Promulgating Ideas in Twitter Society: Our Purpose in Community & Conversations Tara L. Conley (@taralconley) Writer, Blogger, Snew Media Consultant YouthNoise.com | HeatingOil.com | The Life and Times of a Blogger October 2009

The Evolution

Characteristics of a Twitter Society A space where cultural exchanges take place and un/written rules, etiquette, and behaviors are thusly devised and supported by the society. Written Language* @user, RT (retweet), # (hashtags), H/T (hat tip) Etiquette Rules Acknowledge the Tweeter before you RT! Social Clicks Politicking/Rules of Engagement Network Spaces Political, academic, entertainment, music, social issues/non-profit Twitter Jail! Twitter Society *See: danah boyd’s “Tweet, Tweet, Retweet: Conversational Aspects of Retweeting on Twitter” (2010)

A space where cultural exchanges take place and un/written rules, etiquette, and behaviors are thusly devised and supported by the society.

Written Language*

@user, RT (retweet), # (hashtags), H/T (hat tip)

Etiquette Rules

Acknowledge the Tweeter before you RT!

Social Clicks

Politicking/Rules of Engagement

Network Spaces

Political, academic, entertainment, music, social issues/non-profit

Twitter Jail!

Is Twitter a False Sense of Community? @seanpadilla : 140 characters @ a time can't build community on its own, but it can definitely plant a seed... @littlebrownjen : Hmmm..maybe a new kind of community? When Twitter trends, so does the nation. Twitter has had one of biggest impacts on the news cycle, firstly by often being the first media to break news, in offering a discussion forum around mainstream media coverage, and amplifying stories that have appeared in traditional formats. (Dawson 2009). #balloonboy “ tweetups” Twitter as Community? Image: http://seaofstatic.tumblr.com

@seanpadilla : 140 characters @ a time can't build community on its own, but it can definitely plant a seed...

@littlebrownjen : Hmmm..maybe a new kind of community?

When Twitter trends, so does the nation.

Twitter has had one of biggest impacts on the news cycle, firstly by often being the first media to break news, in offering a discussion forum around mainstream media coverage, and amplifying stories that have appeared in traditional formats. (Dawson 2009).

#balloonboy

“ tweetups”

When Tweeting Gets Personal Pick your Twitter battles wisely. Log-off, take a walk, read a book, watch a movie, have sex, eat, get some other work done. Do what you have to do to remove yourself from the contention! “ It’s been real, Tweeps. Gotta go!” RT @TheJLV : Clarifying gets numbing on Twitter. Tone can at times get lost in Twitter translation. Always remember what you’re tweeting for in the first place. Tweeting the Personal Image: http://activerain.com/

Pick your Twitter battles wisely.

Log-off, take a walk, read a book, watch a movie, have sex, eat, get some other work done. Do what you have to do to remove yourself from the contention!

“ It’s been real, Tweeps. Gotta go!”

RT @TheJLV : Clarifying gets numbing on Twitter.

Tone can at times get lost in Twitter translation.

Always remember what you’re tweeting for in the first place.

Pick your pitches wisely. “ Twitter is a marathon . . . Longer than a tweet.” –David Patterson Tweeting Professionally Twitter makes us better aware of our purpose in the conversation. Images: www.robcubbon.com , www.clipartof.com , www.issnaf.org We have to (re)member, as in reorganize and recollect, the art of networking and conversing with people.

“ Twitter is a marathon . . . Longer than a tweet.” –David Patterson

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Cite/Site References “ Twitter’s Impact on th News & Media Cycle” by Ross Dawson http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2009/08/twitters_impact.html “ Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Non-profits Make the Ask” by Lydia Dishman http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/lydia-dishman/all-your-business/tweet-tweet-ch-ching-twitter-changing-way-nonprofits-make-ask-0 “ Tweeting the Electorate” by Kate Paul and Daniel Stone (Newsweek) http://www.newsweek.com/id/214901 “ 10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business” by Douglas A. McIntyre (Time) http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901772,00.html “ Social Pulpit: Barack Obama’s Social Media Toolkit” (Slideshow) http://www.slideshare.net/montelutz/social-pulpit-barack-obamas-social-media-toolkit “ Twitter is a Marathon . . . Longer Than A Tweet” by David Patterson http://activerain.com/blogsview/1167420/twitter-is-a-marathon-longer-than-a-tweet “ 7 Amazing Twitter Visualizations” 10,000 Words Blog http://www.10000words.net/2009/09/7-amazing-twitter-visualizations.html Danah Boyd Publications on Social Networking http://www.danah.org/papers/

“ Twitter’s Impact on th News & Media Cycle” by Ross Dawson

http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2009/08/twitters_impact.html

“ Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Non-profits Make the Ask” by Lydia Dishman

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/lydia-dishman/all-your-business/tweet-tweet-ch-ching-twitter-changing-way-nonprofits-make-ask-0

“ Tweeting the Electorate” by Kate Paul and Daniel Stone (Newsweek)

http://www.newsweek.com/id/214901

“ 10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business” by Douglas A. McIntyre (Time)

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901772,00.html

“ Social Pulpit: Barack Obama’s Social Media Toolkit” (Slideshow)

http://www.slideshare.net/montelutz/social-pulpit-barack-obamas-social-media-toolkit

“ Twitter is a Marathon . . . Longer Than A Tweet” by David Patterson

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1167420/twitter-is-a-marathon-longer-than-a-tweet

“ 7 Amazing Twitter Visualizations” 10,000 Words Blog

http://www.10000words.net/2009/09/7-amazing-twitter-visualizations.html

Danah Boyd Publications on Social Networking

http://www.danah.org/papers/