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#FF on Twitter: A Guide to Follow Friday

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By Leslie Walker Leslie Walker Writer University of Virginia Former Lifewire writer Leslie Walker is a multimedia journalism professor who covers social media, web publishing, and internet technologies. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on March 11, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Twitter Snapchat Instagram YouTube Online Dating

What to Know

Follow Friday is fun way to suggest who to follow on Twitter. Create a tweet with a brief intro followed by Twitter usernames and #FF. Separate names with a space or comma. Example: "Follow these companies for everything technical: @lifewiretech @dotdashco #ff" The Follow Friday tradition started in 2009 when a Twitter user named Micah Baldwin thought it a good idea for everyone to suggest people to follow in tweets, and he decided to make it happen on Fridays and give it the name "Follow Friday." Another user suggested adding the #followfriday hashtag, which other Twitter users later shortened to #ff.

The Purpose of Follow Friday Tweets

The idea of Follow Friday is to suggest who to follow on the social media platform by sharing the usernames of your favorite Twitterers, the people whose tweets you find interesting. It's all about helping people get followers on Twitter and discovering new people to follow. Follow Friday is an informal, loosely organized system that requires no registration or special formatting to participate. Some consider it a game because it's mainly for fun, although as advertisers discovered the feature and the Twitterverse grew, the community became more detached from the fun feature.

How to Participate in Follow Friday

If you want to participate in Follow Friday, here's what to do: Decide who you want to recommend. It's common to suggest several people at once. Choose Twitter users you think would be interesting to your followers. Write down their Twitter usernames carefully and double-check the spelling. Create a new tweet that starts with a brief introduction followed by the list of usernames you're recommending. Put the @ symbol before each Twitter username and separate the names with a space or comma. A typical Follow Friday tweet might be a simple list of usernames that looks like this: At the end of the tweet, insert the #ff hashtag. Send your tweet. If you have room, include a comment about why other people should follow the folks you recommend. This works best when you recommend only one user or have a common reason for recommending several. You're more likely to get someone to follow the people you promote with Follow Friday if you give them a reason to visit their Twitter feeds. The more guidance or specificity you offer, the greater the likelihood other people check out your suggestions. It's also a good idea to ground yourself in basic strategies for using the Twitter followers feature.

What Is the Future for Follow Friday

As Twitter has grown exponentially, the sense of fellowship and community around #FF tweets has grown harder to maintain. Its utility doesn't seem to be as strong as it once was, especially as more commercial use and marketing have mushroomed on Twitter and infiltrated the Follow Friday tweets. Some websites and apps that were set up to promote Follow Friday have gone dark. All in all, Twitter's #Follow Friday tradition remains popular. It's an international messaging system, so it's not surprising the end-of-week recommendation tradition has become popular around the world. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire How to Set up a Twitter Account How to Reply on Twitter How to Search Your Own Tweets in Your Twitter Feed How to Turn off the Twitter Timeline Algorithm How to Make Your Twitter Private How to Find Twitter Hashtags to Amplify Your Tweets How to Delete a Twitter Account Permanently How to Contact Snapchat Customer Service How to Delete One or All of Your Tweets Twitter Language: Twitter Slang and Key Terms Explained How to Get Followers on Twitter How to Tweet a GIF on Twitter How to Unblock Someone on Twitter How to Schedule Tweets on Twitter Using TweetDeck How to Use Twitter to Search for People Learn How to Use Twitter in 15 Minutes or Less Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies