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Don't miss the "seven social sins" in the piece, like gluttony ("automating feeds without engaging with your audience") to envy ("don't retweet only when someone compliments you").
One of my favorites: "don't use technology for the sake of using technology." This can be tempting to fall into working in social media, especially when Mashable and other social media news sites tout the latest and greatest social network or app on a weekly basis. But, if that hot new technology doesn't fit with your campaign or messaging - or if no one in your target audiences uses it - using that new technology might hurt more than help.
What brand/corporate/organization "social media sins" bother you the most? Do you agree with Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins?
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I really enjoyed the artlice about the 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media. I think one of the most important ones in today's day in age is that of wrath. As social media begins to grow it opens a lot of different gateways to people, such as cyber-bullying. I've done a lot of research on cyber-bullying and it is quite a large epidemic currently. Wrath ties into this simply because so many things on social media can be annoynmous and people can hide behind a computer screen.
I agree with Ragan's 7 Deadly sins of social media. The one I find most annoying is lust! Twitter is known for this, I barely view my twitter because every second someone is tweeting their love life. I know social media is the thing now, but when I see things I find inappropriate or just pointless everyday, I try to avoid using it. But this is easier said than done, I can't help but to open some website on my phone. So, I decided to download educational apps like "Brainscape," this app is awesome! I can't get away from social media, but I can manage what I choose to waste my time viewing.
I defiantly agree with Ragan’s 7 deadly sins of Social Media. The one sin that bugs me the most is wrath. I understand the benefit of constructive criticism but, when comments made by others are negative I just do not agree with it. I feel social media can give people power behind a computer and gives them fuel to say things that they would normally not say in person.
I defiantly agree with Ragan’s 7 deadly sins of Social Media. The one sin that bugs me the most is wrath. I understand the benefit of constructive criticism but, when comments made by others are negative I just do not agree with it. I feel social media can give people power behind a computer and gives them fuel to say things that they would normally not say in person.
I agree with Ragan's 7 deadly sins for sure. Companies, friends and celebrities all have the ability to annoy me on social media but I'd say advertisements are the most annoying. When using social media I'm either looking to find information quickly or look through information that may be useful to me. I don't appreciate people spamming on twitter or instagram and its not something I would ever do. The greed sin is definitely the one that bothers me the most and I would agree with Ragan on all aspects of sins.
I mostly agree with Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins. The one that stood out to me the most was gluttony. This is a common one that I notice with larger companies. They post tweets and Facebook posts regularly, which is good, but they do not respond to consumers' comments. I would rather see less posts and more engagement with the audience than a ton of posts and no engagement. When a company takes the time to respond to their customers and engage with them, it makes them seem like a more personable brand, which is a good quality to have. It is important to engage with your audience no matter if you are a huge company or a small, local one.
Well I have something that i feel annoyance of something that not for the system but the way of people act with their own page and post. Sometimes, people trying get fans of him or her of what has he/she posted. It does not matter to press what the person thinks because U.S has right to freedom of press. However, what I feel bad is, people trying to make of their opinion as a fact that be a untouchable. people have various thinking and opinion of a certain thing, and there are many things that does not have absolute answer, but the people who works crazy for persuade others to follow what the crazy people think, I think SNS is pretty spoiled by people like them. This makes me really annoy of SNS.
Ragan pretty much created the 10 Commandments of Social Media... except there are seven. And when you break them you don't go into a firey pit (although you probably should on some level). Probably the "sin" that drives me up the wall the most is creating people for the sake of having more followers. If you're not getting enough attention, there's certainly a reason. Imaginary friends are for children, and the fact that some corporations are PAYING through the nose for fake followers is ridiculous.
I completely agree with Reagan's Deadly Sins of Social Media. Today social media is a dominant force both personally and commercially. People are constantly scanning various social media accounts. The nonstop influx of information is relentless and can get overwhelming. Simply scanning the hundreds upon hundreds of tweets in my twitter feed each day would be overly time consuming; actually reading them would become a 24/7 occupation. While I might scan a third of my twitter feed on a good day, many people become consumed by an obsession with social media. Companies have been quick to capitalize on social media as a profitable advertising medium. However, I think very few can say they neglect to commit at least one of Reagan's 7 Deadly Sins on a routine basis. Greed is one of the most apparent and prevalent sins when it comes to social media use by organizations. Gaining followers is a top priority and many companies use aggressive tactics to drive likes and traffic. The problem is that companies put all their effort into gaining followers but fail to engage with or respond to the followers they worked so hard to recruit. High numbers of followers are more a sign of insistent marketing tactics than public approval or corporate engagement.
