Twitter is one of the most visited social media networking sites. However, as normally in life, the growing popularity of Twitter leads to some myths about it. Here are some of the myths about it.
Twitter is good only for people that want to socialize
One common held myth about Twitter by people who have not signed up with Twitter is that it is a waste of time and can only be used by people that want to get connected and make friends. Though Twitter is a social networking, it is used also for marketing purposes. A good number of businesses today are using Twitter to promote their businesses. Besides businesses, different organizations, political parties, religious society and others can make use of Twitter in promoting their belief and ideology.
Follow back any one who follows you
Some people think that since Twitter is a social network, you have to interact with all your friends and read the tweets of every person. This is wrong. The essence of Twitter and indeed other social networking site is to enable you get connected to the people, things and topics that attract your interest. If you spend time on things that does not interest, it becomes waste of time.
Do not follow any person that does not follow you back
If any person does not follow back but you are interested in the account, keep following the person. The fact that the person does not follow has does not affect the tweet you are reading.
There are other myths about Twitter that are not mentioned here.