1. The fact that its just based on people that I follow and that follow me, what does that mean now a days, people follow others for the most outrageous reasons (to get a follow back, to get attention from that person, to send that person a DM, because that person asked), rarely is it because they are genuinely interested anymore..
2. I am one of the few people who still use the twitter homepage, and I am used to the link to my mentions being in one spot, now its 300 pixels lower, which throws of my ability to quickly check it – my mouse is on auto-pilot to the old spot

So today I figured I’d try something, something to try and get the stupid thing to go away.. and, IT WORKED!

Twitter will replace suggestions with another if you click the ‘x’ icon by the users, within a few clicks the javascript will fail and you will be down to one suggestion, so do the same to the one that is left. Shortly you’ll have no suggestions when the javascript fails for both, refresh the page, rinse, and repeat. For me, all it took was 3 or 4 refreshes – taking a total of about 3 minutes to remove the “Who To Follow” widget.

I have no idea if it will come back, but I am satisfied for now.

I LOVE Social Media, How can I become an expert!?

With the increasing number of people, brands, and apparently even animals using social media to spew out their thoughts, advertisements, ideas, opinions, pictures, etc. everyone sees a huge opportunity to make a quick buck. Realize though that only those whom are considered experts will benefit from Social Media.

Here is how they do it, the best of the best, the most recognized experts out there use this same exact method..

1. Sign in to Twitter
2. Click Settings in the upper right
3. Click the Profile tab
4. Find the text area associated with Bio, highlight the text within the text area and delete it
5. Insert “Social Media Expert“

DONE! You just became a Social Media Expert on Twitter. The beauty of it all is that this method is so simple, you can do the same thing on Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla, or any other social network that you want!

Be aware, this method does have a bug, people will not believe anything you say so long as this is in any of your bios, or on your business cards, because in all reality you probably know nothing. The fact of the matter is, you just sit on your computer spamming people with links to your ‘clients’ products, Facebook pages, contests, polls, and blog posts. STOP.