Comments on: Retweet. A Twitter FAIL http://fraccers.com/2009/12/retweet-a-twitter-failwhale/ For folks who aren't afraid to frac in public... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fracas http://fraccers.com/2009/12/retweet-a-twitter-failwhale/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 fracas Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:48:51 +0000 http://fraccers.com/?p=1793#comment-1464 @Tazz - I know what you mean. Sometimes that keyword thing drives me batty too... especially when you're having lighthearted banter with friends and suddenly you've got a dozen of those p0rn bats using that icky Brittney photo as their avatar on your follow list. A tweeter on my list was inundated with that the other day. @Tazz – I know what you mean. Sometimes that keyword thing drives me batty too… especially when you’re having lighthearted banter with friends and suddenly you’ve got a dozen of those p0rn bats using that icky Brittney photo as their avatar on your follow list. A tweeter on my list was inundated with that the other day.

]]> By: Tazz http://fraccers.com/2009/12/retweet-a-twitter-failwhale/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 Tazz Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:36:59 +0000 http://fraccers.com/?p=1793#comment-1463 I don't really care who's retweeting my tweets... I'm not followed much and don't really use it to network. But I don't like it because while it's easy to get a message out, you can't add a comment to it or edit it if someone adds a lot of tags that are meaningless to me. The keyword search annoys me because every word I write is scrutinized. I mentioned looking at old photos at Thanksgiving and had 10 professional photographers following me. I mention something "bugs me" and I get exterminators following me -- from all over the country! Amazing thing, this twitter.... I don’t really care who’s retweeting my tweets… I’m not followed much and don’t really use it to network. But I don’t like it because while it’s easy to get a message out, you can’t add a comment to it or edit it if someone adds a lot of tags that are meaningless to me.

The keyword search annoys me because every word I write is scrutinized. I mentioned looking at old photos at Thanksgiving and had 10 professional photographers following me. I mention something “bugs me” and I get exterminators following me — from all over the country! Amazing thing, this twitter….

]]> By: fracas http://fraccers.com/2009/12/retweet-a-twitter-failwhale/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 fracas Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:06:54 +0000 http://fraccers.com/?p=1793#comment-1460 submom - I figured it out by accident and was all, "HEY... this sucks..." They should fix it because so many people probably don't know and likely get annoyed enough to unfollow people they think are never thanking them for their RT's. It's just bad karma that they overlooked that. LOTGK - I wasn't sure about it either, but Kevin over at Fuelmyblog seemed to really believe in it, so on New Year's Day 2009, I decided to become a twit. Raincoaster swears by the traffic it brings to her site and once I started tweeting links to posts I wanted to highlight (not all posts...) I notice that I do get traffic from it. I tweet lots in between links though, because I hate the folks that do nothing on twitter but plug stuff. It's not meant for that. I won't ever have 10K followers, because I try check them out before adding them so lots of the ones that are spam and come by bots don't get added and lots of times I even block them... but I have enough to make me happy. You should try adding to your followers and then linking to some of your posts... and see for yourself. ;-) submom – I figured it out by accident and was all, “HEY… this sucks…” They should fix it because so many people probably don’t know and likely get annoyed enough to unfollow people they think are never thanking them for their RT’s. It’s just bad karma that they overlooked that.

LOTGK – I wasn’t sure about it either, but Kevin over at Fuelmyblog seemed to really believe in it, so on New Year’s Day 2009, I decided to become a twit. Raincoaster swears by the traffic it brings to her site and once I started tweeting links to posts I wanted to highlight (not all posts…) I notice that I do get traffic from it. I tweet lots in between links though, because I hate the folks that do nothing on twitter but plug stuff. It’s not meant for that.

I won’t ever have 10K followers, because I try check them out before adding them so lots of the ones that are spam and come by bots don’t get added and lots of times I even block them… but I have enough to make me happy.

You should try adding to your followers and then linking to some of your posts… and see for yourself. ;-)

]]> By: LOTGK http://fraccers.com/2009/12/retweet-a-twitter-failwhale/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 LOTGK Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:20:07 +0000 http://fraccers.com/?p=1793#comment-1451 I have a twitter account, but do not use it all that much. Not real sure what the real use of it is yet. I have a twitter account, but do not use it all that much. Not real sure what the real use of it is yet.

]]> By: submom http://fraccers.com/2009/12/retweet-a-twitter-failwhale/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 submom Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:00:34 +0000 http://fraccers.com/?p=1793#comment-1449 I didn't know this about the new RT feature until I read your post. Thanks again. Hey, so maybe the lack of @ for ME is because of the new feature and NOT because nobody loves me? I am not going to do the search, I am just going to "Believe"... ;-) I didn’t know this about the new RT feature until I read your post. Thanks again. Hey, so maybe the lack of @ for ME is because of the new feature and NOT because nobody loves me? I am not going to do the search, I am just going to “Believe”… ;-)

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