Comments on: Anatomy of a Twitter Post http://ronamok.com/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-a-twitter-post/ Social Media for Executives Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Jacobs http://ronamok.com/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-a-twitter-post/comment-page-1/#comment-12367 David Jacobs Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:31:51 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=142#comment-12367 Ron, There is absolutely room your your kind of tweet and I know that's the kind of new media person you are. That's the beautiful thing about it, everyone takes a different approach to it. Ron,

There is absolutely room your your kind of tweet and I know that’s the kind of new media person you are. That’s the beautiful thing about it, everyone takes a different approach to it.

]]> By: Corey http://ronamok.com/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-a-twitter-post/comment-page-1/#comment-12350 Corey Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:49:45 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=142#comment-12350 I tried Twitter when it first came on the scene and grew weary of it rather quickly. Now I use it primarily as another broadcast point for blog posts. You know, for those folks who choose to "follow" you on Twitter instead of subscribing to your RSS. (I use Alex King's "Twitter Tools" for Wordpress by the way: <a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress" rel="nofollow">http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress</a>) Works great for my wacky site experiment <a href="http:/bacontoday.com" rel="nofollow">Bacon Today</a>. 45 "followers" strong - ha! I tried Twitter when it first came on the scene and grew weary of it rather quickly. Now I use it primarily as another broadcast point for blog posts. You know, for those folks who choose to “follow” you on Twitter instead of subscribing to your RSS. (I use Alex King’s “Twitter Tools” for Wordpress by the way: http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress)

Works great for my wacky site experiment Bacon Today. 45 “followers” strong – ha!

]]> By: Ron http://ronamok.com/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-a-twitter-post/comment-page-1/#comment-12348 Ron Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:27:50 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=142#comment-12348 David, my very good friend. You're a fishbowler, so I'll cut you some slack:-) For the first time, I've found a Twitter analogy that works for <strong>me</strong> -- with the way I work and the type of content that I like to create. As a writer, I put a lot of thought into every post and every podcast. It's a natural progression for me translate that to a tweet. Perhaps it's more trendy to just rattle stuff off the cuff, but that's not me. Is there not room in Twitter for my form of Tweet? David, my very good friend.

You’re a fishbowler, so I’ll cut you some slack:-)

For the first time, I’ve found a Twitter analogy that works for me — with the way I work and the type of content that I like to create. As a writer, I put a lot of thought into every post and every podcast. It’s a natural progression for me translate that to a tweet. Perhaps it’s more trendy to just rattle stuff off the cuff, but that’s not me. Is there not room in Twitter for my form of Tweet?

]]> By: Ken Wetherell http://ronamok.com/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-a-twitter-post/comment-page-1/#comment-12346 Ken Wetherell Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:38:33 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=142#comment-12346 Nice introduction. You've both given me something to think about. Now I'll go check out Twitter for the 1st time. That was 115 characters. :) Nice introduction. You’ve both given me something to think about. Now I’ll go check out Twitter for the 1st time.

That was 115 characters. :)

]]> By: David Jacobs http://ronamok.com/2008/07/28/anatomy-of-a-twitter-post/comment-page-1/#comment-12340 David Jacobs Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:18:09 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=142#comment-12340 You're a Twitter novice, so I'll cut you some slack, but man, that's a lot of thinking and a long way to go for a twitter post. I view Twitter more as a stream of consciousness kind of thing. Every post doesn't have to be completely thought out and perfected. That's more of what a blog does. Twitter is more spontaneous. Not to say that Twitter posts should not or cannot be thoughtful. I think that's why business has trouble dealing with things like Twitter. Twitter is like clay in that it has some physical properties but it can be formed and worked into almost anything you want it to be. Different people use twitter differently and people interpret the question what are you doing differently. Some ignore it altogether. I've even seen podcast fiction writers experiment with telling a story on Twitter 140 characters at a time. What is Twitter? I don't know, can you stick your hand into the same river twice? You’re a Twitter novice, so I’ll cut you some slack, but man, that’s a lot of thinking and a long way to go for a twitter post. I view Twitter more as a stream of consciousness kind of thing. Every post doesn’t have to be completely thought out and perfected. That’s more of what a blog does. Twitter is more spontaneous. Not to say that Twitter posts should not or cannot be thoughtful.

I think that’s why business has trouble dealing with things like Twitter. Twitter is like clay in that it has some physical properties but it can be formed and worked into almost anything you want it to be. Different people use twitter differently and people interpret the question what are you doing differently. Some ignore it altogether. I’ve even seen podcast fiction writers experiment with telling a story on Twitter 140 characters at a time. What is Twitter? I don’t know, can you stick your hand into the same river twice?

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