Friday is a great day! We have the whole weekend to look forward to, and (if you’re like me) a “Follow Friday Recommendation List” to view on Twitter. Or, then again maybe not?

Follow Friday has become a day where quantity seems to outweigh quality. And with that, come Tweets like: #followfriday @xyz @tptfm @jklol @msnstkr @zyx. The value added has seem to diminish. Really, who cares about those people if you can’t even tell me why they are a #followfriday?

I don’t think this is the way Micah Baldwin intended the #followfriday.

We must, as “devout” Tweeps, get back to (or start) giving honest, thought provoking and sincere Follow Friday Recommendations. There is no huge secret to it. As a matter of fact, I think there are 2 simple “rules” that if we all accept, will make Follow Friday much more meaningful.

Here are my 2 Simple Rules:

• Rule 1: Blog Post. Since you only have 140 Characters to talk about your Follow Friday, why not create an entire blog post about the person (people) and tweet that out? I have been doing this for a few weeks now. Not only does it allow me to really explain why I follow them and why you should, too, but it puts them up on a pedestal that you just can’t do in 140 Characters or less. I think they appreciate the extra effort and the recognition. With or without Rule 1 comes….

• Rule 2: Don’t Forget the “Why?” Just because you tweet out to Follow Friday someone, doesn’t mean they are actually a follow for everyone in your network. If you say, “#followfriday @nik_nik because she’s cool,” I probably won’t follow her. You haven’t said anything meaningful about her. I think most people are “cool!” But if you say, “#followfriday @nik_nik sassy blogging on real estate tech with a passion for dance-grams,” I would almost always follow her! (And for the record….you should follow her. She was one of my Follow Friday Posts.)

Following these 2 Simple Rules can make or break the difference in actually obtaining a Follow Friday for someone (or being “Follow Friday-ed” yourself). (Unless, of course, you are in that select few who, when you say “jump” people respond with, “sure – like off a cliff?)

I’m leaving you with a video from @docrock and @crystalakana. They have given me (and many people) a reason to follow them (but had I not shown this video and wrote this Blog Post, would you have followed them?!) Perhaps my Follow Friday “Rules” are solidified! Make yours count tomorrow!