What part of ‘No Automated DMs’ don’t you understand?
I know this is neither a ‘current’ topic of discussion nor an exciting one but it got me thinking again after I received a couple of auto-DMs from both individuals and businesses after I followed them. I was immediately put off by it, but then I thought maybe I’m being too much of a purist, and maybe with a more practical approach they did have some utility. So I decided to put the question out there to collect the wisdom of the crowds.
The answer was a resounding ‘No’. You can see some of the responses as embedded tweets below
probably as annoying as SMS advertising RT @bhavishya: Tweeps, what do you think of Automated DMs?
Sagar Shetty
scorpionsaga
@bhavishya I don’t like them. I unfollowed a few people who were sending me for marketing.
Syed Sajid Nizami
sajidnizami
@bhavishya I totally want to scream my head off at people who auto DM. It’s a terrible way to market yourself/product.
Parul Bhagat
ParulBh
The rest of the responses were in the same vein. But it seems many Social Media ‘Experts’ and Agencies continue to do this. So I’m forced to ask,
What part of ‘No Automated DMs’ don’t you understand? Is it the No? Or is it the Automated DMs?
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