Tag: twitter

  • RTFBP is RTFM for blog posts

    RTFBP is RTFM for blog posts

    This is an apology to writers and content marketers for not reading their blog posts before firing off responses to their tweets and Facebook posts. Here is a new acronym: RTFBP.

  • The fundamental problem with @Twitter

    The fundamental problem with @Twitter

    The fundamental problem with Twitter is that it doesn’t give victims of abuse effective tools to fight the trolls.

  • Twitter says #ThankYouDad

    Twitter says #ThankYouDad

    Twitter celebrated Father’s Day with a fun series of tweets and the hashtag, #ThankYouDad. I love this stuff and had to share two tweets I enjoyed.

  • How best to contact someone new

    How best to contact someone new

    I don’t think there is a one-size-fits-all approach when you want to contact someone new. I think it depends very much on the individual and what that person’s preferred communication channels.

  • When 140 characters are not enough to rant

    When 140 characters are not enough to rant

    It would be great if Twitter stopped counting links in the 140 characters tweet limit but the prospect of that happening really doesn’t justify the media frenzy. Really, people!

  • No more device guilt

    No more device guilt

    All those notifications and conversations can rapidly become sources of guilt. One solution is just not to create the profiles in the first place.

  • Does it matter that Stephen Fry has quit Twitter?

    Does it matter that Stephen Fry has quit Twitter?

    Stephen Fry has quit Twitter and, while it seems significant that he has closed his account, I wonder how much it really matters?

  • What is Twitter good for?

    What is Twitter good for?

    So what is Twitter good for given the relatively low, meaningful engagement? The answer is probably “not much” if Twitter’s value is the extent to which it sends traffic to what you tweet about as opposed to focusing attention on itself.