Comments on: lost in ..twitter

By: burNMind

burNMind — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:31:25 +0000

Thanks for your comments. I like the idea of the chatroom and i think this is the way i’m gonna try to use it from now on.

By: Mary Hamilton

Mary Hamilton — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:53:35 +0000

I found it really daunting at first, but now (about two months in) I’ve had a bit of a perspective adjustment which has made things much easier.

Instead of thinking of Twitter as a series of important statements – like a blog – think of it more as a chatroom, or something like Facebook status updates. It’s not necessarily important to catch up on what’s happened while you were gone, or even to follow everything that’s going on right now – just drop in and out, pick up what you’re interested in when you’re there, but don’t worry over much about what’s going on when you’re not.

A lot of people will reiterate things at more convenient times for you, and it’s worth keeping a closer eye on the people you really interact with, but if you try to follow everything you’ll overload very quickly. Thinking of Twitter as a constant conversation that I can dip into whenever it’s convenient or necessary has really helped me get to grips with it.

By: DariaM

DariaM — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:43:08 +0000

I don’t think there is a way to read all tweets! It’s quite impossible for me. I just read what has been said at the time I log in and I also try to read as many tweets I can from people that share with me the same interests! I ‘ve seen people following more than 1,000 and I’m sure they can’t read every single tweet! So keep your followers to a normal number and try to read people that you ‘re interested in.

By: burNMind

burNMind — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:52:36 +0000

I’m gonna try the add-on, seems very interesting! Thanks

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:20:18 +0000

Similar experience here for the first month or two… but after a while you get used to scanning very quickly and only choosing the very best tweets to follow up on.

I also recently downloaded a nice Firefox add-on called TooManyTabs, which allows you to save pages just above your tab bar until you are ready to read them. That way, you don’t have to bookmark etc. (They don’t disappear when you shut down, either…) TooManyTabs is certainly worth a look.