The Problem with AutoFollow on Twitter

A couple weeks ago my daily update to this website was titled, What’s the Purpose of All this Social Media Crap?

It gathered some attention, including a new Twitter follower that had me puzzled for a couple moments.

Take a look:

When I received the notification in my email, my first thought was, why in the world did BathroomDotCom want to follow me on Twitter? 

Then I remembered I used the word Crap in my latest update and sent a promotional tweet at noon.  19 minutes later, the autofollow program that BathroomDotCom decided that I was worth following.

That, I believe demonstrates the problem with AutoFollowing on Social Media based on keywords without a little human intervention.  Otherwise, it’s just a bunch of crap…