Thank you for adding your thoughts – and yes, I do agree that twitter can be used successfully in a one sided manners, but if you were to write about the top people using twitter would those be the people you featured?

The point of my article was not to focus on these women or how they use twitter but how little Vanity Fair understands about twitter. All the article talked about was numbers, celebrities and popularity – none of which are the keys to using twitter well. This isn't digital highschool – it's a tool for conversation and business growth.

I definitely get that for many people, the interactions are a more valuable relationship than soliloquizing to an audience, but soliloquizing isn't without its merits.

Great post Kirsten!

I would say about 90% of those who comment on my site do I have a relationship with beyond a number.

I stand by every word I wrote, including the fact that in my opinion, they are doing it wrong. While it may work for them, I think that if an article is going to feature people using twitter, the should think about how they use it first. The general consensus is that following only 10% is not really participatory (this is from others I have discussed this w/and in the comments.) Again, this analysis is in my opinion.

As for your question, would I stereotype you in the same group? Yes. Were they to have chosen men to write about, and had included you in the list, I would have made the same comment re: followers. While you do participate with me, there are over 90% of your followers that you don't (if 4% is what you follow back). While I would never suggest you follow back everyone (spammers, people you are not interested in) I do think that the ratio should be more even. If you don't follow someone, how can you respond to them? Share a conversation? You can't.

I do appreciate your thoughts!

“They all have 40k+ followers but follow, on average, less than 10% of them back! That means they are not conversing, not sharing and definitely not participating with their followers. Pathetic, and not the way twitter should be used.”

I can't disagree stronger with these words. Who are you to define how Twitter should be used? More to the point, if you look at my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/ariherzog, I currently follow about 4% of those who follow me. Would you stereotype me in the same frame as Felicia Day that I don't converse, share, or participate? You're also not including lists, looking only at the follower number.