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Why do you Twitter?
Posted by diTesco • 6/14/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Twitter as you all know has been very popular lately. Some says it is over rated, while others simply love it, making statements that it drives massive traffic to their blogs.
How about you? Where do you stand to this simple question, in which I hope you can answer in 140 characters or less.
Why do you Twitter?
While your at it, leave your Twitter profile. Someone may want to follow you.
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I tweet because I like the challenge of writing concisely, it is a real problem of mine.-
Yep, I'd agree with that. It's a tricky balancing act to tweet something funny or significant in 140 characters while maintaining the integrity of the original thought.
Writing humour is particularly tricky, but I think I've cracked it.
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Twitter gives me the possibility to find updated news, specially those that are related to my topic. It is also great to learn how to write great Titles.
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I started initially to meet other people who can relate to the mental health issues I struggle with. I did.
Then I started using it to drive traffic to my blog. It does.
And I started following local news etc to be kept up to date. It works.
All in all, I get what I want out of Twitter. -
I originally got a twitter account for chatting purposes. Currently I'm using it to notify followers of my posts immediately after publication. Up until now I have not invested much time on twitter and I have not had a traffic inflow to my blogs from it. However, this morning I had some traffic from twitter - yay!
While your at it, leave your Twitter profile. Someone may want to follow you.
Ummm ... no I won't be doing that as link exchanges are only allowed in groups. BC has a huge twitter group with 1701 members who exchange links in the group. Here's the link to it www.blogcatalog.com/group/twitter
Also note that we can click on any BC username and arrive on their BC Profile page and click their twitter link there.-
especially if BC user sets up their profile to show twitter
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You are absolutely right @timethief. Thanks for the reminder...
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Yeah.. That is huge, that is soooo many people, That group is enormous. I can't even convey how huge it is.
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I'm geting tired of Twitter.-
Read the Iran news -
Twitter can be extremely silopsistic experience; but using Twitter to track current news, ongoing online events, or citizen journalists can be an extremely enlightening. -
Why is that?
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I don't. -
I did, I keep forgetting to twit (or is it tweet) -
Well I just registered yesterday and got 5 followers, 4 Rebol programmers and 1 python programmer.
I think it's interesting because to promote my favorite but underated programming language I could find some gurus of Python, Ruby, Perl or PHP who would love Rebol if they just tried it. -
I'm gaining followers daily and I feel obligated to them to keep fresh diet, nutrition and health tips coming their way to keep them motivated to get to their goal. I'm thetrimnasium on twitter. -
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I twitter because it is hip...not something i take seriously though... -
i twitter mostly so i can have a reminder of what i was thinking or doing at the moment....it's sort of a mini journal.-
That's interesting..
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I have found that twitter can be a huge time suck. Originally, it was created as a social chat utility for answering the question: "What are you doing now?" Apparently many aren't doing much aside from tweeting for hours on end because the noise to sound ratio is extremely high. I quickly learned that I could easily twitter my life away and that's why I adopted focused use of twitter.
Here are some links to twitter resources:
Five Twitter resources for bloggers
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/2009/01/05/five-twitter-resources-for-...
More Twitter resources
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/2009/01/07/more-twitter-resources/
50 Ways to Mix Your Blog and Twitter
www.visionaryblogging.com/blog-twitter/ -
I use it as a mini-blog. I usually tweet things that aren't long enough for a blog post but that I still want others to read. It's also a good way to see what your friends are up to. But be forewarned: it can make you feel like a creep if your friend(s) constantly update it and use it as a status "what-i'm-doing-right-now" kind of thing.
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I only Twitter because my sister insisted it was the next best thing to split peas. (I hate split peas.) I still don't see the point.
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I absolutely love Twitter and BlogCatalog because I am connecting with everyone in cyberspace. You never know how profoundly your words may affect another. You just might have the magic formula that they need to hear.
Isn't it wonderful to be able to reach out and really touch someone? Don't you feel great about belonging to something exciting and different from your everyday life?-
I only have 10 followers. Half of them are my family and the other half are spam. LOLOL
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honestly I only twitter for like 3 people whom I do not care to speak to yet they always want to know what I am doing/thinking since I am apparently too mysterious. It's a way to feed them their info without having to call and/or apologize -
I don't (I signed up, but never used it). If people want to know what I'm doing, they'll just ask me.-
Actually it is more than that @MissSuzie. Here are great PDF Guides to help you understand more about Twitter.
twittnotes.com/2009/05/best-7-free-pdf-guides-about-twitter.html
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to follow Jesus -
I Tweet, Therefore I Am -
I don't use Twitter because I'm not a twit!
I have a website!-
Interesting:)
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I am fascinated by knowing what strangers on the other side of the world are doing, like finding stuff in their comb, or bugs in the bathtub, or getting new batteries for their iPhones. It's endless fun. Really.-
I find all the internet marketers who pretending that's not what they are to be fascinating. The tweeters who are trying to make $ from their tweets are also very interesting, don't you think?
