Twitter

A couple of years ago, a woman who was part of a community I managed took it to heart every time someone stopped following her on Twitter. She monitored her account very closely and each morning ceremoniously announced with a “Buh Bye!” all the people who unfriended her the day before.  Though I would probably [...]

Tagged as: facebook, follow, followers, social media, Social Networks, Twitter, unfollow, unfollowers, who unfollowed me

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At first glance the whole Follow Friday thing on Twitter seemed like an interesting idea. I’m always on the hunt for interesting people to talk to, so why not receive recommendations from others? Every week I joined in with my #FF’s and @’s. Until one day someone said to me, “Deb, why do you recommend [...]

Tagged as: follow friday, Twitter

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I recently tried an experiment. I decided to see what would happen if I protected my Tweets. I’ve never been a fan of protected Tweets only because I’ve never been a fan of exclusive clubs and online cliques. However, I understand that some feel the need for privacy. So I decided to lock ‘er up [...]

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I’m not a big fan of the social media police, that is, the folks who list rules and regulations telling us how to act on Twitter or Facebok. Not that they’re far off, but as far as I’m concerned it’s all etiquette mostly. The people who make the rules for the social networks are the [...]

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Every day I do a Twitter search to see who is talking about the business I work for. It allows me to say what folks are saying about us, and also if there are any users or potential users having trouble with the service. If I see someone using our service for the first time [...]

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I recently unfollowed a couple of people from Twitter. The first I unfollowed because of spam. I stopped following the second person because most of her posts are laden with profanity and followed up with “Don’t like swearing? Too bad. Don’t follow me then.” Well ok. I don’t follow people for the sake of haiving [...]

Tagged as: Community, social media, social netwowrking, Twitter

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A little less than a year ago, I was making my rounds on Twitter when I came across a tweet from Darren Rowse. He was traveling back to Austrialia from SXSW, and his reserved seat was of the uncomfortable variety.  He wanted to know if anyone had a connection at Qantas who could help him [...]

Tagged as: Chris Brogan, Qantas, Treasure Island, Twitter

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Here’s something to ponder. I was talking with someone yesterday who is thinking about hiring a person to be his Community Manger. He feels the prime candidate is perfect for the job except for one thing, he’s never managed a community before, not in the traditional sense.  Should he hire the person he knows is [...]

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I like to use Twitter Feed to tweet out links to my different blogs.  I also use it for promotion for various events as part of job as Community Manager. Now, I don’t spend all my time tweeting links. Most of my Twitter time is spent networking, discussing, and yes, telling everyone what I’m having [...]

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