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What the heck is Twitter and why should I care?

by Alan Cann on Apr 07, 2008

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What the heck is Twitter and why should I care? — Webinar Transcript

What the heck is Twitter and why should I care? twitter.com/ajcann

What is Twitter? An online common room - a mixture of banter, socializing and practical advice. Answer the question: What are you doing? 140 characters or less, e.g: Anyone read the new Jeffrey Archer? Snowing here now http://tinyurl.com/yorlxm planned walk cancelled. Traffic on M6 stopped, exit at junction 10 http://tinyurl.com/23wrkb

twitter.com

I will follow you, will follow me

Your Twitter network consists of the people you follow and the people who follow you.

Who should I follow?

Friends of friends (FOAF)

Observe

Search terms

Manage your network

Twitter is only as smart as your network:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network

Why should I bother?

Anyone want to go for a beer?

I need a protocol for RNAi in neurons.

Looking for a PhD in Manchester - any offers?

Post-doctoral job in Leicester working on Arabidopsis http://tinyurl.com/32xl9v

Twitiquette or How to be a good Twittizen

Update your status regularly - how often is up to you.

Don't flood Twitter - set yourself a maximum posting frequency and exercise some restraint.

Discretion: Some things are better left unsaid.

Beyond Twitter

Many applications are building on the runaway success of Twitter:

TwitterScan

TwitterLocal

Quotably

Hashtags.org

TwitterFeed

I don’t get it…

You’re not alone…

Web 2.0 is immersive - walk the walk.

Give it a try…

microbiologybytes.com/AJC

This talk is on Slideshare:

slideshare.net/AJCann

Please comment:

twitter.com/AJCann

Daryl Pereira , Social media manager at IBM If you do want to know more about Twitter:

Twitter ExplainedView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: networks social)

3 years ago

Are you sure you want to Yes No

Alan Cann , Varied at University of Leicester @guest3886e5 This sort of noise indicates that your network on Twitter was not appropriate to your needs. Try building a small, focussed network which add value to what you already know. Maybe to start out, limit it to people you already know in some capacity. Noise comes from random strangers who are not well connected to you. 4 years ago

OS-Cubed, Inc. at OS-Cubed, Inc. I walked the walk and decided that twitter was adding a lot of noise that was not of any benefit to me. The twitter updates I got tended to be unrelated private comments to other people than myself using the @personname convention. Frankly - if it's got nothing to do with me - why should I care about reading 1/2 of a conversation that is really just between two other people. My best comparison is that it's like being at a party and listening to everyone in the room have a discussion with someone else on a cell phone, or watching 1/2 of an instant messaging or texting session. Just not useful or relevant. 4 years ago

Sarah Stewart , Education developer & facilitator at Otago Polytechnic great slideshow-thanks a lot sarah 4 years ago

NSW Department of Education at NSW Department of Education Thanks for this concise show. I have yet to embrace Twitter. It is blocked for education users. 4 years ago

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