I really agree with7 deadly sins of social media from this article. Social media has become a part of many people's lives, consumers use social media to obtain information and communicate with others, brands use social media to encourage consumers and distribute brand information. It is very important to use social media in a right way to achieve goals. I totally agree with tip number 4-the Greed, I always think that the number of followers or fans is not the most important thing for social media users. The most important thing is to create high quality information and content to distribute at right time.
Number 4 should also include "don't create people to follow you". I heard that you can buy "followers", fake twitter accounts and some politicians have done that to make themselves seem more popular than they actually are. This was a couple years ago but the practice is very real and pathetic.
Personally, I couldn't agree more with the 7 deadly sins of social media. I love social media but some people need to learn the right ways to use it. I use social media as a news outlet and information guide, besides associating with friends. Certain users seem to mindlessly tweet about their everyday lives as if we all care, sounds harsh but its true. Social media is a great thing but some people use it for all the wrong reasons.
This is probably my favorite article I've read so far this semester. I'm a huge fan of Twitter, its probably my favorite use of social media. I could relate to every one of the 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media on a personal level. My two favorite points were greed and envy. I become so annoyed with people who are just looking for followers, yet never posting any type of meaningful content. Its upsetting to others, like myself, who work hard for our followers. I hate scrolling through my timeline and seeing 20 retweets from one person in the span of 1 minute. I have no interest on what people are saying about you, especially when its the same thing over and over again. We get it, its you birthday. No need to remind us everytime a tweet is sent to you personally.
I love the use of the 7 deadly sins and I totally agree with all of the points made on the blog. Everybody hates the person who constantly is promoting or retweeting, or the tweeter who gives play-by-plays of their every day life (eating, working, probs working out, then mall at 5pm #busybeelife #whitegirlproblems).... don't be that person, we all know that person. But in the business aspect, generally people don't like to follow companies/brands that constantly are only promoting, especially ones that don't respond back (how frustrating!). As a company you need to identify with your consumers to make them feel that connection with your brand. Accounts should make sure that they aren't too greedy with their content or popularity, the focus of the Twitter account is humble and neutral. A key point that I got from the article is to be aware of your following. An account that sits idle is not a popular account that most social meida savvy people want to follow.
I completely agree with the 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media. I agree most when number 7 is talked about, which is wrath. The article states. "You have to respond when there’s a complaint or a problem. If it’s a troll, delete it immediately. But if it’s constructive criticism, don’t remove it, reply to it." I believe this is important not only to companies, but also for people to learn from others and improve on what was done wrong.
I thought the "7 Deadly Sins of Social Media" article was a creative way to tie in the 7 deadly sins with what advertisers should not be doing on social media. Advertisers should be all about their consumers and making them happy, not about their company. They need to pose questions and things that will engage consumers to want to interact with them and get them involved in consuming their products. I also think advertisers need to give consumers more incentives to follow them on social media. Such as companies need to give need to show consumers what benefits they will get from following them like deals and etc. as well as showing consumers what they will miss by not following them. Advertisers can do this all in a way without annoying people and without making a deadly sin.
The article, 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media really spoke out on so many issues we have today in the online world. I agree with most of what Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins, and can relate to them as well. The Pride comment was one of the most intriguing and forces the company to look outward and not have such a narrow view. Nobody likes to be hounded or product the pop-ups/ads, but we have to understand that THIS is the playing field, and WE are the ones who are trying to be "won over". A company is at the mercy of your click, and they rely on your feedback and hopeful purchase (or "like" or retweet..) for funding/promoting their ad placement. The "Greed" comment is so very true, but I would feel like a hypocrite supporting the ads and not the individuals. We all have access to the internet and the freedom to do what we please and I won't criticize you for going after something you want to achieve (although I may have an opinion, I didn't deny that.)
“Social media is not about being everywhere,” Stratten told attendees at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo this year. “You just have to be great where you are.”
