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7 reasons this writer may unfollow you on Twitter

Are you guilty of any of these offenses? Then why do I feel bad for wanting to de-clutter my feed?
By Erika Dreifus
Published: December 8, 2011
I have a confession to make: I am sorely tempted, much more often than I feel comfortable admitting, to “unfollow” an ungodly number of people on Twitter. Friends. Family members. Idolized authors whose tweets, for various reasons, send them floor-ward from their pedestals.

But instead of making a clean break, I agonize. I dither.

That’s because for some reason, unfollowing people can seem almost sinful. At the very least, I can’t help thinking that it suggests a character flaw—in me. Why do so many people’s feeds annoy me?
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