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	<title>Comments on: Twitter&#039;s Imaginary Cliques</title>
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		<title>By: Christine Kambourakis</title>
		<link>http://www.suzemuse.com/2008/08/twitters-imaginary-cliques-2/comment-page-1/#comment-194</link>
		<dc:creator>Christine Kambourakis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love this post too!

Twitter isn&#039;t as well known here in Australia yet so I wish I could say I know most of my followers but I don&#039;t. I know my husband, brother and sister-in-law. But the others (only 30 or so) I&#039;m happy to have on board and I welcome anyone else who wants to follow me. The old saying &quot;two heads are better than one&quot; is most evident when a resource like Twitter is available to us.. The information that has been passed on, the contacts that can be made for business or social interaction are all so amazing. Remember, you get what you expect, I expect fun, knowledge, friends and more of all of these to come... and  that&#039;s exactly what I&#039;m getting!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love this post too!</p>
<p>Twitter isn&#8217;t as well known here in Australia yet so I wish I could say I know most of my followers but I don&#8217;t. I know my husband, brother and sister-in-law. But the others (only 30 or so) I&#8217;m happy to have on board and I welcome anyone else who wants to follow me. The old saying &#8220;two heads are better than one&#8221; is most evident when a resource like Twitter is available to us.. The information that has been passed on, the contacts that can be made for business or social interaction are all so amazing. Remember, you get what you expect, I expect fun, knowledge, friends and more of all of these to come&#8230; and  that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;m getting!</p>
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		<title>By: sassymonkey</title>
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		<dc:creator>sassymonkey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that a lot of people try to follow the Robert Scoble&#039;s of the internet world and then get all bothered and bewildered when they don&#039;t get a reply. I can&#039;t keep up with everyone that I follow and I follow less than 200 people (ditto for the number that follow me). There are people that I talk to more than others because, like you said, I know them. I have history with them. And yes, I have inside jokes with them. It doesn&#039;t make us a clique, it makes us friends.

Of course there are cliques online - even the most open online community will look like a clique to people who aren&#039;t part of it. I also believe that some interact in more positive ways to others then some do. I&#039;ve seen some nasty interactions on twitter but that&#039;s definitely a rare incident.

Sometimes people need to check their expectations at the door. Not everyone will respond when you @ them or follow them. It doesn&#039;t mean that they don&#039;t like you or that they are ignoring you. Sometimes they are just plain busy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that a lot of people try to follow the Robert Scoble&#8217;s of the internet world and then get all bothered and bewildered when they don&#8217;t get a reply. I can&#8217;t keep up with everyone that I follow and I follow less than 200 people (ditto for the number that follow me). There are people that I talk to more than others because, like you said, I know them. I have history with them. And yes, I have inside jokes with them. It doesn&#8217;t make us a clique, it makes us friends.</p>
<p>Of course there are cliques online &#8211; even the most open online community will look like a clique to people who aren&#8217;t part of it. I also believe that some interact in more positive ways to others then some do. I&#8217;ve seen some nasty interactions on twitter but that&#8217;s definitely a rare incident.</p>
<p>Sometimes people need to check their expectations at the door. Not everyone will respond when you @ them or follow them. It doesn&#8217;t mean that they don&#8217;t like you or that they are ignoring you. Sometimes they are just plain busy.</p>
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		<title>By: Stacey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who is this Robert Scoble and will he be my bestest friend ever????

Seriously, the reason I don&#039;t care about who follows me anywhere online whether it be my blog (strangeaddiction.com) or on twitter (twitter.com/Stacerella). I could care less. If you want to read my blog, read it. If you want to talk to me (strangeaddiction.com), leave comments(strangeaddiction.com). If you want to follow my retarded thoughts all day long, stalk me on twitter (twitter.com/Stacerella).

I have always heard about these mythological &quot;cliques&quot; on and offline all of my life. I don&#039;t concern myself with them. If any of those members wants to talk to me, I&#039;ll talk to them. I don&#039;t pay attention or concern myself, nor do I twist myself into a prezzle to impress anyone. I have famous relatives. Fame doesn&#039;t impress me. It&#039;s an illusion, foisted upon people by the very people who are trying to get into so called cliques but aren&#039;t successful.

The only people talking about cliques are the asshats who can&#039;t make friends or be nice to strangers in their every day life, so why do they feel it would be different for them online?? Dumb-asses.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who is this Robert Scoble and will he be my bestest friend ever????</p>
<p>Seriously, the reason I don&#8217;t care about who follows me anywhere online whether it be my blog (strangeaddiction.com) or on twitter (twitter.com/Stacerella). I could care less. If you want to read my blog, read it. If you want to talk to me (strangeaddiction.com), leave comments(strangeaddiction.com). If you want to follow my retarded thoughts all day long, stalk me on twitter (twitter.com/Stacerella).</p>
<p>I have always heard about these mythological &#8220;cliques&#8221; on and offline all of my life. I don&#8217;t concern myself with them. If any of those members wants to talk to me, I&#8217;ll talk to them. I don&#8217;t pay attention or concern myself, nor do I twist myself into a prezzle to impress anyone. I have famous relatives. Fame doesn&#8217;t impress me. It&#8217;s an illusion, foisted upon people by the very people who are trying to get into so called cliques but aren&#8217;t successful.</p>
<p>The only people talking about cliques are the asshats who can&#8217;t make friends or be nice to strangers in their every day life, so why do they feel it would be different for them online?? Dumb-asses.</p>
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		<title>By: zchamu</title>
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		<dc:creator>zchamu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I totally disagree. :) There are absolutely cliques. There are cliques on twitter and in the blogosphere and pretty much everywhere. And here&#039;s the thing: We should cheer the cliques. They&#039;re there and they&#039;re awesome and they are what make blogs and twitter and whatever the hell else successful.  It sucks when people feel excluded of course, but it is what it is.

I&#039;ve had a blog post about this brewing for ages, I should probably just write it already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, I totally disagree. <img src='http://www.suzemuse.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  There are absolutely cliques. There are cliques on twitter and in the blogosphere and pretty much everywhere. And here&#8217;s the thing: We should cheer the cliques. They&#8217;re there and they&#8217;re awesome and they are what make blogs and twitter and whatever the hell else successful.  It sucks when people feel excluded of course, but it is what it is.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had a blog post about this brewing for ages, I should probably just write it already.</p>
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		<title>By: Alli ~Mrs. Fussypants</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alli ~Mrs. Fussypants</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, really? Cliques?

Oh, gee.

I follow about 550, but am followed by 1100. I sometimes never respond, but I try, I really try.

Thanks for bringing the ugly gossip into the light for what it is- garbage.

xoxo, Alli</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, really? Cliques?</p>
<p>Oh, gee.</p>
<p>I follow about 550, but am followed by 1100. I sometimes never respond, but I try, I really try.</p>
<p>Thanks for bringing the ugly gossip into the light for what it is- garbage.</p>
<p>xoxo, Alli</p>
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