| LParisi | asks | What do you do when you follow someone who you no longer wish to follow? If I stop following, will this person know? |
Nov 30, 2008 -
08:43PM
| LParisi | asks | What do you do when you follow someone who you no longer wish to follow? If I stop following, will this person know? |
| Gramma Annie! | On Plurk or on Twitter? If they are on Quitter, they will get an email. If they are not on Quitter they won't. |
| LParisi | Plurk...I don't follow this person on twitter. |
| Gramma Annie! | I am not sure if quitter notifies of Plurk endings. |
| Gramma Annie! | I have gotten several from people who stopped following me on Twitter. I just don't post there anymore. |
| BarbinNebraska | says | someone dropped me AND blocked me right before the election because of something I said.  |
| BarbinNebraska | says | this was on Plurk. |
| LParisi | I blocked this person. Couldn't handle the plurks anymore. |
| Gramma Annie! | JackieB: I don't either. I read Twitter, but rarely post. |
| LParisi | Sorry Barb that you dealt with that. I had someone drop me because of a blog I wrote about school decorations at holiday time. |
| JackieB | This reminds me of this post(budtheteacher.com/blog/2008/11/15/selfishly-selfless-selflessly-selfish-or-my-responsibility-to-a-network/) by budtheteacher. |
| Gramma Annie! | Good choice then. I have blocked people on Plurk, too. Even unfriended some. |
| Gramma Annie! | LParisi: Wow, that seems harsh! Not following b/c of decorations? |
| lfeld52 | says | I block those who cuss. No need for that in my opinion |
| Gramma Annie! | BarbInNebraska: I guess you just never know how someone will react to other persons' POV. |
| BarbinNebraska | says | I use Quitter on Twitter. It was funny that 3 people stopped following me because I tweeted that I was listening to jazz! |
| LParisi | I guess it was too religious or maybe she saw it as anti religious. |
| BarbinNebraska | says | I block those that cuss too. I follow a wide cross section of people on twitter. |
| LParisi | Really Barb? Jazz? |
| Gramma Annie! | I think some stop following b/c they have too many people and just "clean up" their lists. That's what I do. Esp. if they don't post much. |
| JackieB | How does analyzing this help you? Will you change anything because of it? |
| BarbinNebraska | says | LOL, yes Jazz. I think it was a boring evening of tweets. I listed all the Jazz albums we were listening too. Bird Cage was the kicker. |
| Gramma Annie! | Politics, religion, cause such conflicts sometimes. |
| LParisi | Well...I blocked someone who kept posting about married men. Couldn't deal with it anymore. |
| LParisi | Sorry if any of you are friends of this person but I couldn't do it. |
| Yurkwi | says | interesting conversation.. I always feel bad if I block someone. But.. do they know? On plurk? |
| BarbinNebraska | says | I'm really a split personality on these sites. I post about Religion and Education. I figure people can ignore if they want |
| LParisi | Well...I don't know if anyone is blocking me. |
| Gramma Annie! | LParisi: Nope, haven't read those plurks...about married men. |
| BarbinNebraska | says | on Wednesday, I was searching for some new Catholic friends to follow. I was using Twellow. The funny thing was someone who I tried to |
| BarbinNebraska | says | friend on Twitter had me blocked! But he's my friend on Plurk, go figure. |
| Gramma Annie! | BarbInNebraska: That is odd. |
| DubDubDub144 | says | Lisa, they don't know unless they specifically look for you in their friend list. Otherwise you just sort of "disappear." If you have a |
| DubDubDub144 | says | mutual friend though, that persons plurks and your plurks will be still visible through that third party. |
| Alica | says | I don't think there is any notification process in Plurk. I've blocked some people who "fanned" me - no common interest, and some a little |
| Alica | says | strange. |
| LParisi | I have too Alica. |
| BarbinNebraska | says | athorp I think he might have been new to twitter and wanted to keep his friend list down. |
| LParisi | But this was someone I accepted as a friend and then just didn't like the plurks. |
| LParisi | This is an educator...I only befriend educators. |
| roswellsgirl | I think that you just need to do it. You network should be built the way the feels best for you. |
| Gramma Annie! | LParisi: I follow mostly educators, too. A couple of Reiki practitioners and that's it for me. |
| ✿honeymic | says | I unfollowed someone who plurked too often about sex for my comfort level (I'm not a prude or anything, I was just starting to feel icky) |
| ✿honeymic | says | but I didn't unfriend him, so I don't think he would easily know. This was a teacher by the way. |
| Gramma Annie! | honeymic: I have done that, too. There is just a certain level of tolerance and acceptance, yes? |
| ✿honeymic | says | Yes! There was never anything to me personally or anything just a lot of titillating (so to speak) questions and comments. |
