The 5 most annoying Twitter usage trends

From Shine comes a great article on how NOT to use Twitter.  Here's a two I thought were pretty apt.

DM People Who Just Start Following You With an Advertisement for Your Company

I can't tell you how many messages I got from people after my following binge that said something like "Thanks for following me back! Want to make lots of money? Let me show you how http://spammy-scammy-stuff.com".

SERIOUSLY? Is that the very first thing that comes out of your mouth at conferences or networking events? No? Then why the HECK would you do that on Twitter?!

People Who Just Tweet Out but Don't Respond to Others

This annoyance is definitely a very fine line -- I really don't care if this is how you want to use Twitter - this is a free country (and a free Internet). And there are some people who I still follow who do this -- but that's because their tweets are either still valuable or interesting. I have to REALLY like you to follow you when you aren't willing to engage in the conversation - but for the most part, it comes off as elitist to me and I don't have time for that.

If you don't get Twitter I understand, but then don't use Twitter.  By the way, you can always find me on twitter at http://twitter.com/thebigklosowski - I won't spam you, much!  :-)

Read the whole article here.  It's well worth your time if you are a Twitterati.