Comments on: To Twit, or not to Twit http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2008/06/17/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/ by Neil McIntosh Wed, 04 May 2011 13:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Another Week in Online Journalism | Online Journalism Blog http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2008/06/17/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-25105 Another Week in Online Journalism | Online Journalism Blog Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:31:55 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/?p=685#comment-25105 [...] over whether you should use Twitter for live blogging at a [...] [...] over whether you should use Twitter for live blogging at a [...]

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2008/06/17/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-24354 Paul Bradshaw Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:35:24 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/?p=685#comment-24354 PPS: The big problem with Scribble and all over potential liveblogging services is they need a web connection. If one was to launch with the SMS facility of Twitter I'd be on there in a flash. PPS: The big problem with Scribble and all over potential liveblogging services is they need a web connection. If one was to launch with the SMS facility of Twitter I’d be on there in a flash.

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2008/06/17/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-24353 Paul Bradshaw Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:33:36 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/?p=685#comment-24353 I think you're being harsh on how you came across - seemed an eminently sensible reaction to me. I agree the biggest lesson here was how differently people use Twitter - I experience it as a far more conversational medium and less broadcast than you describe. I also simply expected people to unsub if they didn't want it, then resub later on. I underestimated how different people use it (Pete Ashton, for example, apparently clicks back to archive pages when he returns to it). The point about wanting to know what I *think* is a good one - I was to some extent taking notes in public. That was useful for me, and some others, but annoying for others. In the end, I took a risk and pissed some people off, but ultimately the mistakes were far more valuable than five extra followers. Although it would be lovely if you resubbed - I promise not to do it again. Honest. PS: @Anthony thanks for the Scribble tip, although it seems impossible to login. I think you’re being harsh on how you came across – seemed an eminently sensible reaction to me.
I agree the biggest lesson here was how differently people use Twitter – I experience it as a far more conversational medium and less broadcast than you describe. I also simply expected people to unsub if they didn’t want it, then resub later on. I underestimated how different people use it (Pete Ashton, for example, apparently clicks back to archive pages when he returns to it).
The point about wanting to know what I *think* is a good one – I was to some extent taking notes in public. That was useful for me, and some others, but annoying for others.
In the end, I took a risk and pissed some people off, but ultimately the mistakes were far more valuable than five extra followers. Although it would be lovely if you resubbed – I promise not to do it again. Honest.
PS: @Anthony thanks for the Scribble tip, although it seems impossible to login.

]]> By: Craig McGill http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2008/06/17/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-24277 Craig McGill Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:40:14 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/?p=685#comment-24277 It's a fair point - and one I noticed when I tweeted the Scottish Press Awards and a bundle of non-hacks unsubbed as the last thing they needed was fourteen or so tweets from me in the space of two hours. The one solution I thought of was to have a work Twitter and a personal Twitter but that brings a whole new set of problems. It’s a fair point – and one I noticed when I tweeted the Scottish Press Awards and a bundle of non-hacks unsubbed as the last thing they needed was fourteen or so tweets from me in the space of two hours.

The one solution I thought of was to have a work Twitter and a personal Twitter but that brings a whole new set of problems.

]]> By: Anthony Silverbrow http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2008/06/17/to-twit-or-not-to-twit/comment-page-1/#comment-24259 Anthony Silverbrow Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:38:04 +0000 http://www.completetosh.com/?p=685#comment-24259 I agree, there are other apps that do it better - are less intrusive and probably better as archives. <a href="http://www.scribblelive.com/" rel="nofollow">Scribble </a> looks like it does a pretty good job of it. I agree, there are other apps that do it better – are less intrusive and probably better as archives. Scribble looks like it does a pretty good job of it.

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