I've noticed an unfortunate trend among some people on Twitter. They retweet compliments, as in someone Tweets something nice about them and they in turn RT (retweet) that person's original complimentary tweet.
It looks like this:
First, Joe_Niceguy tweets:
@Bill_Needslove sure did a great job on that project for us. He's the man!
Then a few minutes later Bill_Needslove tweets:
RT @Joe_Niceguy: @Bill_Needslove sure did a great job on that project for us. He's the man!
Who thinks this is a good idea?
We don't do this offline. It's not as if you meet someone in the store and the first thing you say is, "Joe says my company is awesome. He thinks we're a great value and have first rate customer service." You wouldn't do that face-to-face, so why would you do it on Twitter? That just doesn't make sense.
If someone says something nice about you on Twitter just thank them and trust that people will see it. When you RT of a compliment undermines the sentiment entirely. Just say thanks and move along.
[HT to Dan Miller who showed me the above image last week. Shirt available here.]