This is possible one of the BEST pieces of advice for companies when it comes to their social media role. I personally don’t follow that many companies on social media sites and the ones that I do interact with are rather small businesses. I understand it is slightly unrealistic for any company to content on every single pos or comment but I believe the “attempt” should be there. With that being said, #3 “Sloth” is definitely an aspect that is aggravating. However nothing grinds my gears more than when companies/ organizations post irrelevant topics. I feel social media platforms are opportunities for these institutions to stay consistently in contact with their end users and help them build their company to be the most effective and desirable. Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins are great points that show anyone in the marketing realm what are big No-No’s for social media platforms.
These days, social media can be used and found anywhere. Company, school, or even businessman uses social media in order to contact, share, post information to let other know about the news. However, social media sins always occur. In my opinion, rude replies in social media really annoys me a lot. Internet users tend to speak negatively and show disrespect on others. I believe because they envy. For my personal example, I uploaded my 275 pound bench pressing video on Facebook. Some of my friends praised me, but other friends did not even say 'nice' to me. They just say 'do it without spot.' or 'lol.' I truly believe our social media should have better quality of online environment.
What bother's me most on social media is all of the complaints. This is also something that bothers me greatly in real life, but it pointless complaints seem to come into life moreso on Facebook and Twitter. I often times will see people spilling their hearts about things that A) I don't care about, B) They can completely control themselves. Other things that bothers me on social media is selfies, pointless retweets, and misspelled words. The worst thing about all of these sins, is I'm sure I've committed each one of them :l.
I found the "apathy" part of social media most annoying. It is very important for social media gurus to relate all their tweets and posts to the target audiences, instead of just "tweeting for the sake of tweeting"; if people see the products information that are irrelevant to them in their news feeds poping up frequently, most likely they will make the decision to unfollow.
One of the deadly sins I found to be most prominent in my own life in the Social Media Sin of Greed, in which people are constantly trying to use you to get more followers. It makes you feel cheap as a consumer, like a company is only concerned about numbers. Another aspect of greed I think social media organizations use in that they can somehow get you to "like" their organization's page on Facebook without you actually doing so. I'm sure there's some fancy web virus ability for them to take control of this, but it's just unethical. If I didn't "like" your page, it's for a reason. I think people will catch onto that.
I thought this was a really great post with some valuable information. I think the best piece of advice is to not use technology for the sake of using technology. I also really like wrath: Social media gives people power and how it forces you as a brand to respond to positive and negative comments. I do dislike it when people or brands only ask "what's your favorite product of ours?" instead of "how could we improve?".
The most annoying thing on social media for me would be the unpleasing messages and how often an organization post it. It is hard to be overcomed because this is what they must do. But sometimes they just post the same message several times a day. It is annoying. I know if I choose to follow them, I should know what they are selling, what their messages will be about. However, I still feel sick to read all the messages they release if they are something I really don't care. I will have to scroll down to skip those annoying messages. One thing they should be aware is that do not let the same message appear again and again at the same time.
What annoys me most on social media may be the truth of social media. I am having a hard time to make a distinction between the lie and truth. Some social medias are bold and exaggerated and somehow I may doubt the truthfulness behind. Because several social medias are bluffing to the public to arouse more attentions and they will play some tricky ways. As an audience, most of the time I will trust what the social media shows us. After I soon find out they are bluffing, I will be annoyed. Sometimes, social media should show some respect to the audiences who rely on them so much.
The thing that annoys me most about social media is people use it to complain about people who complain on social media. This is a major issue and there's no way to solve it, because I refuse to become that complainer who complains about people who complain (still following?!) via social media. So, the deadly sin of "rath" is definitely the most annoying sin (and most people on social media are guilty of either being the complainer and/or the complainee at one point in time).
What annoys me on social media is when people express their emotions and feelings on Facebook and Twitter that no one cares about! No one cares about personal issues or what you had for breakfast etc. I think people overuse social media to a certain extent. I like the idea of social media to be used as a news source or network of ideas, but not filled with pictures of you and your boyfriend snuggling on the couch, or rant about drama going on in your life. It's amazing how popular and important social media has become, and that's what I like about it. When I wanted to see what others were thinking about Seth Macfarlane hosting the Oscars, I just jumped right onto Twitter and found so much. It's a great resource for information, but can also be used irresponsibly.
