
She is, of course, also there for her growing fanbase. However, it does seem her approach to tweeting isn't for everyone. She has collected twenty-three of the most weird reasons why people unfollow her.
Before she shared them with me, I asked her just one question.
MC: "You seem to be one of the most interactive authors on Twitter. What is it about tweeting you prefer over any other form of social networking?"
RH: "Twitter is perfect for me. I share advice about writing and publishing, ask and answer questions, talk shop with fellow writers, and it's quick. Writing a tweet doesn't take long, so I can interact a lot. Over the past couple of years, I've built a huge quality platform on Twitter - with people who actually read my tweets, not auto-followers and bot accounts - simply by being helpful and real. "
23 WEIRD REASONS WHY PEOPLE UNFOLLOWED ME ON TWITTER
by Rayne Hall
More than 49,000 people follow me on Twitter @raynehall... and every day, several unfollow me. Some even tell me why. Here's a selection of their reasons:
- Tweets in inferior English (British).
- I laughed at their jokes.
- I did not laugh at their jokes.
- I didn't buy their book.
- Stalking (I followed them).
- Plagiarism (I retweeted their tweet.)
- Failure to reply to their question within 16 minutes.
- They saw no tweets but mine in their timeline (they weren't actually following anyone else).
- I had more followers than they.
- Horses get killed in one of my books.
- I tweeted more about my own books than about theirs.
- They always follow and unfollow the same people as their mates.
- Not enough commas in my tweets.
- I declined to read their unpublished novel.
- I declined to retweet their poetry.
- I declined to change my tweeting style to suit their personal taste.
- By posting #writetip tweets I implied that the person's writing needed improvement (insult).
- Too many tweets about writing and publishing.
- My chats with other people appeared in their timeline.
- I’m an unsufferable prude. (I objected to close-up photos of genitalia.)
- I chatted more with other people than with them.
- After chatting with me, they suddenly got new followers. They didn’t like that.
- Rayne Hall is not a real person, but a bot. Everyone knows that.
Of course, these are only the ones who gave their reasons. (“Your use of British English disgusts me! Learn proper English before you tweet!! I unfollow!!!!”) Others didn't allow me a glimpse into their motivations. Who knows? Even weirder reasons may lurk in their minds.
Which of these is your favourite? Tell us in a comment.
ABOUT RAYNE HALL

She holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Currently, she edits the Ten Tales series of multi-author short story anthologies: Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates, Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft, Spells: Ten Tales of Magic, Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies, Seers: Ten Tales of Clairvoyance, Dragons: Ten Tales of Fiery Beasts and more.
Rayne has lived in Germany, China, Mongolia and Nepal and has now settled in a small dilapidated town of former Victorian grandeur on the south coast of England.
- Website: http://sites.google.com/site/raynehallsdarkfantasyfiction/
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/RayneHall
- Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4451266.Rayne_Hall
- Independent Author Network http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/rayne-hall.html
- Pinterest http://pinterest.com/raynehallauthor/
- Short video: Ten Random Facts About Rayne Hall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXv4EisfqvQ
- Amazon’s Rayne Hall page: http://www.amazon.com/Rayne-Hall/e/B006BSJ5BK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
Twitter For Writers, Rayne's latest addition to her popular Writer's Craft series, will soon be released.
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Mark Cassell lives in a rural part of the UK with his wife and a number of animals. He often dreams of dystopian futures, peculiar creatures, and flitting shadows. Primarily a horror writer, his steampunk, fantasy, and SF stories have featured in several anthologies and ezines.
His debut novel, The Shadow Fabric, is a supernatural story and is available from Amazon.
Twitter: @Mark_Cassell ~ Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorMarkCassell
His debut novel, The Shadow Fabric, is a supernatural story and is available from Amazon.
Twitter: @Mark_Cassell ~ Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorMarkCassell
Thanks for hosting this post, Mark. Maybe I should add #24: "I declined to fund their Kickstarter project." In the past 48 hours, I've received many begging tweets to fund movies/novels/plays/whatever. They unfollowed when I said no. #goodriddance
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Rayne. And it's funny you mention those cheeky fund-chasers...I've recently had a few of those myself.
DeleteI can see #19 being a valid reason... MAYBE. It is a bit weird the way she does that. You get used to it, though. ;-)
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