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Re: If you Twitter it they will (maybe not) come

afallison — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:40:49 -0000

Twitter is awesome. I love the way disqus blogs integrate it so well. ;)

Re: If you Twitter it they will (maybe not) come

Damon — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:15:58 -0000

Dave - I agree with your note of caution. That is one of the reasons we went only with 'breaking' news in the feed - and also why I posted this blog entry - so people are aware of what/who is behind the effort.

I hope we continue to stay on the correct side of helpful vs irritating - but as I said above, it is difficult for a company to find its way.

I trust if there are things the community thinks we are doing right or wrong they will let us know - and we will do our best to improve on that advice.

thanks for the note.

Re: If you Twitter it they will (maybe not) come

Dave — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:10:45 -0000

I thought twice before deciding to follow, because a cursory glance at the twitters made it pretty obvious that this was an automatic tweeter, and you had seeded your followers by doing exactly what you had described: hitting people who appeared to be in the area.

This ordinarily would have been lame, but one thing I've found is that Twitter helps provide a sense of "what's going on" in my virtual community, without demanding too much attention. A local newspaper news feed fits in very well.