Do you want me to unfollow you?

This week I decided to trim down my twitter following – aka. stop following hundreds of people I don’t know, that aren’t saying much that I am benefiting from.

I think it’s important to follow people on twitter that are:

1. Adding value – If you’re tweeting your friends and/or boyfriend on twitter non-stop (and nothing else) then you’re probably not that interesting in my twitter feed – and I might unfollow you!

*With that said, my entire family, sister-in-law’s family, boyfriend, co-workers and friends are on twitter and do I talk to them through tweets from time to time? Absolutely. But do I also attempt to also contribute to twitter in the ways listed below? Of course!

2. Teaching you – Tips, great blogs, new ideas and perspectives. I learn from those I chose to follow on twitter.  If you want to know who is teaching me, take a look at those I follow on twitter.com.

3. Sharing relevant information – I’m aware of current events, interesting articles and funny advertisement bloopers because of some of my twitter friends! I follow @Mashable so I’m sure I won’t miss their many interesting and educational blog posts throughout the day.

4. Making you laugh – I follow many people simply because…they are funny, they make me laugh and that’s valuable! @WeirdNews is always interesting, and @DesignerG tweets about his love of coffee nearly every morning, but never says the same thing… always entertaining.

Slimming your twitter following is a good reminder to make sure you add value on Twitter, be creative and interesting! What would your Twitter followers say about you?