How do you choose who you will follow?

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   danielleantoszposted 13 years ago

   How do you choose who you will follow?
   
   I know following others leads to more follows, but how many people actually pay attention before they click?  I look at profiles and maybe a hub or two to see if I actually like the writer.  I see a lot of profiles that are nothing but links..I don't follow them as their profiles seem too self promotional.  Which people do you follow?

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   K. Burns Darlingposted 13 years ago

   I also read profiles and look at their hubs first.  I tend to avoid those who have nothing by real estate hubs, sales oriented hubs, and most of the over-saturated financial and fitness sector. I just prefer that what I read have more heart.   I don't mind if they have posted their other site links, as I have the link to one of my other blogs, my fb link,  I often hub hop and will follow anyone who's hub has impressed me.  And yes, I do make an attempt to read and to comment on a good portion of those that I follow on a regular basis.

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   wilbury4posted 13 years ago

   If a person or a persons topics interest you then follow them, if they don't interest you then don't follow them, simple as that.

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   sonia05posted 13 years ago

   I look at the hubbers' profile and the kind of hubs he/she has written. It the topics interest me,I follow them.

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   Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

   If it looks to me as if the person writes the kind of stuff I like to read, I'll follow that person.  I may not be able to read everything the person writes, but it gives me an idea of where to look when I have time to read.  I also read the Hubs of people I don't generally follow, so that cuts into time for reading too.  Mostly, I look for "general writing", rather than one person who writes about all the same stuff.  I never want to read product/sales Hubs at all.  I never read SEO-overloaded stuff with a bunch of links.  Something else I won't read is stuff that looks like the person struggles with English grammar.  Another kind of Hubber is the one who posts as his user picture a photo of a model or actress with the idea that doing that will get more traffic.  I like all kinds of different subjects, though; so that leaves a whole lot of people I might like to follow.
   
   Basically, I look for "real writing" (complete with substance, decent grammar, paragraphs, etc.), as opposed to quickie-looking "blurbs" with links that suggest more substantial information can be found there (when, really, there's no substance "there" either).

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   twilanelsonposted 13 years ago

   I look for Hubbers, subjects and writing techniques that grab my interest.

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   Peter Owenposted 13 years ago

   I agree with others. Just don't follow without reading the hubs. Read an article I wrote called How New Hubberscore Ruin Their Hubscore

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   writeidoposted 13 years ago

   I am actually very choosy about who I follow. I normally don't look at anyone's articles with an intention to follow or otherwise. But if I see myself reading a couple or 3 of an author's hubs over time then I make a point to follow them.

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