Twitter is NOT Instant Messaging
January 21, 2008
Over the weekend, I had to stop following a Twitter user because they used the platform to have lengthy one-on-one discussions with other individual Tweets.
This is the equivalent of 2 people dominating the conversation at a dinner party - it’s mindnumbing for the rest of us.
If you find yourself engaging in a good conversation with just one other person, use the private message function. From there, you can exchange information to send emails or messages through an IM client.
Always know your audience, folks. Always know your audience!
Posted in Conversation Marketing, Social Media by Nathania Johnson
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January 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Oh, Nathania, I couldn’t agree more! It’s one thing to tweet back a couple times, but any more than that is just plain obnoxious. I only follow 23 people for that reason.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 am
Nathania, I’m normally a fairly quiet tweeter but I think If fell into that trap myself over the weekend…
All I can say is that it was a surprisingly easy one to fall into…
Joanna
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
this is so true! I had recently started using it and already feel so left out that I’m thinking twice to tweet about anything now… whats most discouraging is when your @someone tweet doesn’t get replied to, but you can see they are chatting away with other people.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Great points that I think we can easily lose site of.
Love the dinner party analogy.
January 25th, 2008 at 7:20 am
That’s just one of the many reasons I really can’t deal with Twitter on a daily basis.
I did have the Skype4Twiiter option working, but I was getting an avalanche of Tweets, which in the end killed my pig — so to speak…