webrampage

Oh you probably have seen Disqus being used on a few different sites if you’re into reading blogs and what not. The best example would be Mashable, CNN or MTV.

According to them, Disqus “is a better comment system for your site” and I would agree. Except that they’ve forgot about one little thing. Its not that important, but then again it is.

Its the ability to take your “like” back on a comment. Yes, I know that it is very unusual that I’m taking about such a feature, but let me explain. At times I have commented on blogs and another fellow reader had replied to my comment with a lot of hate, and I wished to comment back with reason and a calm head, but instead clicked the “like” button accidentally since its stuck so close together to the “reply” button and had an “oh shit” moment.

I seriously have gone on my Disqus profile, the blog’s comments section and every other place I could possibly think of being related to Disqus; just so I could find out how to take that “like” back.

Sadly it was confirmed by Disqus support that I didn’t have the ability to do that:

@momosuxx You cannot unlike comments but you can dislike posts. @giannii – disqushelp

Well I just had to move on with my silly, little mistake. Next time I’ll be very careful to see which button I’m clicking. I do not want anymore accidents like that; pretty embarrassing. And I’m sure a lot of you has been in my shoes too! So, don’t hide it and laugh.

And anyways, Disqus please do give this some thought, will ya?

A fellow tweeter, Gab Lennon asked me a very interesting and a genuine question this morning:

@momosuxx lol. same here. random question, what do you think of TFF ratio?

Alright let’s start with the basics for you guys. What’s a TFF ratio? It’s “Twitter Follower-Friend” ratio. Basically the ratio of your followers to your friends. According to some, the higher the ratio, the cooler you are.

Now I did answer back to him, but I figured 140 characters wasn’t enough for me to explain. First of all, this is how I look at it: the higher your TFF ratio, the more you like to hear yourself talk.

I am very picky about who I follow. And the type of tweeter that I hate the most is the one who does not interact with his/her followers. And someone who’s got about half a million followers, but is only following just a little over a hundred isn’t going to provide with a lot of interaction for obvious reasons. Snob.

And you may ask what about the people with the same number of followers and followings. Well the only way to judge a tweeter would be by his/her tweets, but again if you’re thinking about the level of interaction then I’m not too sure if this fella would be any better. Does he even read a single tweet on his timeline? Tweets are probably just zooming past him.

The best would be if one is following (back) at least quarter (if not half) the number of his followers. That shows us that he or she is genuinely interested in what others have to say and meaningful mentions would be replied back to. Make sense?

If you wanna calculate and play around with your TFF ration then get it done over here. And thanks again to Gab Lennon for the thought provoking question.

If you’re a hardcore tweeter then you must already know what #FollowFriday or #FF is. Let me still do a quick rundown of it just in case you’ve forgotten what its meant for; you basically suggest your followers on who to follow. Simple.

From what I’ve heard, #FF was started by this @micah fella back in 2009. I think it was a brilliant idea that went nowhere but downhill. I really do believe that it started with a good intention, but now we’ve just abused it. Its not worth anything anymore. Everyone gets a #FF mention. Everyone.

Seriously what’s the point of it anymore? Its just a tweet stuffed with as many usernames as you can fit within 140 characters. And we keep tweeting them and tweeting them until we can’t possibly think of anyone else while forgetting the fact that we’re spamming timelines.

Alright take a minute and look at this screenshot that I took earlier today, and tell me what the point of these #FF mentions are.

That’s only a tiny part of the screenshot that I put up. It was actually a whole page full of those. It was just horrible. One word: spam. But, I’m sure that’s a very regular sight for you on Fridays.

So, how do we do these the proper way? How about maybe doing them in intervals through out the day and having categories where a bunch of tweeters would fall under? This is what I did this #FollowFriday:

#FF For the latest in social media news, tips and tricks: @TweetSmarter@Jankovitch @centernetworks@raincoaster

Its clear why you should follow those tweeters and only a few are listed so you can rest assured that only the well-deserved ones were picked out. #FF mentions like those just make so much sense. It shows that you actually respect their tweets and really mean for other to follow them.

Don’t be selfish. Only mention tweeters who actually deserve it and expect nothing back in return.