Tag: tweet
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Asynchronous and Absent
That describes the online conversations of so many Twitterers. Conversations happen over time. It might sometimes be days before you respond or reply to a tweet to you. You don’t even think anything about it when you don’t get a reply. Sometimes you might be surprised to get one immediately.…
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My Klout Influential Topics
I never check my Klout scores. It only means something to Klout people. I recently checked and happened to see my most influential topics. Since I only connect with Twitter and not Facebook, these are topics from just tweets. I’ll list them with a comment or two, and I don’t…
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Identity Accountability
Recently, I wrote about my Foodie Identity. I’m not even sure what that means, but one thing about any of your identities – your true friends will call you out on it. They will provide identity accountability for you even when you’re not asking for it. Every status update or…
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Tweets = Your State of Being
I just listened to a talk by @jayadelson – Sirchio Lecture – and he made a comment about how a tweet represents your state of being. You can tweet 24 hours a day. As I listened to his talk, I kept thinking about how cathartic it is to broadcast our…
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Your Online Identity
I saw the following tweet by Sally Hogshead, and it has implications for your online identity. SallyHogshead “If you *suck* in real life, you will *suck* online.” ~ @rory_vaden Your true self in the real world, will be the basis of all of your projected selves – whether online or…
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The Word Tweet
Is the word Tweet a word? It is definitely a colloquialism not meant for formal speech or writing. There is such a thing as a Tweet, but technically, you shouldn’t use it for formal speeches or writing. Just FYI. Why don’t you “tweet” this. Read this article if you want…
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Why We Keep Using the Internet
It provides us almost immediate positive reinforcements and that encourages us to keep coming back. When you click a link, you are given something to look at, experience, and play with. The actions are immediate – depending on who’s on. If you tweet, you can get retweeted. If you update…
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Emotions and Blogging
I saw this tweet on Twitter from @TheBeanCast. Here’s the tweet: TheBeanCast Blogging is emotionally draining when you actually put effort in it. Should just start posting links and snarky comments like everyone else. Of course I retweeted it, but I wanted to blog it as well. Blogging is not…
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Father’s Day Tweet
I was looking on Twitter yesterday. It was Father’s Day and I don’t even remember who’s profile it was so I’m sorry for whoever I originally read it from – It was a tweet that said something to the effect of – Happy Father’s Day to all of the single…
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Tweet Thought
I was talking to my friend Scott yesterday (here is his blog), and I asked him a question about urbanism and social media. I asked him for a response to my question, but I only wanted a tweet thought. I only wanted 140 characters – because if you can’t tweet…
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The Psychology of Retweeting
Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, group, or activity: the psychology of war. Retweet To forward a Twitter post that someone sent you. It is accomplished by starting the tweet with “rt@” or “retweet@” followed…