Comments on: Mind your RTs (retweets) http://shallowthoughts.org/2009/02/01/mind-your-retweets/ because deep thoughts smack of effort Tue, 11 May 2010 10:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe Fiorini http://shallowthoughts.org/2009/02/01/mind-your-retweets/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Joe Fiorini Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:21:08 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/?p=140#comment-88 What about people who have followers from different communities? I have a lot of friends who are designers and html/css people (ie. you) and, being a developer, a lot of friends who are developers. If one of my designer friends writes a post on design for developers, I'm going to RT it for my developer followers to read. An unfortunate side effect is that you're going to see it twice. Any suggestions for improving that? What about people who have followers from different communities? I have a lot of friends who are designers and html/css people (ie. you) and, being a developer, a lot of friends who are developers. If one of my designer friends writes a post on design for developers, I’m going to RT it for my developer followers to read. An unfortunate side effect is that you’re going to see it twice. Any suggestions for improving that?

]]> By: Nate Klaiber http://shallowthoughts.org/2009/02/01/mind-your-retweets/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Nate Klaiber Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:52:55 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/?p=140#comment-87 I just like the irony that your "I'm not" links really point to the same source - effectively RT in your blog the same entry. hehe. In all seriousness, I agree with this. I recently purged people from my list that constantly re-tweet things. It's mostly annoying because then they make jokes about re-tweeting. It just gets old. It's not funny. It's annoying. As Josh said, there are different timelines that serve different purposes - it simply means choosing which ones you want to follow, and which ones you want to filter out. I just like the irony that your “I’m not” links really point to the same source – effectively RT in your blog the same entry. hehe.

In all seriousness, I agree with this. I recently purged people from my list that constantly re-tweet things. It’s mostly annoying because then they make jokes about re-tweeting. It just gets old. It’s not funny. It’s annoying. As Josh said, there are different timelines that serve different purposes – it simply means choosing which ones you want to follow, and which ones you want to filter out.

]]> By: Josh Walsh http://shallowthoughts.org/2009/02/01/mind-your-retweets/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Josh Walsh Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:43:57 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/?p=140#comment-86 Oh, and I had to say "you guys" one more time... It's an OCD thing. Oh, and I had to say “you guys” one more time… It’s an OCD thing.

]]> By: Josh Walsh http://shallowthoughts.org/2009/02/01/mind-your-retweets/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Josh Walsh Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:43:34 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/?p=140#comment-85 I agree, for the most part, although I think there are exceptions. An account which is heavily branded into an industry may benefit by retweeting articles relevant to their followers interests. Twitter's social community is different from facebook/linkedin/etc, in that people with similar interests and hobbies tend to form tighter networks where sharing links is more acceptable. The problem is that doing so in a moderate volume is not possible, so even the most relevant of retweets gets lumped in with spam. I agree, for the most part, although I think there are exceptions. An account which is heavily branded into an industry may benefit by retweeting articles relevant to their followers interests.

Twitter’s social community is different from facebook/linkedin/etc, in that people with similar interests and hobbies tend to form tighter networks where sharing links is more acceptable.

The problem is that doing so in a moderate volume is not possible, so even the most relevant of retweets gets lumped in with spam.

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