YES! Amber at Altitude branding in Chicago has ranted about said EXACTLY what I was thinking but didn’t write down when I first heard of Qwitter, the service that shows you at what point/Tweet someone stops following you:

Twitter is about building a personalized, authentic online community that ultimately leads to building better relationships with people – either personally or professionally. It???s not about numbers, and it???s a different experience for everyone. As unique as your individual social circle.

There???s a big fallacy being perpetuated by Qwitter: that the tweet they send you is the *cause* of said person ceasing to follow your tweets, and that their unfollow is in direct relation to the quality of your Twitter stream. Each day, I see dozens of people fretting over the last person to drop them, and speculating about why. Some fret about it nearly obsessively.

Sure, Qwitter is a cool concept but why does anyone really care? I stop following folks all the time if they Tweet too much or don’t offer up anything I find interesting. It’s nothing personal, it’s just me tending to my little social media garden, ya know? I’m not offended or mad, I’m just doing my thang.

The point being, don’t fret folks. This is social media, not Hotel California.

Be sure to read Amber’s entire post here.

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