Comments on: I’m HUGE on Twitter… + 5 other revelations to help you get started with an addictive social media pastime http://zerogcreative.com/archives/815 Zero G 2009 is Here! Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erik Wolfhttp://zerogcreative.com/archives/815/comment-page-1#comment-59 Erik Wolf Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:56:20 +0000 http://zerogcreative.com/?p=815#comment-59 Hey moedahoe, that's a good point -- the short answer is that I just can't read EVERYTHING that 900 people write during the course of a day. I keep close track of what certain people are doing (+ Tweetdeck helps me do that) and I read the rest the same as I would read a news site, I kinda skim + see what captures my interest.And I honestly don't spend THAT much time on Twitter. I probably spend an hour or so a day on average actively tweeting or reading. The most time consuming activity for me has actually been my new commitment to send every new follower a personal message. That one's bitten me in the butt a little this weekend as I've gathered up over 100 new followers. But I have (I believe) written just about everyone by now :) We'll see how long I can keep that up.-Erik. Hey moedahoe, that’s a good point — the short answer is that I just can’t read EVERYTHING that 900 people write during the course of a day. I keep close track of what certain people are doing (+ Tweetdeck helps me do that) and I read the rest the same as I would read a news site, I kinda skim + see what captures my interest.

And I honestly don’t spend THAT much time on Twitter. I probably spend an hour or so a day on average actively tweeting or reading. The most time consuming activity for me has actually been my new commitment to send every new follower a personal message. That one’s bitten me in the butt a little this weekend as I’ve gathered up over 100 new followers. But I have (I believe) written just about everyone by now :) We’ll see how long I can keep that up.

-Erik.

]]> By: moedahoehttp://zerogcreative.com/archives/815/comment-page-1#comment-58 moedahoe Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:46:17 +0000 http://zerogcreative.com/?p=815#comment-58 Nice summary. If I watch your account and I see that you follow 941 persons and see in your post above that you follow everybody who is following you. How much hours has your day? I'm just following 69 persons and already now it's hard for me to read all updates and to follow all the interessting stuff they are pointing at. I really appreciate your suggested twittequette but I don't see the benefit for users if they follow your suggestions. I like twitter and I like these 140 character thing but a direct value without spending a lot of time following has not appeared for me. Nice summary. If I watch your account and I see that you follow 941 persons and see in your post above that you follow everybody who is following you. How much hours has your day? I’m just following 69 persons and already now it’s hard for me to read all updates and to follow all the interessting stuff they are pointing at. I really appreciate your suggested twittequette but I don’t see the benefit for users if they follow your suggestions. I like twitter and I like these 140 character thing but a direct value without spending a lot of time following has not appeared for me.

]]> By: Alexander Straubhttp://zerogcreative.com/archives/815/comment-page-1#comment-57 Alexander Straub Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:44:57 +0000 http://zerogcreative.com/?p=815#comment-57 several applications are now building twitter into its core offering. So not only standalone twitter client exist. Apps like ((truphone)) which allow calling, IM on iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia have now build in twitter function. Meaning you do not have to switch apps to perform all these tasks. This is a big plus. http://www.truphone.com/iphone - Check it out several applications are now building twitter into its core offering. So not only standalone twitter client exist. Apps like ((truphone)) which allow calling, IM on iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia have now build in twitter function. Meaning you do not have to switch apps to perform all these tasks. This is a big plus. http://www.truphone.com/iphone – Check it out

]]> By: Erik Wolfhttp://zerogcreative.com/archives/815/comment-page-1#comment-56 Erik Wolf Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:38:53 +0000 http://zerogcreative.com/?p=815#comment-56 Different strokes for different folks I suppose :) I still know a few people that prefer to read their email in a web browser rather than with an email client though that drives me crazy... In my personal experience though -- and with the way I use the internet -- I almost always prefer to use clients than web browsers for almost anything communication-related.-Erik. Different strokes for different folks I suppose :) I still know a few people that prefer to read their email in a web browser rather than with an email client though that drives me crazy… In my personal experience though — and with the way I use the internet — I almost always prefer to use clients than web browsers for almost anything communication-related.

-Erik.

]]> By: Nicole Simonhttp://zerogcreative.com/archives/815/comment-page-1#comment-55 Nicole Simon Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:16:29 +0000 http://zerogcreative.com/?p=815#comment-55 Very nice article, though I disagree with your last point of only a client will get you all the results you need.Many people love clients and the user experience they provide, I loath them. Simple reason: They do not allow me to be as effective as search, tabs and a lot of muscle memory with keyboard shortcuts. Very nice article, though I disagree with your last point of only a client will get you all the results you need.

Many people love clients and the user experience they provide, I loath them. Simple reason: They do not allow me to be as effective as search, tabs and a lot of muscle memory with keyboard shortcuts.

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