Regarding your first 2 threats (“small world” resistance and “group redundancy”) I think, terminology apart, they are already discussed above. Anyway, thanks for adding a new dimension to the topic.

Regarding your third threat (newly added List feature of Twitter), please understand that when this post was written, “List” was a third world object and nobody never heard about it (unless of course those who work for twitter ).

Overall, thanks for your views.

More surprising, I think, is the fact you missed the two of the biggest #followfriday detractors. The first, is what I call “small world” resistance. When a Twitter user has reached several hundred follows they routinely interact with, some are less enthusiastic to add more, sensing that they might become overwhelmed. The other has to do with “group redundancy” the idea that same group of people end up recommending the same people, and over time the group will already be following most of the #ff recommendations.

Then there’s a third reason I just thought of while typing this comment that your article missed, a feature new to Twitter that threatens #followfriday by simply replacing it. And what is this reason? The new user-tagged “list” feature, of course. Now, you don’t have to wait for Friday to roll around for interesting people to follow. Not only can you access a list of other Twitter users from someone you like anytime, but depending on the individual who created the list, the tags can make that process even more appealing because you’ll have an idea of what to expect from that follower.

I am still learning, but the more I tweet the more I love Twitter!

@Teeesha

I think it is a complete waste of time and it clogs up the whole system. Although do have to admit I get a little delight when I see my @freemanlegacy in a list or two.
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Personally I’ve never really seen the value of #ff; it seems way too generic for its purpose. Not all of my followers have the same interests or passions. If I recommend someone from Maine, the recommendation probably won’t be valuable to my web development and photography followers. If I recommend a web developer, most of my Maine and photography followers probably won’t care.

I think a better idea is to have a #haveyoumet tag; on Fridays (or another day) anyone could tweet that they’re interested in finding new people to follow. Anyone with a *relevant* recommendation based on the individual user could reply with a simple “@someone #haveyoumet @someoneelse” tweet; it’s more personalized and just makes more sense to me. Whatever the case, I think #ff needs more context than it’s usually given; until it finds it, I ignore most #ff tweets.