Comments on: How to Win Friends and Support People on Twitter

By: Get Connected | The Techno Tiger

Get Connected | The Techno Tiger — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:31:29 +0000

[...] begin to use is the tip for connecting with new followers presented by Neal Chambers in his guest post. I really love his tips in the “Greet Your Guests” section. So in the future, I [...]

By: marsid

marsid — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:17:31 +0000

Neal,
I joined twitter back in the spring, but only recently have begun REALLY using it. I love the tips and techniques that you give here, and love the party theme. I will definitely try out some of your suggestions with regard to Twitter. In the meantime, I’ll also be joining your list of twitter followers.
Thanks for an excellent post.
Marti

By: Neal Chambers

Neal Chambers — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:03 +0000

Thanks everyone for all the feedback!

I have to say Twitter as a party is not an original idea, but hopefully this put some breath into it. I think to answer some earlier concerns about not being able to ‘control’ the party. I think that is kind of the point. It’s a place to mingle and branch out. At any party, you don’t have to (and don’t want to) listen to every conversation going on even if it is your closest pals. So letting a few things slip by really isn’t that big of a deal.

Anne, you’ve got a good point about Facebook. It has all the bells and whistles of a full-blooded social media network. This is good and bad. Good because you get to see everything in vivid color, bad because it can start to be a time suck as you explore and meander through the halls.

If Twitter is the party, then Facebook and your blog is your house. You meet people at the giant magical 24/7 party and then invite them back to your place for a nice dinner where they can check out your place and get to know you better. In my opinion, they seem to form two circles of friendship, Twitter is the outer ring and then blog/facebook/linkedin/ning/email/wave? are the inner rings.

And yes Chris and Shelly, I’d love to write part 2. Stay tuned!

By: Shelly Terrell

Shelly Terrell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:28:39 +0000

Neal,

Thank you for posting this fabulous piece on Twitter. Chris made a great suggestion and perhaps you will do a part 2?

By: Chris Cotter

Chris Cotter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:39:01 +0000

Neal,

Very good post about Twitter, particularly the apt similarities between the social networking service and a party. I will say that many people likely see Twitter akin to a party, and therefore not much value beyond a bit of fun. But as you know, the service has provided invaluable to people’s personal learning networks. Maybe a second post about Twitter after the party, when everyone has the chance to rely on friends, friends and friends, and distant peers is needed?

Just a thought.

Again, great post.

Chris

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:07:11 +0000

Dear Neal,
After Twitter really took off this spring (at least as far as I can tell) during the relatively slow summer months I found it easier to drop by Twitter often to build relationships and follow what people were exploring, and loved it. Now that my schedule is full, I drop by just once or twice a day to see what my favorites have been up to, and find I’m particularly interested in what they’re blogging about or publishing for learners, as I prepare my next projects. Twitter is nice in that it keeps these communications short, so I can breeze through them. but I’m actually finding Facebook to be a more pleasant and “human” place to connect, with the pictures and videos. With my head full of things going on in my own world, I can relate better across the timezones and cultures when I can see your profile linked to more “real life”. I tend to use Twitter more “functionally” than Facebook, and no longer engage in much chitchat there. I’d be in our Ning groups more if I had more time, but that’s just not possible at the mo. Wonder if others are experiencing the same sort of thing -?

By: Sudam

Sudam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:18:08 +0000

The tragedy of twitter is the party just becomes a bit uncontrollable. twits are just twits to the sky. Twitter is slow and cannot just replace Instant Messaging that i love. Twit now, an answer or response is but a remote possibility.

Profiles are silent without a bio or blog or site. user name just does not match with name and it becomes a problem to memorize the names of followers. For example i know you from your blog. Know your name as your user-name matches with your name. But this is not the case with all.

In other site i know the names of all my friends but in twitter this is just opposite. Twitter can deliver umpteen number of tiny urls but just cannot replace live chatting. Personal knowing is not just possible. The tragedy is that not many followers have added me to chat clients. I have got chat buddies from other sites and that party is just enjoyable as it rocks and speedier too.

Anyway, again a well written guest post.

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