The second tool is that "Follow Friday" was created as an idea born out of Twitter usage by username: micah. See complete description of this, posted by username: mashable (ranked #23, a.k.a. Pete Cashmore) here.
In addition to creating popular posts and content on your own site to attract Twitter "followers," there is a Friday tradition to recommend and pass along other Twitterers... called "Follow Friday."
The link above describes this well but, in a nutshell, you simply start a post with the hashmark, or tic-tac-toe symbol above your 3 key, and type the following #follow friday... This indicates to the Twitter system that you have created, or contributed to, a Twitter "topic" and it then is categorized for search and trending in a way that allows people to find it quickly... to find yours, and others', recommendations.
Here's a different take...
It reminds all of us to propogate, so to speak...
Get more followers! Grow Twitter, grow!...
As I posted already, there is an implied ettiquette in the Twitter community that, if you are followed, then kindly "follow back." You do this by frequently checking your followers, and seeing if you already follow them (i.e., indicated by "STOP FOLLOWING" button), or simply use the handy button next to their username which allows you to "Follow" without even refreshing the page - nice seamless technology.
The moral of this post: Get out there and start posting and follow (almost) everyone you can...
I had no idea where the #followfriday tool came from. Thanks for the history lesson! You need to write more about the origins of these twitter tools and what they mean.
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