Twitter

[letterboy]

Hope you enjoyed your fist tweet from me.

thanks, if you put #scubaboard it will be "searchable" so others can find you . . .

 

[letterboy]

BTW would have yielded many threads on this subject

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/whites-manufacturing/280039-do-you-tweet.html?highlight=twitter
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/gr...w-dive-friends-twitter.html?highlight=twitter
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/dive-ny/274813-twitter.html?highlight=twitter
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ikelite/275619-ikelite-news-twitter.html?highlight=twitter

 

[JohnMarshall12]

why is your background on twitter holly branches?!?!?!

I run a website that promotes Christmas gift ideas like new toys, games, etc. and began this month to start using Twitter to help promote the website.

BTW, I know the background is no masterpiece, but it does seem to fit the Christmas theme and still be moderately viewable compared to some of my other choices I had at the time.

 

[ryssyr]

do it. its a good way to reach out to folks. you can also block the ones you dont want to follow you (by culling your followers every once in a while) and the real trick it to follow things that are interesting to you-- news sources, thought leaders, etc.

I dont follow anyone that's opinion I dont respect and want to hear about so my incoming timeline is pretty lean. Its crazy how fast you learn about things this way.

 

[JohnMarshall12]

I think we are on to something here. I have gone ahead and added as a follow anyone who listed their twiitter name here. If I have missed somebody let me know what your username is and I will add you as well.

 

[ItsBruce]

I follow people who I "know" and who have interesting things to say.

I don't care who follows me. If someone wants to know what I've got to say, fine. I do not automatically follow, so it is irrelevant if spammers or marketers follow me ... I don't follow back.

I find Twitter useful for coordinating activities with groups of friends. For example, I may say: "Scuba diving at Avalon dive park on Wednesday - not quite sure when I'll arrive." Those who care will know and can join the dive. Those who themselves post will let me know.

I find the search feature very helpful. ... Make that somewhat helpful.

BTW: I'm there as HardHabit -- the name of my boat. Someone with the same "real" name as me already claimed it.

 

[letterboy]

I run a website that promotes Christmas gift ideas like new toys, games, etc. and began this month to start using Twitter to help promote the website.

BTW, I know the background is no masterpiece, but it does seem to fit the Christmas theme and still be moderately viewable compared to some of my other choices I had at the time.

I see That makes sense and works

 

[El Orans]

You can now link to your Twitter profile.

 

[Louie]

For everyone - myself included - who follow more than a couple dozen people and sometimes can't be bothered to scroll down the real time feeds, Tweetdeck is a very useful application.

You can divide incoming tweets into categories you choose. So for example, you can have "A-list", "B-list" etc or divide into subject categories.

Another thing I find really useful is the search facility you can use before the tweets come in so if I put in "cobblers" this column will display all the tweets with "coblers" continuously in real time.

 

[Freakin]

Tweetdeck is essential, especially on the iphone.

Twitter is my primary source of news headlines. I follow @BreakinNews, and though they spam the crap out of your twitter (sometimes with 2-3 posts on the same news item) they are generally very quick.

I also like following celebs.

@RainnWilson
@NathanFillion

are my two favorites. I've heard Shaq's is also pretty good.