How Not To Get The Mute on Twitter
Will you get the mute on Twitter? Twitter will be rolling out the new mute button feature soon. This means people can turn your tweets off to mute. I’m not sure I will like this new mute feature.
How Will The Mute Feature Work on Twitter?
Like most new features on Twitter this will roll out to various users at various times in the coming weeks. People will be able to mute your tweets so they don’t show up in their stream. You will not know if you’ve been muted. Scary! If someone unfollows you there are ways you can check to see who unfollows you. But not to know if you are muted is not a really a good thing in my book.
You will be able to mute users by clicking on the more button of any tweet. You can also uncheck it at any time. You may also mute a user from a Tweet on your iOS or Android device or on Twitter for web tap more and then mute @username. To mute someone from their profile page, tap the gear icon on that page and choose mute @username.
They (muted users) will still be able to retweet you and favorite your tweets. They will also be able to reply to any of your tweets. This sounds like a one way street Twitter is setting up.
Ways to Avoid Getting the Mute on Twitter
- Don’t Over Tweet – Know your limit for the number of tweets you churn out vs. how many followers you have. If you share too often you will see followers drop. You can see the unfollows via Nutshell Mail, JustUnfollow or Commun.it to name a few programs out there. (There are so many!)
- Tweet in Your Niche – Don’t tweet out just anything to fill in the Twitter stream. Be more careful what you share. Do share personal stories at times. People do like to know more about you when they follow you.
- Keep Your Tweets Simple – Don’t use all 140 characters each time you tweet – it makes it easier for followers to read your tweets if they are shorter. It makes your tweets easier to share too.
- Make Sure Your Profile is Up to Date - Your Twitter profile and your favorite tweet should be current. If you info is old you may get the mute on Twitter or be unfollowed.
- Let Users Know When You Will Do Twitter Chats – They may want to mute you just during the Twitter chats. (That would be the only time I would even consider muting a user).
- Interact! - This one is key. Don’t just tweet your own stuff and never interact with others on Twitter. Learn from Twitter greats like Kim Garst.
@Lisapatb Lisa, thanks for RT’ing! How are things in your world today?
— Kim Garst ツ (@kimgarst) May 12, 2014
How do you feel about the mute on Twitter coming soon to your Twitter features?
Will you be using it?
I’d love to know more on your thoughts on this in the comments.
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