It's all about maintaining a high signal:noise ratio.
1. They tweet about my professional interests only - CS, programming, web development/marketing/startups, or finance/trading/econ (and for the next few weeks, the World Cup). Little to no personal stuff. Get a second Twitter account for that.
2. 4:1 or higher signal:noise ratio. If I see a second tweet about your Starbucks latte being too hot, or that you just finished your daily jog and are sweating, /unfollow. DO. NOT. CARE.
So far that's about it. I don't screen based on follows, followers, tweet frequency, etc., as that has no strong correlation to tweet quality.
1. They tweet about my professional interests only - CS, programming, web development/marketing/startups, or finance/trading/econ (and for the next few weeks, the World Cup). Little to no personal stuff. Get a second Twitter account for that.
2. 4:1 or higher signal:noise ratio. If I see a second tweet about your Starbucks latte being too hot, or that you just finished your daily jog and are sweating, /unfollow. DO. NOT. CARE.
So far that's about it. I don't screen based on follows, followers, tweet frequency, etc., as that has no strong correlation to tweet quality.