This week on twitter I asked, Do you use an automated twitter DM to welcome your followers? Why or Why not?

Here is what was said…

anothersamchan @bluefur i did au debut until i got yelled at ;) that answers the why as well :) sometimes i type a thank you dm when they add me tho.
steven_sanders @bluefur I don’t automate my twitter dm. I don’t like it myself, so I don’t do it to others. I’m not a robot, so I’ll not act like one.
AstronomyTop100 @bluefur yes to let them know I care about what they say.
bumbleblee @bluefur No to auto-DM because it lacks personality. Connectivity is about a shared experience/expression between the author & the reader
dblacombe @bluefur Nope, no auto dm, too impersonal, don’t need robots making me my friends, doesn’t work anyway, don’t enjoy being shunned.
EtsyCandy @bluefur No because I get tons of them! It makes me mad when I have to go delete 50 of the same messages. Takes up time.
chellanglo @bluefur no… if something is supposed to come from me, i want it to come from me..
paddlinggeek @bluefur Everything is to automated msgs these days, whats wrong with a personal greeting to each person who follows ya?
michaelkwan @bluefur No, because it’s entirely impersonal and unprofessional.
ficklefaerie @bluefur I have no idea how I am greeting my new tweeter followers….I hope they don’t think I am rude…eeep
owlex @bluefur Noooo! It is totally impersonal. I like to greet people when I reply to their tweets. Shows your paying attention to them.
thatedeguy @bluefur No. First, this is a personal account, so I don’t see the need. Second, they’re a bane on twitter not to be perpetuated
a_m_williams @bluefur No, I do not use an automated twitter DM ’cause I think it is very impersonal!
tyamdm @bluefur No, I don’t. Why? because I think they are disrespectful and show you didn’t even care to read my profile or care about my content.
jemmen @bluefur Absolutely not! I really dislike auto-anything from twitter – takes away from the whole point of connecting 1-1 IMHO.
COPIK_Chef @bluefur no. I see too many people complain about it so I think maybe it’s the norm to dislike it
OtotheLtotheM @bluefur Definitely not. Auto-DM’s are the devil, lol. Seriously though, they’re a very impersonal way to greet someone
flagusco @bluefur I don’t simply because I don’t want my twitter acct spamming all the time. I can do that on my own ;P
ReizaM @bluefur No because I hate DM’s. They’re just spam. I’ve actually taken to unfollowing people who use auto DM’s.
TracyOConnor @bluefur I do not because so many people hate them.

So do you use automated twitter DM’s to welcome  your followers?