Comments on: Twitter Style Manual

By: Sherry Main

Sherry Main — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:49:14 +0000

Thank you for incorporating my Twitter Style Guide into your post! Agreed with your thought on the art of conversation too…

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By: theimp67

theimp67 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:56:10 +0000

Some good, common sense stuff in there, but isn’t it amazing how so much of what we would consider to be common sense goes flying out the windows when it’s a ‘new technology’?

The bit about using hashtags sparingly is something that definitely resonates with me, and I have unfollowed people who seem to little their tweets with them – @Cody_K being someone who springs to mind, this being one of their tweets;

“Deficits Saved The World. But, It’s Only A Problem When Democrats Do The Spending http://is.gd/2Gwh0 #p2 #tcot #tlot #ocra #sgp #912″

It kind of reminds me of the good ole/bad ole days of ‘keyword stuffing’ that people used to indulge in to get people to their websites via search engines. Pamela Anderson anyone?

By: Gib Wallis

Gib Wallis — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:11:30 +0000

I agree with most of these.

I’ll probably write a full post on other quirks I quibble with, but one of the biggest ideals for me is the self contained Tweet.

Each Tweet should be interesting and make sense all on its own without referring to Tweets from days (or minutes) of yore or whole conversations and rants with other Twitterers.
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By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:47:38 +0000

Definitely like point number (3) three: “Don’t just retweet everything…” As mentioned, I wonder how many people ACTUALLY read the article they’re retweeting. Personally, I at least *skim* through the article before offering up a retweet.

Re: “But that doesn’t mean it should be used regularly as an instant messaging platform…”

I agree here as well. I don’t let *every* conversation carry on out in the open. There comes a point where you have to take it offline (sorta). Extend it via phone or via email… (Ex. I don’t have open conversations with clients on Twitter. I’ve learned that the competition starts to harass my clients via DM and such)…
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