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Are any of you guys on Twitter?Donnie, do you still use your BE Fans account, or do you use another one on a regular basis? I may want to discuss NCAA games/upsets as the tournament goes on.
I am on Twitter @patrickshrier. I only use it to publicize my blog posts though.What is your handle or hashtag or whatever they call it?
I just added you with my WCF account. I have a number of history followers there, and I can retweet some of your posts to a wider audience.
One thing (unsolicited advice ahead) – your automated tweets have your blog name and “new post” by all of them….it may help if you were to remove those so it's just the title of the new blog post in your tweet.
One thing (unsolicited advice ahead) - your automated tweets have your blog name and "new post" by all of them....it may help if you were to remove those so it's just the title of the new blog post in your tweet.
Thanks, I had not thought of that. I think I have it fixed now as a setting in my WP plugin.
Well then I'm busy writing to no one when I directed that tweet to you, I guess. ??? You of all people should get back on for March Madness; someone has to provide immediate, widespread insight into the Cards' push through the tournament.It's taken me a long time to see the real value in Twitter, and I suppose I'm still figuring things out, but it is really helpful and informative. I have a scrolling box on the side of my desktop screen that updates me on new tweets that I subscribe to, and so it's kind of like looking at a news feed that people can interact with. Of course, I can also see what people post on my Ipad and on my phone, making it a very convenient way of interacting with people. Yes, it can be used for very stupid purposes as well, but if you get past those you can see the value.
I am just getting started on Twitter so I don;t really have a good feel for it yet. It is probably a good way to connect with a younger audience though.
I think Twitter is stupid and Facebook as well. I tried them both and got bored with them very quickly.
I never signed up for a personal Facebook account, and only have a generic account for WCF since you really need one in order to access certain internet services.As for Twitter, I can see how it could be considered "stupid" (a lot of mindless stuff on there), but I think it has some great benefits. Following a hashtag during a live event on TV, for example, can be fun. I did this during the presidential debates, and during the papal election, and there were a ton of people getting involved. I can also see how tweeting at a conference might be beneficial as well. Twitter is also great for finding news stories on interesting topics. For example, did you know this? [html]
Louisville's men's basketball team generated more revenue than its football team last year:$42,434,684 versus $23,756,955.
— Alicia Jessop (@RulingSports) March 21, 2013
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Louisville is still the only school in the NCAA with their baseball football &basketball teams all ranked in the top 10 #juricheffect #L1C4
— Jeff Spalding (@jspalding79) March 19, 2013
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Well I am trying to get my family on Twitter, so let's see how well that works out. Basically, I created a personal account and am having them create their own, and how we can chat, post photos of where we've been, etc. If there's personal information that we don't want to get out into the open, we can always protect our tweets from being made public. It's taken me a while to find the value in Twitter, and I think it needs to be viewed at as:1) a purely social form of communication2) a news aggregator and discussion forum3) a commercial marketing tool I think Twitter doesn't really work when those are all combined. Whatever can be done on Twitter can also be done via email or even text message, but the audience is much larger and it's easier to accomplish.
