If you have been online for more than a couple of days, you will have heard about Twitter.
Twitter is a simple “micro blogging” system where you can add 140 character snippets of what you are doing online.
You have probably also heard of the Autofollow/Auto DM systems that are around that allow you to automatically follow people who are following you and send them a Direct Message to welcome them.
There has been a debate going about this service. Some people think that this is a bad idea for various reasons and others like to use it.
Michel Fortin made a post on his Blog Titled “Twitter Populated By Drones And Fakes?” all about the subject.
Although I am sure there were other people who disagreed with Mr. Fortins opinions, here is a Blog post Titled “I Have to Disagree with Michel Fortin” that puts the other side of the debate.
Recently, Mr Fortin has made another post on the subject here. Following Up On The Auto-Follow Fiasco
I don’t know about you, but I find this all a bit confusing.
Where do you stand on the “Auto-Follow Fiasco”?
Post a comment and let me know. 
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In my opinion, Auto DM is one of the mistakes made by the people who use Twitter for marketing purposes.
Why? Read my article Twitter – Common Marketing Mistakes
As for Auto-follow … it reminds me of safelists. Almost no one reads anything but people still join safelists, hoping that others (newbies) will read the ads they send. The same here.
The persons who use Auto-follow are not interested who are their followers, what they do, what they think, etc. All they want is their followers to remain their followers (so that to send them marketing messages).