| holaolah | says | I just tend to not read or quickly scan some posts from people I know I tend not to get much from. That being said, I am at times suprised |
| LParisi | My feeling is I use plurk for educational purposes. I often show this site to other educators when I am teaching. I don't need them to see |
| LParisi | inappropriate conversations. |
| LParisi | One or two I can handle...but over and over again...can't do it. |
| Gramma Annie! | LParisi: Excellent strategy and reasoning! |
| holaolah | says | lparisi: that makes sense because the first people your colleagues will probably add are YOUR friends. |
| bcrosby | says | And sometimes you follow someone because people you know follow them, not always best yardstick. |
| LParisi | Exactly! Plus, imagine opening plurk and seeing something uncomfortable...then you have to say, "This is a really powerful tool..trust me." |
| bcrosby | says | I've dropped a few on Twitter for foul lang. and extreme views. |
| Scott | You should never say anyrhing online that you wouldnt say at the mall or grocery store. |
| LParisi | I guess you haven't been to the mall or grocery store around here. |
| cfox2 | says | exactly! You never know where it will turn up. |
| Gramma Annie! | kd9sr: Great point! I used to tell my students that they should never do anything they wouldn't do in front of their parents! |
| bcrosby | says | teach42 I know drops people right away if they use any foul lang. I agree, pretty much. |
| bcrosby | says | Kind of goes with Internet safety projects we've done... |
| LParisi | Very true. |
| bcrosby | says | Don't put anything out there you don't want showing up later! |
| budtheteacher | Huh. I learn the most fro |
| budtheteacher | Oops. From folks who are pretty different from me - and I don't so much worry about occasional language. |
| budtheteacher | That said, it is no biggie to add and drop regularly, for whatever reason you might have. |
| LParisi | I don't worry about occasional anything, Bud. It's when it is the norm for someone that I have an issue. |
| LParisi | And I do have many friends with whom I differ often. That's what makes plurk so envigorating to begin with. |
| budtheteacher | Totally your call. |
| budtheteacher | Wasn't suggesting otherwise. |
| LParisi | Thanks...but really...don't you think, if we are using this for professional reasons, that we need to be a little cautious? |
| LParisi | Wasn't this a conversation at NECC? Do we need to watch what we blog? |
| LParisi | I think this would be a good topic for my Conversations show on Sunday. Want to come be part of the conversation? |
| pelgin | says | I completely agree! For me, Plurk is my PLN in which the P stands for Professional. However, I suppose others use it different ways. |
| budtheteacher | I think we each have our own reasons for networking, and that we should stay true to them. |
| budtheteacher | I also think "professional" is a moving target right now. |
| pelgin | says | Yeah, and we all have the occasional fun plurks about food, holidays, etc.....that add another dimension |
| Alica | says | my friends at school and I talk about things other than school - but we keep it professional, regardless. I guess that's what I appreciate |
| Alica | says | about my plurk network - it is like a giant teacher's lounge where I can get help, help others, and enjoy some fun conversation. |
| LParisi | Bud...come on my show Sunday morning. Let's talk. You can see more about the show here. ettconversations.blogspot.com |
| budtheteacher | Lounges are dangerous places sometimes. |
| budtheteacher | Lisa - I know the show, and would love to, but my Sunday mornings are reserved at present. Besides, plenty of smart folks here. |
| LParisi | Yes, there are. And many of them show up at my show to add to the conversations there. Love starting them here. |
| budtheteacher | To go back to your original question, why does it matter if folks you unfollow know that you did? |
| kshelton | says | BarbInNebraska geez I guess that I would have been blocked and dropped by lots of people then. But I have a great PLN so not a concern |
| kshelton | says | they may be better off not knowing and if they do they may be better off knowing why. Just a thought |
| RN Rachele | says | Probably not. |
| LParisi | Bud and Chocxtc...I care because I have that inane fault..I want everyone to like me, even if I don't like them. |
| LParisi | I don |
| LParisi | I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, I just don't want to have to read the plurks anymore. |
| pelgin | says | If you don't want to hurt their feelings, you can go to their profile and select "stop following (name) plurks" but you can keep them as a |
| pelgin | says | friend. That way you no longer see their plurks. |
| Alica | says | You can not follow someone's plurks without unfriending them. I'm pretty sure there is no notification sent. |
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