Comments on: The Trouble with Twitter: Automated Tweets and Self-Publicity http://techticker.net/2008/02/16/the-trouble-with-twitter-automated-tweets-and-self-publicity/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Abhilash Pillai http://techticker.net/2008/02/16/the-trouble-with-twitter-automated-tweets-and-self-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-7024 Abhilash Pillai Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:39:44 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1484#comment-7024 I did saw some tweets which appeared to be from me but actually they were not. Some sort of auto tweet or more precisely should be said as a hack. Don't know whats wrong with tweeter. I did saw some tweets which appeared to be from me but actually they were not. Some sort of auto tweet or more precisely should be said as a hack. Don’t know whats wrong with tweeter.

]]> By: jelo http://techticker.net/2008/02/16/the-trouble-with-twitter-automated-tweets-and-self-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-5137 jelo Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:30:42 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1484#comment-5137 The beauty of Twitter is that you can follow and un-follow who you choose. You can also preview their profile and past tweets to see if they are of interest to you before you follow them. These self-righteous twitiquette nazis can fume all they want for all I care. Its up to the individual user to use this tool to best suit their needs within the guidelines of the Twitter TOS and the laws of the country they reside. Don't dictate to me how to use my account just don't follow me. Easy as that. The beauty of Twitter is that you can follow and un-follow who you choose. You can also preview their profile and past tweets to see if they are of interest to you before you follow them. These self-righteous twitiquette nazis can fume all they want for all I care. Its up to the individual user to use this tool to best suit their needs within the guidelines of the Twitter TOS and the laws of the country they reside. Don’t dictate to me how to use my account just don’t follow me. Easy as that.

]]> By: sophie http://techticker.net/2008/02/16/the-trouble-with-twitter-automated-tweets-and-self-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-2958 sophie Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:10:19 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1484#comment-2958 I think there are other valid uses for an autotwitter tech. Picking up on the education element -- I work with students on their vocab. A daily tweet helps them with their goal of acquiring a new tough word a day. For the system to work I don't *need* to craft a word each day -- I could in theory pre-load all of the words and let them flow out, one per day. Which would give the students exactly what they wanted without having to have a live person text each day. I think there are other valid uses for an autotwitter tech.

Picking up on the education element — I work with students on their vocab. A daily tweet helps them with their goal of acquiring a new tough word a day. For the system to work I don’t *need* to craft a word each day — I could in theory pre-load all of the words and let them flow out, one per day. Which would give the students exactly what they wanted without having to have a live person text each day.

]]> By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/02/16/the-trouble-with-twitter-automated-tweets-and-self-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Mike Bogle Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:50:33 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1484#comment-45 Amen to that Frank. As I said, certainly there will be people in the Twittersphere who are plain abusers of link-spam, but they won't or shouldn't get followed by anyone who has a problem with link-spam. In the absolute worst case there's also the block button. But truth be told I've never had to use it, so I don't even know what it does. When you are on the avante garde of eLearning and educational technology all related information is valuable, whether it is original content or links to published studies. I welcome links personally. That said, I'm sure not everyone is in this category. But again, this is the power of choice. Don't like someone's tweets? Don't follow them. Thanks for stopping by BTW, I'll be adding you to my blogroll :) Cheers, Mike Amen to that Frank. As I said, certainly there will be people in the Twittersphere who are plain abusers of link-spam, but they won’t or shouldn’t get followed by anyone who has a problem with link-spam.

In the absolute worst case there’s also the block button. But truth be told I’ve never had to use it, so I don’t even know what it does.

When you are on the avante garde of eLearning and educational technology all related information is valuable, whether it is original content or links to published studies. I welcome links personally.

That said, I’m sure not everyone is in this category. But again, this is the power of choice. Don’t like someone’s tweets? Don’t follow them.

Thanks for stopping by BTW, I’ll be adding you to my blogroll :)

Cheers,

Mike

]]> By: Frank http://techticker.net/2008/02/16/the-trouble-with-twitter-automated-tweets-and-self-publicity/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Frank Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:15:29 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1484#comment-44 Hi Mike ... some things just need to be said. I agree. One twitterfeed auto-tweet every 24 hours from someone that you choose to follow should be a good thing. I like to be reminded by coolcatteacher, langwitches, others, and the new and emerging players that don't yet have a wide-reaching but fresh voice in edublogospere. If I see after some time that there is no value to follow someone, I can simply stop following them. But, I appreciate the gentle nudge to be welcomed into their "blog homes" as a guest. After all, what is the real difference between dropping someone else's URL or your own? The only people in my tweet circle are other edubloggers ... so my content and their content should be relevant to our shared interests. We choose who we follow. Anyone that complains about unwanted tweets is really showing their own inability to manage things properly rather than someone else's. Like I mentioned to you yesterday in a tweet. If auto-tweeting your own blog posts is a "crime" against proper tweetiquette, then buddy-up with someone and co-tweet! Zero "spam" but same results! Haha! :) Frank http://franksblog.edublogs.org Hi Mike … some things just need to be said. I agree. One twitterfeed auto-tweet every 24 hours from someone that you choose to follow should be a good thing. I like to be reminded by coolcatteacher, langwitches, others, and the new and emerging players that don’t yet have a wide-reaching but fresh voice in edublogospere. If I see after some time that there is no value to follow someone, I can simply stop following them. But, I appreciate the gentle nudge to be welcomed into their “blog homes” as a guest.

After all, what is the real difference between dropping someone else’s URL or your own? The only people in my tweet circle are other edubloggers … so my content and their content should be relevant to our shared interests. We choose who we follow. Anyone that complains about unwanted tweets is really showing their own inability to manage things properly rather than someone else’s.

Like I mentioned to you yesterday in a tweet. If auto-tweeting your own blog posts is a “crime” against proper tweetiquette, then buddy-up with someone and co-tweet! Zero “spam” but same results! Haha!
:) Frank
http://franksblog.edublogs.org

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