I have never figured out anything to say in an auto DM that would be more useful than offensive/self-promotional, so I don't use them. And in the 2-1/2 years I've been on Twitter, I've received maybe two auto DMs out of hundreds received that I thought were worth reading. What I do instead, though inconsistently, is go to their page and find something to retweet. I wish I could find the time to keep up with the flood, but with nearly 4000 followers, I don't see that as likely. I have to say it's arbitrary whether I check out a new follower. But I do visit pages of people who retweet me or engage me in conversation. I do very much appreciate *personal* DMs from new folowees, which are very rare. > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > >Thanks for that perspective Neal. > >I guess I'd be communicating with an audience like myself, someone >who understands that Twitter is important in social media but who >uses other communication much more frequently, namely email and >email via Facebook and LinkedIn (Groups too), and our blog. > >I would like to let people know that I'll mostly be broadcasting out >via Twitter and dialogue will be done more with other channels. > >I suppose I see it as good communication and a courtesy and a way to >manage expectations. > >Sincerely, >Andrew > >On 1/13/2011 3:14 PM, Neal Priestly wrote: > >>My advice? Stop looking. >> >>The folks I'm connected with hate that. A number of them will >>unfollow and report you as a spammer on general principles when >>they get an auto-tweeted response. 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