@mosyagin Linguist, politologist, geek, translator from Ekaterinburg, Russia

Q8 …and dislike (if any)?

Q9 If you could make changes to Twitter what would they be?

Q10 What Twitter apps do you use to Tweet from? (e.g. main Twitter site/ Twitterriffic / Tweetdeck etc)
I tested Twhirl, Twibble, Digsby, and FireFox extensions TwitKit and TwitBin, but nothing compares in usability to Firefox’ TwitterFox + Greasemonkey scripts for Twitter web page.

Q11 What are your criteria for following someone?
I follow someone due to their experience and professionality in certain spheres that are interesting for me. Then follow the fun factor and news factor – which means that this user can bring me some new information (discussions, links, new people).

Q12 What type of behaviour would make you unfollow someone?
Nothing new in their tweets or something that I can clearly mark as narrowmindness.

Q13 What tips do you have for newbies?
Don’t shy, express yourself and do your best to make Twitter interesting for you and others. And when talking about real actions I think the best strategy for newbies is to find some key persons here and folow them – just to follow the time pulse )) but they are too far and possibly you’ll never get a word from them. So here comes the next advice – to find some people who share your opinion, your experience, your interests or at least your sense of humor – follow them and dive into chats and/or discussions. The more you tweet – the more will follow you – the more new friends you’ll get. And isn’t it the thing that I came here for?

Q14  How do you find new people to follow (e.g. Twellow,Summize, friends of friends etc)?
I usually follow new friends from my Twitter friends when I see that someone can be of interest for me – or follow those who suddenly decided to follow me. But it is not obligatory – as I first check their tweets and consider are they worth to follow.

Q15  Qwitter – do you use it? If someone unfollows you do you reciprocate?
Yes, I use Qwitter but merely for statistics – and take no further actions against traitors will they all be cursed forever!!! ))) I actually lost only one Twitter friend – he came from abroad and followed me for unclear reasons for me. So I don’t miss him – but I’d do miss someone whom I really appreciate.

Q16 If you agree that Twitter should be monetized do you have any suggestions how?
Twitter is great because of the freedom. So I think the best way to monetize it is to give the same freedom to all twittdom – I mean a mere call for donations of free amount, similar to that of Wikipedia or else.

Q17  Who do you enjoy following the most?
Among English-speaking twitterers I appreciate mostly @timoreilly, @scobleizer, @zaibatsu. And the most interesting Russian twitterers for me are (abc-ing) @absolvo, @alexblogger, @altblog, @andreikharlanov, @antonpopov, @kenobius, @marapper, @Maxibiz, @mio, @va1en0k. Too much A-type but it’s just a coincidence )) I got also some new followers during last 4 days – so this list can change for more.

Q18 How do you see the future of Twitter?
It depends entirely on Twitter administration & community wishes and global economy & technology trends. In the nearest future I see Twiter’s slight monetization, audience of milions worldwide, great popularity, pressure of the counter-terrorist bodies to help them in search of terrorists. Then maybe stagnation, new services to power up the interest to Twitter, hard monetization, rise of a rival, popularity fading, oblivion. But I don’t want this future )) I think Twitter will grow in size and authority and finally it will integrate in some new unforeseen service where people could exchange their stati with not words or pictures but manyfold presentations of users’ emotions, ideas, citations or author’s texts, combined in one complicated item based on… I think I’ll continue this idea in another place )) Twitter is a kind of life so it won’t die I hope.

Hope my answers will help Twitter to become better and smarter.