In general, I do not follow or "like" many companies on Facebook or Twitter for them to do things that would annoy me but out the the 7 deadly sins Ragan posted about, the ones I find most annoying of my followers are Lust and Gluttony. Many of the people I follow/are friends with post some extremely inappropriate posts and pictures I never understand why they think that is something they should upload to the internet. Many times I find myself unfriending them so that I am not associted. Gluttony, however, easily annoys me the most. Unless you are the world's most interesting person, you should not have something to say every 5 seconds on social media because when you are posting that often, most likely people do not care what you are posting about. I most definitely unfriend/follow people if they post things too often.
Though I don't have a lot of experiences with buisness doing the things my friends do, I would most certainly unfriend them for the same reasons. The only deadly sin I do not agree with is Envy. I like when people or companies retweet what others say about them every once in a while as long as it's a semi-respectable tweet. I believe it helps with the brand affirmation of the followers.
What annoys me most about social media is the gluttonay people have towards a lot of the sites. People are absolutely obsessed with sites such as facebook and twitter, it's absurd. There are girls out there with 2000+ pictures, constantly taking pictures at every event that they go to making poses that they normally wouldn't typically do for a camera but they do because people are going to be seeing it on facebook. Its obnoxious to go to certain places and events as a result of it. I would absolutely agree with Ragan's 7 deadly sins, they are spot on.
I find the recylcing of content on social media to be the most annoying. When people posts the same things on Facebook, Twitter, or elsewhere. When the same stories, updates, and multimedia are posted over and over by the same person, it gets irrelevant and irritating very quickly.
I've been following #KimJongNumberUn's twitter page for a while, mostly because it's irreverantly funny. But when the same tweets are recylced or the same content is posted again, it gets annoying and just loooks unoriginal, and like a grab for attention.
I work for Apple, and there's a similar issue with their updating system. When specialists post something you need to know (even a 5 word update), it gets refresged to our feed and we are rewuired to read it. If not, logging into the site forces us to read each one for 15 seconds before we can proceed. Extraordinarily annoying!
One of the most annoying things on social media for me is when companies or brands constantly retweet or have multiple tweets one after another. When I am looking through my Twitter feed I want to see lots of different tweets, not see the same person over and over again. A person who does this often is Justin Bieber. He constantly retweets his fans, usually all at the same time too. While this is a great thing for his fans he retweeted, its super annoying to see on my Twitter feed. I do agree with Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins. The one I believe is most seen these days is greed. People are constantly trying to gain as many followers or retweets as they can so they will make each tweet have multiple hashtags or tag multiple in their tweets. Social media is a very selfish form of communication sometimes so its easy for people to fall into one of these 7 Deadly Sins.
Maria Perez is spot on with this article. While reading through the 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media I laughed to myself and thought of a specific example for each. With that said, I definitely agree with Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins; couldn't have said it better myself. The sin that bothers me the most has got to be greed. Social Media sites have basically turned into a giant contest to see who can get the most followers or friends and it's incredibly obnoxious. Even scrolling through Instagram it's impossible not to see "Follow for a follow!" or "Follow me to win money!" posted in the comments of pictures. While greed seems to bother me the most, all 7 are extremely true and forever irritating.
Interesting article! I agree with most of these. I think the most important one on here is "wrath." I see angry tweets and facebook posts it just bothers me. A lot of times people "subtweet" or talk about someone without calling them out directly. Most of the time the person knows you are talking about them. I really think it is so unprofessional and that people need to think twice about what they put on social media. It's important to address problems personally and not use twitter or facebook as an outlet, especially if you have many followers or friends. Another point that I liked was "gluttony." I think it is really important to pick a few outlets and be active on them instead of being a part of everything and not having time to update them.
Lust is definitely a deadly social media sin. I absolutely hate when people post explicit or half naked pictures on Facebook or Twitter to get attention. I think there is a line however, if you are a model or photographer posting some more provacative photos I understand, but mirror pictures taken on your cell phone with you in a bikini... not cool.
The most annoying thing that a brand/corporation/organization can do is be too present. I follow 200+ accounts on Twitter and I do not want to see 30 tweets in row from a brand, it's too much. Posting too often is the number one way to lose me as a follower, because most of the time the content isn't even engaging or necessary. Re-tweets sort of fall into this category, but I do enjoy relevant re-tweets to the company because it could be from an account that I would like to follow.