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Um, why was my comment removed? If it was a matter of links, I still see some up.
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While your at it, leave your Twitter profile. Someone may want to follow you.
Ummm ... no I won't be doing that. Please see
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/some-grievances-with-the-community#commen... -
i have a tweetdeck and it looks really slick!
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I twitter for the fun of it, I use twitterfeed to update twitter about blog entries, I get to laugh at tweeps funnies and above all, I get the challenge of expressing myself in as few a characters as possible.
It's not about popularity, it's about finding others who can inform you and who are liking what you say. -
I've started twittering about philosophy, which is a fun challenge given the word limit. I'm just a bit discouraged by the fact that most of my followers are just trying to get me to visit this website by which they earn money, and I wonder if anyone actually reads what I twitter. But anyhow, it's all good fun:) -
I started using Twitter for work, I run the social networking sites for a non-profit. So I was obliged to create my own page to use as a test run for our official page. In a few days, I was hooked. I still am. I'll probably need rehab soon, but I won't be the only one. I look forward to eventually seeing VH1's Celebrity Twitter Rehab with Dr. Drew. First patient: Ashton Kutcher. -
Because twitter is there available for me. -
Share latest news, New technology, interesting website and best practices... -
It's like a spotlight, I can light up things one the internet to further my objectives. -
Because EVERYONE wants to know that I'm making bacon right now.
No, really. It's an incredible way to build community. I love that people just offer random facts about themselves. Things you'd never ask. And it's nice for us lazy people who don't email or call
Follow me and I promise to always let you know when I make bacon.
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it's fun. i have around 38 WILLING followers & Im following 16. I like watching the numbers go up -
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That is interesting allentansp. Thanks
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I have an account, but don't use it often. I don't really have a reason to use it now. Usually only to respond to the ones I follow. -
Because I would love to share my ideas with my followers. -
i use twitter to keep in touch with my friends that live in cleveland... i was so against twitter for the longest time, but i'm stuck living with my parents in cincinnati until january, so i got a twitter account to keep all of my friends updated on how i'm doing health-wise... i don't want anyone to worry, and twitter's the quickest way to connect! -
Twitter is a strategic tool with a large exposure area (not only in Twitter world - the effect of feeds from your BC profile - if it`s set - it could be used also in many other social networks). Even if you`ll not obtain too many direct visits from your tweets, the effect in searches from search engines will be seen in less time and more "two cents" here, by using social networks it`s nor one risk of penalties for aggressive SEO promotion.
If you can accept a warm notice, don`t grab to monetize your tweets, to not risk sooner or later to have your account suspended; don`t give your user and password too easy - there are many Twitter tools, last time when I searched I found just in one place 140 -. I prefer to build a known profile, something like a "brand" lets say, than performance in followers with programs who insert their automatic ads.
I use Twitter for the huge volume of information, to send more than one advert/day, because is more fast and responsive than an optin list. - 139 characters, to respect the subject of this thread. I hope to be helpful. -
FWIW BC has a twitter group with 1,868 members.
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Follow people. Be followed. Tell people why you Twitter. Alternatives to Twitter. What to expect from Twitter. Anything "Twitter" goes.
Here's the link to the group www.blogcatalog.com/group/twitter -
I want to see how twitter helps me promote my blog.-
This post by another BC member may help you with that:
In VisionaryBlogging Elton Easton presents 50 simple blogging tips to mix your blog and your Twitter account to achieve 10 purposes:
* Use Your Twitter Account to Increase Your Blog Traffic
* Use Your Blog to Increase Your Twitter Traffic
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Content
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter Content
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Community
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter Community
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter SEO
* Use Your Twitter Account to Improve Your Blog Value/Return on Investment (ROI)
* Use Your Blog to Improve Your Twitter Value/ROI
50 Ways to Mix Your Blog and Twitter
www.visionaryblogging.com/blog-twitter/
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My Twitter profile is @zepzim.
Why I love it when I have time for it and feel like something to say?
It is fun to try put something hopefully catchy into a few words.
However, If your topic is not interesting to a large amount of people or they have discovered that your niche is not something they want to know more about, you can stand on your head to try to get more traffic results or make friends by twitting. -
I twitter as its a personal social networking that is more public then facebook.
Plus well its huge, if your on twitter your bound to be noticed. -
I really don't care for Twitter, but it's definitely the fastest and easiest way I've found to meet new people in my field, find new resources in my field, and draw new targeted readers to our sites. -
I use Twitter to promote my blog. But then again, that's what I like about Blog Catalog, too. So, check it out! -
I tweet to network with other Mommy bloggers and to promote my Avon business. I mostly use it to network though. -
I don't Twitter now since someone stold my Blackberry 2 1/2 months old I loved it and I didn't insure it.. cuz I was going to trade it in .. ~ damn!
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