I am on Please Login or Register to see the link., and you’re more than free to follow me there.

However, I will not always follow back. Don’t take it personally, but I don’t sit back waiting to gather every notification so I can immediately respond with a return follow. I’ve never been a social butterfly and I don’t plan on starting now. I’m somewhat of a hermit and am picky about those I allow in to my life.

If you engage me in enough conversation, I may follow you because I’ll know more about you and find you interesting. In fact – if I do follow you – feel flattered! It means I really want to get to know WHO you are. Not just what you’re pushing on Twitter.

My Tweets themselves will be erratic. I might not be on Twitter for three or four days at a stretch.

You’re welcome to follow my conversations, and just maybe you’ll find other interesting people. You’re welcome to ignore my conversations with others, and that’s fine too. The people I follow are the people I’ve had interesting discussions with.

* I follow people who are local to me.
* I follow people who I know in REAL LIFE.
* I follow people who I have met through a variety of message boards and chat rooms online.
* I follow people who truly fascinate me – a few rock stars as example.
* I follow a few select Life Coaches – those who I can learn from more.
* I follow people who are interesting.
* I follow people who can occasionally be abusive and abrasive.

You’ll notice that I have more people following me than I follow. Don’t get hung up on the number. Numbers and popularity contests have never impressed me. I’d rather have a few really fantastic followers … and follow really fantastic people … than be an obnoxious super start aiming to be the first with a million followers.

I don’t believe in Twitter Etiquette. If someone showed you a list of how people had to behave in real life would you follow it? I know that I wouldn’t I’m so anti-authority (and I don’t think you should either.) There’s no such thing as “too many tweets,” or “multiple tweets,” or “following too many people,” or “follower/following ratios,” or “welcoming new followers.” There are no rules, there are no guidelines. Just be yourself, be a human, and be humane.

I don’t use Qwitter, or Twitterkarma, or any other service that plays games with followers. Quit me, I don’t care. Twitter isn’t about stats, it’s about people and conversations and links and ideas.

I do look forward to the conversations to come.

In the mean time, why not learn a little more about Please Login or Register to see the link. – and get to know ME!