I also agree with most of Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins. I think most of them are also annoying. One thing I might not agree on is the deadly sin of pride. I think people enjoy talking about themselves and what they like and the question, "What is your favorite product of ours?" gives them the opportunity to do that.
I think this is a very succinct article that highlights exactly what you shouldn't do in regards to social media. My personal favorite of all of them was 'greed'. I feel like many small businesses feel that they've made huge accomplishments by reaching 500 likes on Facebook. What does that really mean though? Based on information I've learned in this class, out of those 500 people to have liked you page, probably less than 15-20 percent are actually engaged with what you have to say and what conversations you're starting. Obviously it's hard to get your name out there to start, and these small wins seem like huge victories. At the end of the day, it's not about quantity you receive, but the quality you deliver. The purpose of social media is to yes, create awareness, but also start a conversation and engage your followers. In regards to the rest of the list, I feel that each point made is 100% valid and very true in today's social media world. Good article!
I think this was a very interesting article that is relevant many of the brands and organizations using social media. I find the 'Envy' category the most obnoxious. When I follow a brand, which could be a person or product, having them retweet only compliments or positive points about themselves is a turn off. I begin to lose interest in the information they are providing because it does not engage me. I want a brand to care about my opinions and share new information not tell me what I already know. Also the sin 'Gluttony' is something many brands consisitently follow. If I follow a brand and they are continuously providing information and filling up my newsfeed with filler content, I lose interest and end up unfollowing them. Having engaging and thoughtful content makes the biggest difference. I do not want to have to sift through unrelevent and boring information that I cannot relate to.
This was a very interesting article! Everything the author said in it was so true now a days. Everyone expects everyone to be involved in the internet and when people aren't, we find it weird. Say if you are trying to get ahold of your group for a class project so you write a message on Facebook or you email them. Nothing is more irritating then when you don't get a response or you get a response after several days. We expect people to be fast and up to date with all socail networks. Today I see it more and more that certain people are falling under the envy sin. So many times a day, I see people retweeting people if they got complimented or posting everything they are doing online.
This is a great, and creative article about social media. These 'Seven Deadly Sin' should be posted all over the Internet so that everyone can see them, and abide by them. Nothing is worse than a company or agency that disregards social media 'rules' and courtesy. It definitely leaves a bad taste in your mouth with the company, and makes sure that unfollowing them on any of their social media agencies is a unregretable act.
The seven deadly sins article was a great read but there's got to be more on that list! Honestly the worst is watching anyone retweet themselves. Twitter is so heavy on promotion these days that stars or even regular people will retweet themselves hoping to gain new followers or some other thing. The other one that stood out to me was "pride." I feel like so many companies these days are like "hey guys whats great about us right now!" and that's cool but it doesnt hit home. I think the retweets of customer testimonials are great and that way you're really interacting with your customer base. It's honest, which is lost on the internet for the most part.
I totally agree with Ragan's 7 Deadly Sins! Social media such as Facebook and Twitter got so expanded which has lots of good things but on the other hand, it also contains lots of annoying things. I can see so many people talking through social media even though they can talk through other more private way as texting or calling each other. I think they are just showing off that they are cool or something. Talking or posting photos without thinking carefully to open space is just harmful in many ways. I have to agree that social media is fun, enjoyable and exciting but it can be really annoying sometimes.
When the whole Facebook trend started I was about 14 years old. My older brother would talk with his friends about how cool it was that they could “friend” Molly from Bio 100. Never mind the fact I had almost no idea what ANY of those terms meant, I wanted a Facebook, and I wanted it now.
Slowly, I went from posting the “hardships” of my eighth grade life to updating my status and friending any person I had any connection to whatsoever. It didn’t take long for me to soon forget my Myspace password and completely abandon the site all together.
Once Myspace started to become a thing of the past it started to make me think, why was Myspace such a failure? The question went unanswered in my mind for a very long time. Which is why my favorite resource from the New Media Driver’s License resource guide by Richard Cole and Derek Mehraban, was “How Facebook Learned From Myspace’s Mistakes” (pg 84-85).
Myspace was tired and over cluttered by teens complaining about their problems and DJ’s trying to get you interested in their music. It soon became a slave to its once luring factor of being able to create your own site from head to toe. The company still had to make a profit and “Myspace responded by butting multiple banner ads on pages, making the poorly designed pages even more unbearably cluttered” (Cole & Mehraban, 85). Myspace had the right idea, unfortunately it was what killed them in the end.
