Creating relationships on Twitter

I’m very fond of Twitter – when it’s used with moderation. Twitter is just another way of creating relationships and at least some of what I wrote about creating business relationships on Twitter does apply to other relationships as well. It does of course depend on who is following you on Twitter (or Facebook for that matter): it is just family and friends or does it include “strangers”? Who is it exactly? Are you aware of it?

Now it’s not my style to invite you to analyze your friends and acquaintances and that’s not what I’m suggesting here either. I’m just suggesting that while joyfully Twitting away you give a little thought to who you are talking to. In the end you’re talking to yourself, no doubt about it. But besides that?

Don’t analyze it but keep in your awareness that there is someone on the other end – it just could make your communication more interesting! Just like it may be more interesting to talk to someone on the phone or next room, rather than talking to yourself. Or maybe not? To everything there is a season I guess…

The season and the reason for this post has something to do with my own experiences: Loving being inspired, informed and entertained in unexpected Tweets (140 characters each), and letting go of anyone on Twitter who keeps on telling me what they’ve got for breakfast, lunch and dinner, what time they got up and went to bed, and sharing with the entire world something that is really only meant for one special friend on their list of followers.

Just like in real life it does make sense to adjust your communication to the kind of relationships that it is part of. With this in mind I’ve created 3 different Twitter streams: One for spiritual inspiration in general, one for my busting loose friends and one for spiritual business/marketing. You might want to do something similar – and enjoy meaningful Twitter relationships from there.

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