I just sent a message on Twitter...@MRWabe...I wonder who will read it.
More than that, I kind of like Twitter because I am limited to 140 characters and I choose not to use texting lingo or abbreviations. I think that I am pushing myself to do this as a test of what is important to say and the idea that I need to be concise. What do I really have to say and how do I make sure that the people who need to read it do read it?
How many people are following your Twitter account, Kent? And, perhaps more importantly, how many Twitter users do you follow? If we think of Twitter as a conversation, maybe we will begin to tolerate the communiques that do not connect (always or with high predictability). Another approach might be to take a look at those whose uses of Twitter you see as worthwhile: who is using the platform well? What are they doing? What are they saying? How often? What sorts of links and hashtags are entering their tweets into circulation differently than if those same elements were not used?
ReplyDeleteKent send me a tweet @Ladyrose64 and I will retweet. I was trying set you up to follow but I haven't figured it out yet. Sometimes it's all about trial and error.
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RE: Derek.
ReplyDeleteI have 71 followers as of 13 February at 20:16 est. Most of those are my current and former students who follow for school reasons or keep following so that they can see what new ideas I come up with. I can't say that I know what the hashtags really mean as I don't follow many others. I did follow Al Gore and the founder of Twitter (I don't recall his name) when I first created my account, but they each wrote too often and didn't seem, to me at least, to say too much. I always think in terms of my time -- I want to choose how to spend my time, so is Twitter going to take that freedom from me or will it help me control my time better? I haven't come to a clear verdict on this matter.