memorable. initially, you will want your username and your avatar to always go together as a pair, so they are associated with each other in the minds of other users. this is "branding" and is important for your recognition... more... - polymath22

use your #twitter bio to post a few of your favorite #hashtags, so in the event of your death, mourners who visit your profile will be able to see what you were about, even if your last tweet was a cat pic. put key words in your bio that you want to be associated with. for example, in my twitter bio i have the phrase "social media", which helps with #SEO for you and your brand https://twitter.com/polymath22 #SocialMedia - polymath22

#p2 if you are a left leaning tweep, keep your eyes peeled for #UniteBlue #twibbon and follow these tweeps. these users have a pre-arranged commitment to each other to #followback. beware of the user @UniteBlue https://twitter.com/UniteBlue <=== is he a #troll? - polymath22

DO NOT auto- #followback. your twitter stream will become so filled with #spam you will start to hate #twitter. #unfollow and/or block #spammers - polymath22

browse your #followers list to find potential tweeps to #follow, but beware it can be a big time waste, as you will find yourself spending half of your time looking at increasingly sophisticated #spammer profiles. it gets so frustrating you just give up after a while. so NO, i do not auto-follow back and i don't manually follow back just because you followed me. you quickly got buried... more... - polymath22

DO pro-actively #FollowForward. about HALF of the tweeps you follow will follow you back. so, if you proactively follow 100 tweeps, about 50 of them will follow you back, especially if you follow tweeps who are more likely to follow you back... because you have a memorable username, an avatar with #UniteBlue twibbon, and an interesting twitter bio... your brand image... - polymath22

how to find tweeps that are interesting and seem to "get it" when it comes to twitter? #search #twitter for something #interesting to you, for example, #Anonymous ==> https://twitter.com/search... browse the usernames and profiles of users on this timeline. seems legit? - polymath22

#discover something #interesting to YOU: for example, #OpPIDD Operation Primary Immuno Deficiency Diseases https://twitter.com/search... http://friendfeed.com/oppidd - polymath22

#OpIsrael seems #Popular today, so click on any tweet, for example THIS tweet https://twitter.com/YourAno... and click on the "RETWEETS" button. this will bring up a list of tweeps who retweeted that tweet. browse usernames and avatars to find users who look like they are relevant to your interests and follow them. do the same with "FAVORITES" button. retweet along the way so tweeps will discover why you followed them if they visit your profile. - polymath22

you want to look for tweeps to follow from the retweets and favorites lists, because these users are probably not spammers, and they share an interest enough to have clicked a button. this tiny sub set of internet users ("active-ists") are infinitely more influential than lurkers who are not motivated into action. ("passive-ists") - polymath22

these users who retweet and favorite are probably more motivated to follow you back, and hopefully retweet and/or favorite something of yours in the future. - polymath22

run this pattern: search - discover- retweet - follow - repeat - polymath22

picture the internet and social networks as fractals [pics here] http://images.google.com/search... - polymath22

YOU want to get networked in with the smaller and smaller sub sets of social networks, based on things that are #interesting to YOU. imagine you #discover an interesting tweet that is 2 days old, and has 10 #retweets and 5 #favorites. these two lists paint a picture of the active-ist users in the tiny social network that the user who tweeted that tweet has. with a few mouse-clicks you are following all 15 of this users best tweeps - polymath22

as of today, April 7,2013, i am following-forward 12208 tweeps https://twitter.com/following and have 11132 following me https://twitter.com/polymat... according to http://www.justunfollow.com i have 4220 non followers. - polymath22

because i #followforward, i usually have a good reason to #follow any user, so when they don't #followback by the time they get to the end of that 4220 non-followers list, they get #unfollowed to make room for me to follow-foward more #tweeps. - polymath22

if you are interested in quickly discovering and following interesting tweeps, consider tweeting your #twitter #lists on #FollowFriday #SocialNetworking #OccupyTwitter - polymath22

#FF here is my #World #Twitter #List https://twitter.com/polymat... - polymath22

#FF here is my #Wiunion #Twitter #List https://twitter.com/polymat... - polymath22