9 Blue Feather Tweeters

This post is inspired by an amazing and noble idea I ran into on Liz Strauss’s blog. She was motivated by Lonnie Hodge’s post ‘Blue Feather Tweeters’. Lonnie thought “how about a list of the top 20-30 nicest people to meet and tweet on Twitter?” So this is a #followfriday with a human twist; it’s a list of people I follow on Twitter who genuinely enjoy a real two way conversation. Here they are in the chronological order in which they entered my twitterlife:

@Avinio – A first in ways more than one. My first Twitter follower and the first person to welcome me on Twitter. Also the first Facebook friend I’ve never meet offline. Avi shares great social media links, has a cat, and I hope to catch up with him IRL when I eventually visit Tel Aviv.

@michaelfieldcom – A friend from Sydney and a great conversational partner for comparing views on social media tools and how we use them. Michael and I have talked about the days when we used IRC, contrasted those days to the Twitter days and compared notes. We’ve also jointly wondered whether ignorance is bliss and whether Homer Simpson has it easy.

@lizstrauss – As I already said, Liz’s blog inspired me to write this post as it often inspires me to think in various directions (not all of those thoughts settle down on this blog, unfortunately). We first ‘met’ when I shared a quote by Body Shop’s Anita Roddick on Liz’s blog.

@MichaelCalienes – I started following this Presence Engineer after @chrisbrogan talked about Michael talking about their beer adventure. We’ve since talked about the relative infancy of social media and all the talk surrounding it, the need for meetings in actual offices, business cards, and the difference in weather conditions between Florida and Macedonia.

@usphere – The name is Dave and he’s into Eastern European wines. If he ever makes it to the region (as he’s planning to), I’ll be happy to tour the local wine bars with him. Dave genuinely welcomes you back to tweetland if you’ve been away for a longer period of time.

@Blagica – I first read about Blagica in the local Macedonian press (she’s a Chicago-based SM guru and a Macedonian by origin) and quickly looked her up on Twitter. I look forward to meeting her this coming summer (I hope she makes it all the way here!). I think we are both trying to build some bridges between the US and Macedonia. Maybe something will come out of it eventually. Either way, she’s a great person to talk to AND learn from.

@Rick__S – Rick and I swap local weather info on a relatively regular basis . He’s a travel enthusiast who keeps the conversation going.

@ducttape – John asks smart questions, and then follows up on your answers so you don’t feel like you’re talking to a wall.

@RoyalAntsJosh – I recently challenged Josh to a competition called “whose feed reader will have more unread items if we let it sit untouched for a few days”. I lost. Or did I..?

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Liz introduced 50 BF Tweeters but I’ll settle for these 9 for the time being. There are plenty more out there that I love talking to but these 9 just jumped out of my ‘follow list’ as the ‘bluest’.

Thank you for reading and I look forward to getting to know your own Blue Feather Tweeters!

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