Entry 10

Response to Podcast "Freakonomics: "Twitter is a 2 Way Street"

According to this podcast, it comes up a question: Is Twitter a Two-Way Street? This question means if you want more followers, do you have to follow more followers? Duncan Watts reveals a very interesting phenomenon that people who have top followers also follow a lot of people like Lady gaga, Britney Spears. Many people do not characterize Twitter as a social network, but we have to admit that it really exist reciprocity in a sense.

However, if these famous people do not follower many people, they will also have top followers because people focus attention on them. We are interested in their life and want to know more information about them. Therefore, there is no doubt that we can follow more people as a way to get more followers. More importantly, we need to have a good management on our twitter and provide interesting content to attract more people. I think that’s the most necessary thing that we need to do.