# Does it matter who I follow on Twitter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-who-i-follow-on-twitter/610991>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-who-i-follow-on-twitter/610991 "2012-01-28T14:57:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-who-i-follow-on-twitter/610991/1 "2012-01-28T14:57:38Z")

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As part of my campaign to get a day job, I’ve started a twitter account that I intend to use to track news in my industry, and provide links to solid articles.  
I only intend on retweeting or communicating with the kind of folks that won’t keep me from not getting hired… I won’t be linking to inappropriate pictures, etc

So, I currently follow a handful of edgy comics, as well as some news outlets and industry leaders.  
Should I worry that folks I am trying to network with will see that I follow folks that they may find offensive?

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-who-i-follow-on-twitter/610991/2 "2012-01-28T15:55:14Z")

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No, no-one will give a toss about who you follow on twitter. Potentially someone may object to what you tweet yourself, but you’ve already got that covered.