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ciphergothI joined Twitter. I'm toying with the idea of filtering for quality a lot less when I post to Twitter - forward every link that briefly entertains me, Twitter about the slightest minutae of the day that amuses me to share. I generally find it hard to post now for some reason unless I think I've something worth posting, which is one reason why nearly all of my posts are public.
Those of you who have been there a while - what sort of Twittering is too much, outside the range of Twitter etiquette? Please don't say "post what you like" unless that's just what you mean - I do want to know what people actually think.
(Oh, also I might decide to do it and then not get around to it...)
Those of you who have been there a while - what sort of Twittering is too much, outside the range of Twitter etiquette? Please don't say "post what you like" unless that's just what you mean - I do want to know what people actually think.
(Oh, also I might decide to do it and then not get around to it...)
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Date: 2009-01-20 09:58 am (UTC)http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/
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Date: 2009-01-19 11:36 pm (UTC)For example anyway I just noticed the clock on my computer was ticking. Then I realised it was just in time with the ticking clock on the shelf next to the computer. Now was that worth saying. Not sure. I have a feeling the train of consciousness thing is reaching its sell by.
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Date: 2009-01-19 11:48 pm (UTC)... I probably average around the one->two tweets a day, some days more, some days none. Which probably shows I don't use it enough.
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Date: 2009-01-19 11:53 pm (UTC)I worry sometimes that I Twitter too much, but then I realised I don't mind if people follow me or not, so I just say what I want, for the most part. If it's too frequent/annoying/other for people, that's fine with me.
So, I guess the first question (for me) is are you thinking about Twittering more because you want to write or because you want people to read it? If it's the former, than I think just Twittering what you feel like is fine. Does that make sense?
Oh, and it depends if you want people to reply or not. If you'd like replies/interaction/conversation, that can be hard to manage if you post a lot. (By a lot I mean maybe two or three times in a minute; stuff like that). But then, it depends on your followers too...
I've seen so many uses of Twitter! Some people I follow post interesting thoughts in their head, some link to really interesting articles about entrepreneurship, some talk about yummy vegan food...
Anyways, I'm blathering; will stop now. Oh, except to say that looking at other people's Twittery things might help you decide, maybe?
Kx
PS If you want me to ramble on about Twitter more, I'm happy to do so! :)
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Date: 2009-01-21 12:58 am (UTC)I'm trying to find out where I can see his stuff in London; Wikipedia said two of the Tates, but not which ones, I think. Will go Googling again.
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Date: 2009-01-20 12:05 am (UTC)How trivial is too trivial? Well, if you do it every day, it's probably not worth noting. But hey, it's not like anyone has to read it.
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Date: 2009-01-20 07:52 am (UTC)This article is what's influenced both my using Twitter and how I use it. I think I used Livejournal for ambient awareness before, but Twitter handles a certain level of it much better than LJ. God only knows it's made me write on LJ less.
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Date: 2009-01-20 07:59 am (UTC)Twitter, IMHO, is more for the "might interest someone" fragments rather than "must be useful".
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Date: 2009-01-20 09:48 am (UTC)I can imagine myself using twitter more now that some sub-section of 'everyone else' is there.
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Date: 2009-01-20 10:43 am (UTC)Just don't push it to LJ and you'll be fine :)
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Date: 2009-01-20 10:48 am (UTC)You've just reminded me to set up the link between Twitter and Facebook, actually.
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Date: 2009-01-21 01:00 am (UTC)I Twitter loads too as you'll no doubt realise soon! :)
Kx
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Date: 2009-01-20 12:05 pm (UTC)Also, you should mind the content of twitters; I am, for example, interested in the fact that you have acquired new hens, and that they have laid their first egg. But daily egg reports become wearing. (I'm mentioning this because I think the chances that the perpetrator is on your friends list is quite small). The trick with twitter is to avoid the routine.
I twitter less than I should. The other day, I clearly should have twittered "Things you don't often see on your way to work; a double decker bus impaled in the front of McDonalds". But I didn't think of it till later.
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Date: 2009-01-20 12:08 pm (UTC)I haven't felt like I've had much time to twitter since the New Year - must try to do it more often, because I do enjoy it.