Comments on: 5 Things I wish Twitter could do http://www.amandamccormick.com/test/ Tips, tricks and tales from the social media trenches Wed, 26 May 2010 00:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Amanda McCormick http://www.amandamccormick.com/test/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Amanda McCormick Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.amandamccormick.com/?p=19#comment-5 Seamus, thanks for the comments! I've been thinking a lot about the aspect of community engagement that you touch on. More than just judicious following, I think that in some ways, representatives of media organization have some kind of responsibility to encourage each other to "do the right thing" within communities like Twitter. When I see people like MB offering so much value out there, it really makes me feel pressure to do a better job on @filmlinc. It's a matter of raising the bar on each other, and I think Twitter really is handy in that regard. Obvs, @salonmedia can't hear this, but whatevs, the right people are hooked in. Thanks partially to this interaction and also an article I picked up on Twitter, I've been thinking a lot about "community responsibility" and what a "social media expert" is, if that concept actually exists. My latest post is about that, hope you enjoy! Seamus, thanks for the comments! I’ve been thinking a lot about the aspect of community engagement that you touch on. More than just judicious following, I think that in some ways, representatives of media organization have some kind of responsibility to encourage each other to “do the right thing” within communities like Twitter. When I see people like MB offering so much value out there, it really makes me feel pressure to do a better job on @filmlinc. It’s a matter of raising the bar on each other, and I think Twitter really is handy in that regard. Obvs, @salonmedia can’t hear this, but whatevs, the right people are hooked in.

Thanks partially to this interaction and also an article I picked up on Twitter, I’ve been thinking a lot about “community responsibility” and what a “social media expert” is, if that concept actually exists. My latest post is about that, hope you enjoy!

]]> By: Seamus http://www.amandamccormick.com/test/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Seamus Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:22:58 +0000 http://www.amandamccormick.com/?p=19#comment-4 #1 is my biggest pet peeve. I think Twitterfeed is the worse invention ever. It gives big companies the impression that they're engaging in social media simply by hooking up their RSS feeds. They never talk to anyone or provide a useful service other than link dumping. Whenever someone starts following me, and all their tweets come from "twitterfeed," I know there's no real engagement, and I don't follow. That relates to #4. Aside from one or two rare exceptions, I follow actual people. I've become very particular about who I follow, and I do not believe in the "follow and and I follow you" philosophy. I use Twitter to get smarter and to initiate and foster connections with the people who can help me do that. I think as Twitter grows, the true believers are going to get a lot more judicious about who they follow and why. Going forward, the network we each create with Twitter is going to have profound effects on how we find information online, whether it's finding a job or a recipe. Glad to see you've started a blog! #1 is my biggest pet peeve. I think Twitterfeed is the worse invention ever. It gives big companies the impression that they’re engaging in social media simply by hooking up their RSS feeds. They never talk to anyone or provide a useful service other than link dumping. Whenever someone starts following me, and all their tweets come from “twitterfeed,” I know there’s no real engagement, and I don’t follow.

That relates to #4. Aside from one or two rare exceptions, I follow actual people. I’ve become very particular about who I follow, and I do not believe in the “follow and and I follow you” philosophy. I use Twitter to get smarter and to initiate and foster connections with the people who can help me do that. I think as Twitter grows, the true believers are going to get a lot more judicious about who they follow and why. Going forward, the network we each create with Twitter is going to have profound effects on how we find information online, whether it’s finding a job or a recipe.

Glad to see you’ve started a blog!

]]> By: Amanda McCormick http://www.amandamccormick.com/test/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Amanda McCormick Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:31:07 +0000 http://www.amandamccormick.com/?p=19#comment-3 I think Twitterfox is pretty good. It shows you @replies where you are part of the body of the Tweet, not the lead. Still, haven't found anything to run two Twitter accounts at once! I think Twitterfox is pretty good. It shows you @replies where you are part of the body of the Tweet, not the lead. Still, haven’t found anything to run two Twitter accounts at once!

]]> By: K Landon http://www.amandamccormick.com/test/comment-page-1/#comment-2 K Landon Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:59:16 +0000 http://www.amandamccormick.com/?p=19#comment-2 I'm not quite sure how #1 or #4 would work out, but I like the ideas. When I first started with Twitter, I was very surprised by the lack of an integrated search from the site, as well as the client issue. So far, I'm not totally happy with any of the clients I've tried. Maybe I need to give Twitterfox a go, but it doesn't look like it has everything ideal either. I’m not quite sure how #1 or #4 would work out, but I like the ideas. When I first started with Twitter, I was very surprised by the lack of an integrated search from the site, as well as the client issue. So far, I’m not totally happy with any of the clients I’ve tried. Maybe I need to give Twitterfox a go, but it doesn’t look like it has everything ideal either.

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