There is so much going on on the Twitter. Hundreds, no, thousand and thousands of people are tweeting on more or less regular basis. Some of them are so regular, that you can see their new tweets every minute if not every few seconds. And all this can be a bit overwhelming at the times.

Sometimes I feel like I’m standing in a huge room full of people and everyone is shouting all over the place. Some are shouting random thoughts coming through their minds, some are talking about their current activities, others are answering someone’s questions or replying to someone’s tweet. And I’m standing in the middle of the room, trying to get the best out of all this noises I’m hearing. And often seems like the best way to do is just simply turn around and walk away.

All this talking that is occurring on the Twitter and other social media makes me wonder how successful is your message in reaching others in all this clutter. It  seems almost like you and your message need to be at the right place at the right time to be heard; otherwise it is just one more shout in the crowd.It’s kind of a lottery – if you have luck, someone will hear you and your message will be effective. Otherwise – better luck next time.

Can you imagine how many tweets per minute gets someone who is following 1000 people? I would dare to say that the percentage of the messages this person really sees is very low. So, where is the point of following as many people as you can if you almost never see or hear what they say? Wouldn’t be better to choose few people to follow? Few people that you know, or at least assume, might have to say something you could be interested in?

I certainly agree that in Twitter quality should be more important than quantity. Especially because there are hash tags you can search for. You can find all kinds of tweets about the topic you are interested in by doing that. There are still lots and lots of tweets but at least you know you are looking at the right place for you topic of interest.