7 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT POSTING ON TWITTER

Don’t forget about content! Various people have told you how to use it, who to follow and why it is so fantastic. But on Twitter – like everywhere else – content is important. This is a very short and totally unscientific list of my observations from using Twitter over the past several months. It was originally published on my blog www.dzierza.com Feel free to disagree.

Various people have told you how to use it, who to follow and why it is so fantastic.

But on Twitter – like everywhere else – content is important.

This is a very short and totally unscientific list of my observations from using Twitter over the past several months.

It was originally published on my blog www.dzierza.com

Feel free to disagree.

1. The ‘coy’ bores When someone keeps saying ‘uh, oh - another 1000 followers, well thanks, but not sure why you’re following me, I’m so boring’ they probably are. Unfollow.

When someone keeps saying ‘uh, oh - another 1000 followers, well thanks, but not sure why you’re following me, I’m so boring’ they probably are.

Unfollow.

2. Numbers, numbers… Then again some people will only talk numbers - numbers of followers, tweets, retweets, their position in the most retweeted charts, etc. Unless you’re an accountant and/or define your life by the number of people you follow, avoid.

Then again some people will only talk numbers - numbers of followers, tweets, retweets, their position in the most retweeted charts, etc.

Unless you’re an accountant and/or define your life by the number of people you follow, avoid.

3. My cat! If the person you follow keeps talking about their cat only - perhaps they should get their cat a profile. Unfollow.

If the person you follow keeps talking about their cat only - perhaps they should get their cat a profile.

Unfollow.

4. The ‘specialists’ Twitter is full of specialists. Or ‘specialists’. To become a specialist and to gain and share specialist knowledge takes a while. Or at least longer than ‘since last Tuesday’. Beware.

Twitter is full of specialists. Or ‘specialists’. To become a specialist and to gain and share specialist knowledge takes a while.

Or at least longer than ‘since last Tuesday’.

Beware.

5. So cheap it hurts If someone follows you - and also follows 2,000 other people - but has only one update: “Cheap Viagra/laptop/iPod” - do what you would do with an email with the subject line ‘Cheap Viagra”. Delete and block.

If someone follows you - and also follows 2,000 other people - but has only one update: “Cheap Viagra/laptop/iPod” - do what you would do with an email with the subject line ‘Cheap Viagra”.

Delete and block.

6. The retweeters Retweeting – re-posting somebody else’s updates - is useful, in fact that’s what makes Twitter uniquely fast. But retweeting absolutely everything all the time is like reading a newspaper aloud on a packed train. A bit unsocial.

Retweeting – re-posting somebody else’s updates - is useful, in fact that’s what makes Twitter uniquely fast.

But retweeting absolutely everything all the time is like reading a newspaper aloud on a packed train.

A bit unsocial.

7. Pictures are content too Twitpic is for sharing pictures. Drunken, fuzzy shots you took with your mobile while covering the lens with your finger make for great content only once in a while. Don’t overdo.

Twitpic is for sharing pictures.

Drunken, fuzzy shots you took with your mobile while covering the lens with your finger make for great content only once in a while.

Don’t overdo.

© 2009 @michald www.dzierza.com

© 2009 @michald

www.dzierza.com