The biggest "social media sin" given in the article that bothers me the most is the Envy sin. I see companies on Twitter who are promoted do stuff like this all the time. They only retweet someone because they've complimented the brand or corporation. It's really annoying because they should also respond to be people who dislike the brand and have had problems with it, maybe help answer some of their questions.
As for the Lust deadly sin, I don't truly agree with everything in the description of the sin. Of course never post any sexually explicit pictures of yourself, that should be obvious. The part of the description I don't really agree with is where it says never do anything on social media you wouldn't want on a billboard that your mom, your priest, or your kids will see. I think that it's okay to be funny or swear once in awhile where it's appropriate, especially if your Twitter, Facebook, etc are private.
I should start by saying that according to this article, I'm a sinner. Nothing too extreme, but I have been guilty of retweeting something because it involves my-self. Selfish, I know.
When it comes to brand/corporate/organization social media profiles there are some sins that annoy me more then others. My top 2 are: #1- Sloth. I, like most people, perfer to get a timley response. It's unprofessional (and not to mention, kind of rude) for a company to give a response time (i.e. 3-5 days) and completely disreguard it. #2- Greed. When companys ask for money (that's not for a chairty, their products, or something of that nature) it seems tacky, and I don't know who has the extra money lying around to contribute to something like that, because I sure don't.
I absolutely agree with Regan's Deadly Sins of Social Media. I think social media today is getting little bit out of hand. It is hard to believe the fact that people today are so hooked with social media. They never let go of Facebook or Twitter. People today are obsessed of getting more followers or likes, and they are doing anything to draw attention. Sometimes it is creepy to meet some people. There are people who become overly friendly in social media, but when I meet them in person, they are just shy people who cannot talk the half of the amount of chats through internet.
I have to agree with Ragans's 7 Deadly Sins as well. Social media could annoy a person in a serious way. If someone post a stupid photo without thinking the aftereffect, he or she becomes a serious jerk in our country, and he or she may not recover from it. It is true that people should always think before doing something stupid, but people want to act stupid sometimes. They just want to let it go and loosen themselves with some kind of funny behaviors. Also, I think people became impatient because of the social media that demands the immediate response. I know the benefits of the social media, but sometimes it can be so annoying.
I think the "social media sins" that bother me the most is when a corporation or business does not keep an updated account. There is nothing worse than going to page looking for information and not being able to find it. If a company is going to have social media to promote themselves they should keep it updated.
I have never thought of social media in this way before, but I have to say I completely agree with it. Social media is a way for people to pretty much always know what is going on in someone's life, but some people take it too far. I like the one about Greed and the one about Wrath. People have started to become verey greedy and I've noticed this mostly on Facebook, only because that's the main social media I use. Lately I have been noticing things on Facebook such as pictures saying if this picture get 1 million likes then "this" will happen. The one that stands out in my head the most is a picture of kids holding a sign that says "Our mom said if we got 1 million likes then we can get a puppy" Why does this have to be the only way these kids can receive a puppy? When I was younger I would have had to show my parents that if I really wanted that puppy I would have to be responsible enough to help take care of it. Not just post a picture and get 1 million likes. I also like the one about Wrath. I have seen people have full on arguements on Facebook that can sometimes get pretty personal. Not everyone wants to see that or be a part of it. Delete it! Settle something like that in privacy and keep your foul language out of it. I am connected with most of my family and although I may swear sometimes or use language I probably shouldn't I NEVER do on any sort of social media. It may offend someone in some sort of way and it just makes you look bad in my opinion.
I totally agree with 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media. The 7 deadly sins that annoys me the most is Envy.
I absolutely agree with that it might be a good way of entertainment between friends. But someone who once said that retweeting people who give you compliments is like semlling your own farts. I don't like people retweet some comments like "OMG, so beautiful!", I think it is great that someone like your post, but you really don't have to retweet them to show everyone. it's best to just look at these compliments, smile smugly.
I personally find it very infuriating when companies employ the use of stealth employee accounts to ask questions or compliment/rate their products or bring attention to their services. These accounts are sometimes hard to detect but can be spotted when they are relatively new accounts with VERY few followers or friends or reputation, that have posted an absolute minimum amount of relevant comments besides those that are directed at the company or push a specific agenda.