Twitter’s been a hot topic in my circle as of late – even my mom asked me about it the other day!  In recent days, I’ve gotten a number of new Twitter followers, mostly from my twittering at the WSOP.  Im some cases, it’s really cool – in others, it’s not.  So, if you give a damn, here’s my policy for followers on Twitter – will I follow, will I block, or “other”.

Easy:  I know you
We’ve met in real life.  We may even be married! (right, @lastwordy?)  I’ll happily follow you, and I hope you follow me.

You know someone I know
We may not have met, but you and I share a “Twitter Friend”, and we’ve had a few tweeted conversations, and you haven’t tried to convert me to Jesus or the Republican Party.  Again, mutual follow.

You’re a person, and you’ve picked up on a keyword in my Tweet
I had a problem with my WordPress install a while back, and someone at random responded and kinda helped me through it.  That’s pretty cool, and a prime example of the beauty of social networks.  It’s happened more frequently to me now, with people who are into poker, since I got re-tweeted a few times by a prominent poker publication during my WSOP run.  Please follow me if you like; I’m going to go through your Tweet history and see if it makes sense for me to follow you.

You’re a corporation, and you’ve picked up on a keyword in my Tweet
OK – this is different.  I don’t know who you are, and you identify yourself as part of a company that you may or may not work for.  Until I can validate that you represent who you say you represent, I’m not following you, and the first time you try to sell me something you’re getting blocked.

You sound like a cardboard sign on a telephone pole, advertising “Lose Weight Now” and “Work From Home” opportunities
I’m not following you, and you’re getting blocked.  I don’t want to be counted among your numbers at all.

You have a half-naked profile picture and you say nothing of consequence.
Let’s just pretend we never met, okay?  You’re an embarassment.  Like a Hooters girl, you just don’t have the nerve to admit to yourself what you are, and you’ve found a new medium with which to lie to yourself.  Bye now.

You’re famous, I follow you, we met in a Starbucks, I recognized you from your Twitter photo, and you were cool enough to follow me too.
Okay, so it applies to exactly one person on my Twitter list.  It’s still a category. 

I think that covers most of what I’ve seen so far.  Is there anything obvious that I’m missing?