{"id":28557,"date":"2014-11-07T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=28557"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:29:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T12:29:44","slug":"the-psychological-imbalance-of-twitter-follower-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/11\/07\/the-psychological-imbalance-of-twitter-follower-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"The psychological imbalance of <em>Twitter<\/em> follower relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, a friend of mine pointed out that because he read my blog regularly, he felt we had been in contact much more than we actually had (at that point, we hadn&#8217;t talked in nearly a year). The same phenomenon occurs in the wider world with <em>Twitter<\/em> followers who sometimes think they have a relationship with this or that person they follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elixabethclaire\" target=\"_blank\">@elixabethclaire<\/a> explains the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Re: last retweet &#8211; There&#39;s an interesting phenomenon of one-&gt;many communications platforms, in that they enable one-sided relationships.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elisabeth (@elixabethclaire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elixabethclaire\/status\/529878813908299777\">November 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>It&#39;s very easy to follow someone, see their tweets in your timeline every day, and feel a false or one-sided sense of familiarity with them.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elisabeth (@elixabethclaire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elixabethclaire\/status\/529878945009647616\">November 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>As a result, it seems pretty frequent that someone&#39;s first tweet to someone they follow assumes a familiarity\/ease that isn&#39;t there.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elisabeth (@elixabethclaire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elixabethclaire\/status\/529879018779054080\">November 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So what might seem to the tweeter fairly innocuous, friendly, or well-intended, is utterly weird for the recipient<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elisabeth (@elixabethclaire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elixabethclaire\/status\/529879144989863936\">November 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So what might seem to the tweeter fairly innocuous, friendly, or well-intended, is utterly weird for the recipient<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elisabeth (@elixabethclaire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elixabethclaire\/status\/529879144989863936\">November 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago, a friend of mine pointed out that because he read my blog regularly, he felt we had been in contact much more than we actually had (at that point, we hadn&#8217;t talked in nearly a year). 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