So Levitt, when we first thought about starting a Twitter account for Frekenomics, a couple

smart media consultants told me that it would be very poor for them to expect people to

follow us unless we followed a lot of people as well.

There was really a reciprocity at work here and we didn't follow that advice.

We follow zero people on our Twitter account.

How do you feel about that?

We have a Twitter account.

From American Public Media and WNYC, this is Frekenomics Radio.

Today, how anti-social can you be on a social networking site?

Here's your host, Stephen Dupner.

So we did start a Twitter account, but we aren't what you'd call aggressive tweeters.

We don't tell people what we had for breakfast or what show we're watching on TV or which

kid lost which tooth.

In fact, all we really do is send out links to our blog posts or this podcast, stuff like

that.

But here's the thing.

We have a lot of followers, at least what seems to me like a lot of followers, about

250,000 people.

Now that probably doesn't mean much.

It costs nothing to follow someone on Twitter.

All you have to do is click your mouse one time.

A lot of these people probably never read a single thing we tweet, but still, it's kind

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