What is it?
#followfriday is a way of recommending friends to follow on twitter. If your new to twitter your probably looking for people to follow, here is a great way to find those new friends. Although it could be a universal movement across any website the main use is for twitter.
So how does it work?
Lets say you have a friend on twitter that you follow. He or she could be in any profession, but you follow this person because they tweet about for example: starting a small business. You know that what they are saying is relevant and would benefit some of your other online friends. So you want a way to tell the world or your circle about them.
So on Friday you create a tweet with the hash tag #followfriday, the # sign is used to create a way to follow the conversation on twitter.
Is this how it’s always done?
In the beginning of @followfriday most people just added the names of those they recommended you follow example:
but as time has progressed people dont just want to know the names, they want to know why they should follow them. So people started to form the #followfriday tweets a little different, by adding the reason why you should follow someone example:
This has answered questions for those looking to add someone interesting to their network
My recommendations about #followfriday
I recommend you #followfriday selectively and cautiously. Get to know some of your online friends, only recommend relevant, and deserving people. Others throw anybody into #followfriday without really knowing them or what they are talking about. You will see a backlash if you do this blindly so think before you recommend someone who might just be a link spammer.
While some people do this for the shear volume of people they follow to pretty much gain more followers. Litterly recommending everyone on their list. Recommending someone for #followfriday is really important and with great knowledge comes great responsibility in my opinion.
Have fun
