Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Joy of Tweeting (@Oslerguy)
At the commutation conference we had a few weeks ago, Dafna Linzer encouraged me to start using Twitter to spread the word about the blog and some of my other writings. I had avoided Twitter because it seemed like 140 characters is just not enough to do anything worthwhile, but I had undervalued the benefit of sending links out this way.
So... now I am hooked. I'm wondering if and how others out there use Twitter, and what your experience has been. It seems like a pretty inefficient way to keep in touch with individuals, but not a bad way to follow the news... but that just might be based on the people I have chosen to follow thus far.
In the meantime, meet me on Twitter-- @Oslerguy is my twittername. Or whatever that is called...
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I adore Twitter! If you like to write (and you do!), it's the perfect medium. You can link to things--your own or other people's--and it forces you to be brief.
Hope you like it, too. I've found that most people are either Twitter people or Facebook people.
Hope you like it, too. I've found that most people are either Twitter people or Facebook people.
I use Twitter for a few different purposes:
1) To receive news, as you mentioned. Ironically (sadly?), I have read news flashes about my own institution on multiple occasions via Twitter sooner than I found out "officially" through internal communication.
2) To share feedback about places and things. Rather than repeat the same info to multiple people, I can say it all at once to several.
3) To vent. Honestly, even though it's a more public venue than even Facebook, I feel a bit more liberty to speak my mind on Twitter. It's like being in a crowded restaurant talking with a group of friends - there is chatter all around you, so your voice doesn't stand out above the rest to draw unwanted attention to yourself.
4) Outreach. I help lead the social media efforts for my church, and I enjoy the challenge of writing daily prayer prompts within the 140-character limit.
1) To receive news, as you mentioned. Ironically (sadly?), I have read news flashes about my own institution on multiple occasions via Twitter sooner than I found out "officially" through internal communication.
2) To share feedback about places and things. Rather than repeat the same info to multiple people, I can say it all at once to several.
3) To vent. Honestly, even though it's a more public venue than even Facebook, I feel a bit more liberty to speak my mind on Twitter. It's like being in a crowded restaurant talking with a group of friends - there is chatter all around you, so your voice doesn't stand out above the rest to draw unwanted attention to yourself.
4) Outreach. I help lead the social media efforts for my church, and I enjoy the challenge of writing daily prayer prompts within the 140-character limit.
I blog, FB and e-mail with my friends and I tweet with the birds. Fortunately my life does not require a handheld devise be permanently attached to my hand. I will be one of the few people in the world who doesn't develop a repetitive thumb use injury.
Tweet, Tweet....
Tweet, Tweet....
OK, I'm confused about twitter. I have two followers, one of whom is a porn star. What am I supposed to do on twitter? I guess I'll try the four ideas, above!
I do not TWEET. Maybe because I am not fully WIRED or whatever I only ahve a Nook Tablet and a DUMB PHONE. As in not Smart phone.
I facebook. I email. I do not TWEET.
I facebook. I email. I do not TWEET.
My Creo en Dios! blog posts automatically gets posted on Twitter, but other than that, I never use it.
I am already addicted hopelessly to Facebook,and now you want me on Twitter? Aren't you supposed to be encouraging me in more productive behavior,as a fellow pilgrim? Sheesh. Whatever happened to wandering blissfully in the verdant meadow unplugged? And,inquiring minds want to know,do you ever sleep,Professor?
Twitter is a GREAT way to follow a baseball game. I can sit with my kids and follow the comments via blackberry.
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