Comments on: The Downside to Being Helpful on Twitter

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:16:26 +0000

Hi Marian – Most of the time being helpful works out great. But there are some people who really take advantage and are unappreciative.

By: Marian

Marian — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:37:49 +0000

SO TRUE!

All these sites make business fun and easy to do AND can bring you way more “ork” then you want!

Marian

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(Anti) Social-Lists 12/14/08 | (Anti) Social Development — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:15:31 +0000

[...] What’s in it for Your Followers? How to be Useful on Twitter – Tips for providing value on Twitter. Make sure, however, that you don’t let people take advantage of you. [...]

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:56:33 +0000

@Natural – Exactly. How do you say no to someone you’ve helped before? Maybe I should hold open office hours? Ok – ask as many questions as you can in the next half hour … go!

By: Natural

Natural — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:46:02 +0000

oh man, i feel your pain. if you help someone one time, it's easy for them to impose upon you. i guess its because they are desperate, but they have to respect people's privacy and time....you might have to draw the line on this one.... Natural´s last blog post - You’re So Vain You Probably Think This Post Is About You

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:23:25 +0000

@Ajith – It’s not all bad ;-) I should do a follow-up article on the awesome things people have done after helping them. One guy made me a banner ad …

@Ricardo – Hi! Thank you for visiting and commenting. It really is a difficult balance, I think. I wish people would be a little more considerate.

@Madhur – That’s a great example of someone taking advantage and pushing it too far. I’m pretty free with my contact information but have not added people to IM. I don’t use it that much and I don’t want to the little notices popping up all of the time.

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:07:53 +0000

I dont mind helping anyone but sometimes people take you for granted. I have faced similar situations too. A new blogger added me on there gtalk list. I helped him get started with Blogging and Wordpress. But now everyday he will ask me before doing anything. He even wanted to me to check his posts for any grammatical error before publishing. Madhur Kapoor´s last blog post - Bulk Assign Categories to Multiple Posts with Assign Categories Plugin

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:32:19 +0000

That's the thing about giving away "free"... Someone usually finds a way (or tries to) take advantage. I'm like you, I want to be helpful all the time and give away as much as I can. But at the end of the day, I have to remind myself that I can't give it all away for free (I need to earn a living too ya know). Ricardo Bueno´s last blog post - [Video] Blog Tips from the 2008 Blogworld Expo.

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:58:49 +0000

bummer… I guess, twitter overusage is killing you already. I hate this modern day communication systems sometimes… crapberry’s and twitters :)

After the initial experiments I am going slow on twitter now… Perhaps only launching my twitter client only two or three times a day. I do not want to give an ‘almost always online’ feeling to anybody :lol:

(perhaps it’s a problem with my inertia)

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:54:55 +0000

@Tawnya – Yep. Most people, though are great. It’s just a couple who make it frustrating. Sometimes I wonder if they expect me to do it immediately or if I just think that …

@Vered – Sometimes I don’t know what I would do without you – my confidence lives 3000 miles away ;-) Thank you!

@Wesley – I was not thinking of you at all when I wrote this article. Not one bit :-) You didn’t ask me on Twitter, you are part of this community and I encouraged you to start backing up your files. I felt bad that it wasn’t working. Really – there is no need to apologize.

@Carla – See the thing is you mentioned a problem in passing and I emailed you :-) The people who have been visiting and supportive here are not the ones taking advantage.

I have a hard time accepting help too – just ask Jim – hmm … where is he today? LOL I try to offer something in return when I do ask for something.

@Donace – Thanks! And it’s ok to take the piece of candy ;-)

@Mark – 3 years ago – LOL. And it kills me when people say it will be quick and simple. How do they know that? If it’s so simple, then just fix it.