Comments on: What I learned Friday night on Twitter

By: Twitter This Week + SMU Twitter Experiment Results « Unique-Frequency

Twitter This Week + SMU Twitter Experiment Results « Unique-Frequency — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:27:02 +0000

[...] also picked up what you can learn in one night on Twitter from Eric Berlin, an experiment I’m definitely going to try out in the next week or so. [...]

By: Is Twitter the new RSS reader? ¦ Online Media Cultist

Is Twitter the new RSS reader? ¦ Online Media Cultist — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:59:26 +0000

[...] What I learned Friday night on Twitter [...]

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:17:45 +0000

I’ve certainly known myself to go through obsessive phases, so I’m curious to see if my affection for Twitter will be the same six months from now. I was a relatively early adopter, then drifted away for a period (along with blogging!) during a particularly busy stretch at work, but now am back on (off?) the wagon. But for now it’s fun and I’m certainly learning a lot about the site and community by writing about it and thinking about it. Glad you enjoyed!

By: Daryl

Daryl — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:38:03 +0000

I know exactly what you mean. I think it’s probably the subject most written about on my blog as well! Looking forward to reading more from you.

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:09:29 +0000

Thanks so much Daryl, really appreciate it!

It’s getting difficult to not write about Twitter everyday for me lately.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:46:31 +0000

Eric, dropping by from Louis Gray’s site. Love this post on Twitter. I’m inspired to do a similar post in the future!

By: The FriendFeed and Twitter connection ¦ Online Media Cultist

The FriendFeed and Twitter connection ¦ Online Media Cultist — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:02:08 +0000

[...] What I learned Friday night on Twitter [...]

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:20:35 +0000

Lee, you bring up some good points about tailoring the list of Twitterers that you follow to meet your interests. For example, it’s easy enough to stop following those who “shout out” (and you can even block people that truly bug you).

And as for those who only respond when you give them an @theirname… sounds like they’re following your tweets, that sounds like a good thing, right?

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:27:55 +0000

I agree that you do get quite a mix when paying attention. I enjoy the benefits of learning my my network but sometimes it’s frustrating because you do encounter “all kinds.” Most frustrating to me are the people who are only interested in shouting out tweets as if in a crowded room in a party, but only speaking to themselves, announcing what they are doing (and puffing themselves, “At airport, waiting for plane to give big keynote at big conference, for big people”). Then there’s people you want to converse with who will respond to you if you @theirname, but have no interest in your conversations otherwise (obvious because they don’t and won’t follow you, no matter how many times you have conversed with them back and forth). I’ve posted about my use of Twitter quite a bit on my blog and I it’s helped me and my group of educators quite a bit, but the jury is still out about how long this is going to stick around.

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:36:47 +0000

Very interesting question, Jack. I suppose most of them are “news” in one way or another. I think one of the true benefits of Twitter is that it’s stuff that’s unique and and accessible. It’s news, information, updates, gossip, and chatter that’s difficult to find elsewhere, aggregated nicely on my own personal feed on my Twitter profile.

Some of it is true news that’s ahead of the curve, and some of it feels like you’re listening in on an “inside” chat between web insiders.

I think you’re right in saying that it’s something of a highly personalized news service. And let’s remember too that the short bursts — 140 characters max each — fits in so nicely. That lets people post via mobile as well as web, it makes posting and keeping up both very easy.

Just thinking now that keeping up with 300 or 400 feeds (and some keep up with far more somehow!) isn’t quite insane on Twitter. That too really contributes to building a large and vibrant community.