I've decided to give Twitter another chance, for those small thoughts which are really too short and disconnected for a blog post. Follow me here.
(I've also made a tweet for Domai announcements.)
If you use Twitter, it should also be an easy way to keep up with new posts here, if I remember to notify about them.
It seems to me that Twitter easily gets used as a chat channel... does it? And does this not cripple it a little bit?
Is there a way to turn off seeing everybody else's tweets on somebody's home page? And is there a way to make an "@" tweet private?
Update: yes, it seems there's a "direct message", but it's not obvious how one does that...
OK dude, I'm following you. Better be churning out some sterling silver tweets by tomorrow or I'm cutting you off.
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Oh no, you're stressing me!
ReplyDeleteIf you use Twitter, it should also be an easy way to keep up with new posts here, if I remember to notify about them.
ReplyDeleteThere are ways to make such notifications automatic. I'm not sure how exactly as I haven't done that myself, but many Blogger users seem to have such automations in place.
It seems to me that Twitter easily gets used as a chat channel... does it? And does this not cripple it a little bit?
You can use Twitter however you want. Some chat, some don't. Some don't even follow anyone, they use Twitter just for announcements. I find that some interactivity or reciprocality is part of the culture, but even then it's up to you.
Is there a way to turn off seeing everybody else's tweets on somebody's home page? And is there a way to make an "@" tweet private?
Yes, it's called a DM (direct message).
BTW, the only reason I've kept using Twitter (lazily) for a full year now is because I discovered the Tweetie app. It's very convenient.
Actually, could you be one of those nice Twitterers that only tweets once every 2-3 days? I follow some people who tweet about once per hour, and I don't understand how they expect me to follow everything they tweet.
ReplyDeleteI admit that I still don't understand Twitter as a large-scale social media utility.
Oh you're on Twitter - so good to have you in the community. At first I didn't think much of Twitter, but after a while I found out that it's also a useful instrument for broadcasting announcements and sharing instant thoughts and feelings. Funny that the Twitter idea should be working, as a business model...
ReplyDelete"I find that some interactivity or reciprocality is part of the culture"
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm beginning to see that. Thanks.
And I have found an app for Twitter, called Kiwi, it seems practical.
"could you be one of those nice Twitterers that only tweets once every 2-3 days?"
ReplyDeleteI'll try. If I can do it without forgetting it.
I may do it more often, I don't know. It seems tweeting is often used as a sort of "background chatter" which you only pay half attention to, until something catches your eye.