Comments on: In a twitch on Twitter http://www.deannazandt.com/2008/08/08/in-a-twitch-on-twitter/ Media technologist and author in Brooklyn, NY. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: taragl http://www.deannazandt.com/2008/08/08/in-a-twitch-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 taragl Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:54:46 +0000 http://www.deannazandt.com/?p=169#comment-3414 A few things about this list rub me the wrong way. Who gets to qualify what's "funny" and "entertaining" for commandments number two and three? Number five insists that we answer the "What are you doing?" question, but some of the best tweets have nothing to do with what you're doing. And ambient intimacy isn't affected adversely by message frequency. Dudeman8848 can't ruin my revealing glimpse into JennieOhs evening meal simply by tweeting more than 25 times in a day about his new muscle car. In fact, it helps my connection with him. I'm assembling some Twitter best practices over here: http://twitter.com/bestpractices Feel free to reply with your suggestions for the list. A few things about this list rub me the wrong way.

Who gets to qualify what’s “funny” and “entertaining” for commandments number two and three?

Number five insists that we answer the “What are you doing?” question, but some of the best tweets have nothing to do with what you’re doing.

And ambient intimacy isn’t affected adversely by message frequency. Dudeman8848 can’t ruin my revealing glimpse into JennieOhs evening meal simply by tweeting more than 25 times in a day about his new muscle car. In fact, it helps my connection with him.

I’m assembling some Twitter best practices over here: http://twitter.com/bestpractices Feel free to reply with your suggestions for the list.

]]> By: deanna zandt http://www.deannazandt.com/2008/08/08/in-a-twitch-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-3413 deanna zandt Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:41:37 +0000 http://www.deannazandt.com/?p=169#comment-3413 Exactamundo, my friend. I think the only one on the list that I appreciated in the end was the last one-- assuming that the people who follow you are following at least 150 others, and aren't waiting on your every tweet with bated breath. Exactamundo, my friend. I think the only one on the list that I appreciated in the end was the last one– assuming that the people who follow you are following at least 150 others, and aren’t waiting on your every tweet with bated breath.

]]> By: amanda http://www.deannazandt.com/2008/08/08/in-a-twitch-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 amanda Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:38:31 +0000 http://www.deannazandt.com/?p=169#comment-3412 I totally call bullshit on the ten commandments of twitter. I wrote a rant but I'm going to delete it now. I'll stick to saying that Twitter is a tool. It isn't MUD. It isn't even IRC. If I don't like the way you tweet, I won't follow you. No big thing. I wrote a post on a list at one point about how Gotham Gazette uses twitter and a million people got irate about it. Or three people. The idea that I'm somehow going to single handedly ruin twitter with a feed of one way posts is absurd. Some people like it. The ones who don't ... they don't subscribe. It is *no* *big* *thing*. I guess I'm ranting anyway. I totally call bullshit on the ten commandments of twitter. I wrote a rant but I’m going to delete it now.

I’ll stick to saying that Twitter is a tool. It isn’t MUD. It isn’t even IRC. If I don’t like the way you tweet, I won’t follow you. No big thing.

I wrote a post on a list at one point about how Gotham Gazette uses twitter and a million people got irate about it. Or three people. The idea that I’m somehow going to single handedly ruin twitter with a feed of one way posts is absurd. Some people like it. The ones who don’t … they don’t subscribe. It is *no* *big* *thing*.

I guess I’m ranting anyway.

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