Tweet Cleaning's in the air!

Spring is always the time for a good cleansing because things tend to become too cluttered in my house over the winter This year I'm applying the same principles to my social/business twitter.com account (Karen Welsh). At first I bought into the hype that a twit should add every person who wanted to follow them. Before long, I had so many tweets that I couldn't keep up. It would take me hours to read through all the comments,many of which didn't appeal to me, only to find out hundreds of other comments were made by the time I got to the end of the list. So, for me, I've decided it's best to par down the list and un-follow those who don't quite fit into my life, and it will be in this order:

#1 I'm going to discontinue any tweets from friends and family. Although I have a few exceptions, I've got Facebook for them and adding them to my twitter account is redundant. (Hey, I've unfollowed my own adult daughter and a couple of friends already, so I'm serious about this!)

#2 Any and all multi-level marketers who only tweet about joining their ranks

#3 People who are flippant with the English language, using swear words or sexually explicit imagery
#4 People who obviously don't have anything in common with me. I figure if I wouldn't have dinner or hang with you if we lived in the same town, then it's pretty hopeless to be chirping at each other in twitterville
#5 I'm getting rid of all the people I've coined "Twogs." Those who happily glean followers, but are extremely out-of-balance in who they follow (example 100,000 followers, but only following 50)
#6 People I've followed, but after an appropriate amount of time have not chosen to follow me. I can take the hint!
As I tidy up my twitter account, there are definitely people I will keep in place. #1 Those business people involved in legitimate marketing, publishing, writing, editing and photography are tops on my list. That's because I'm the cream of the crop when it comes to writers and photographers and I'm hoping this unique social network will help me to become connected to the broader community. After all, Hilo, Hawaii, where I live, is very remote and isolated. It may be paradise, but it's hard to connect to those like-minded from paradise.
#2 People from Hawaii that want to be connected to people from the neighbor islands. #3 Twixters that I find fun and witty. I don't care who you are, if you have a stellar sense of humor I'll follow you to the end of the earth.
#4 Brothers and sisters in Christ who encourage me in my faith
#5 Politicians or those who are conservative in politics who keep me abreast of the political climate in the United States.
Now that I've got a plan, I've got all the tools I need to have a successful Tweet Cleaning. Now, if I can just find my broom....er, I mean the delete button!