tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post2894602632149361358..comments2024-03-26T06:07:35.453+01:00Comments on Kalinago English: Why Twitter lists are a good ideaKALINAGO ENGLISHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-74919005052002970012009-11-25T19:58:03.682+01:002009-11-25T19:58:03.682+01:00Karenne,
Ironically, I came across this post whil...Karenne,<br /><br />Ironically, I came across this post while building twists. I only have 461 followers, but it has gotten to be too much to handle. I'm clicking on each person's page, reading their bio, and navigating to their blog (if they have one). It's a time-consuming process, but I have a better idea how to organize them.<br /><br />I think twists will become better than TweetDeck groups because they will be accessible through the API, making it possible for Twitter clients to access them. With TweetDeck (TD), groups are only visible from within TD. That's bad because they cannot be accessed from other apps. I use TD on my Mac and Tweetie on my iPhone.<br /><br />Thanks for a great post. I added you to my blogroll today.<br /><br />Bill (@bmontana)Bill Montanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329746799832400665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-34280342871075056282009-11-04T17:43:43.863+01:002009-11-04T17:43:43.863+01:00It will prove to be a boon to organize followers i...It will prove to be a boon to organize followers into various categories. it is not easy to keep tab with large number of followers. And this list feature will lessen the hassle. Twitter needs to evolve more to embrace various features of other social networking sites. Of late twitter has become the victim of hacking and twitter need to secure the accounts of its users.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, better late than never and the List feature that is in the twitdeck as Group is a welcome change and in days to come this will be love by all. Regrettably, it is not user friendly though made for users. <br /><br />let's cross fingers and hope for better. <br /><br />thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-6691421855746400352009-11-04T12:07:16.134+01:002009-11-04T12:07:16.134+01:00Hi, Karenne,
I couldn't agree with you more! ...Hi, Karenne,<br /><br />I couldn't agree with you more! I felt Twitter was getting out of control and, like you, with so many responsibilities, I felt I was missing a lot. Many times I spent hours without checking tweets and when I did I couldn't go back.<br />Thanks for sharing this insightful blog.<br />Regards from Argentina,<br />MarisaMarisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736975192139538502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-64055009077881134092009-11-04T05:15:00.278+01:002009-11-04T05:15:00.278+01:00Karenne, I want to thank you for introducing me to...Karenne, I want to thank you for introducing me to Twitter via this blog. It has led me to some fantastic links and resources that I would never have discovered otherwise.<br />But I also want to curse you for that advice about following people back. It gets so unmanagable and <br />I think we should both do some pruning. I'll be following you though. :-)vickihttp://www.vickihollett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-40406862727148329132009-11-02T22:42:26.306+01:002009-11-02T22:42:26.306+01:00I think lists are great, I like being able to brea...I think lists are great, I like being able to break things up into categories, Friends, news, twitter stuff, Local and Global and specific topics of interest...<br />I can put a person in two or more lists if it seems appropriate. I can make my lists public or private.<br />I could care less about the numbers and certainly won't be concerned if I'm never listed! <br />I would hate to be on the "Not Recommended" list though!<br />Thanks for a good post on the topic! Obviously, I agree, I do believe it is a tool for me!Our Enchanted Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462272601248590724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-78396614006496815462009-11-02T16:47:13.474+01:002009-11-02T16:47:13.474+01:00I'm still in the dark about twitter, but I don...I'm still in the dark about twitter, but I don't really feel that my quality of life is suffering because of it.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in an effort at a free bit of shameless publicity, Karenne, your UK readers might like to trip over to my blog and vote on this: "NOVEMBER POLL: Whose interests do the British Council and English UK serve via their accreditation processes?"<br /><br />I'm hoping for a big turnout on this one, chaps!The TEFL Tradesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213645150599522343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-88048849755002989882009-11-01T20:05:11.188+01:002009-11-01T20:05:11.188+01:00Hi Ana,
Yes, sorry - from the twitter page, right...Hi Ana,<br /><br />Yes, sorry - from the twitter page, right click over the person's name then scroll down to "copy link location" paste that into the spreadsheet.<br /><br />Once you've organized your list into categories, click on the links and then add them.<br /><br />If you're not using categories, say just creating one list, then instead of taking it to a spreadsheet, take the url (link) and paste in a new window.<br /><br />Hope that helps, thanks for your question.<br /><br />KarenneKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-79777943195752772692009-11-01T20:01:53.492+01:002009-11-01T20:01:53.492+01:00How do you transfer the names of the people from t...How do you transfer the names of the people from the spreadsheet on to a list? I don't get it.Ana Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-13019220708497631312009-11-01T19:57:44.452+01:002009-11-01T19:57:44.452+01:00That's a very good question emapey, - when I f...That's a very good question emapey, - when I first got on to twitter the rule written everywhere was "follow those who follow you" so I did.<br /><br />It's only with experience (and learning about Dunbar, tweeted to me by Scott Thornbury) and also reading Seth Godin's recent rants about twitter that I learned the difference.<br /><br />Honestly, the numbers just kind of crept up on me - trust me when I say that I didn't expect this, or the confusion it would cause ;-).<br /><br />Also, how do you decide right off the bat, who is going to be a good tweeter and who not - I take your point, Nick, but some of the people I thought I wouldn't enjoy following (that day they were only tweeting about nonsense) have really turned into intimate friends.<br /><br />I don't think a person be too quick to judge who should be in their PLN and who not. Especially as so many newcomers join Twitter.<br /><br />I think it's much better to work this out over time or you can end up only following "VIP" types and then miss out on real, long-lasting friendships (even with some of VIP types ;-))!<br /><br />KKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-84332403217381247652009-11-01T18:33:11.794+01:002009-11-01T18:33:11.794+01:00You wrote: "I'm about quality, not quanti...You wrote: "I'm about quality, not quantity, so how to work it while sticking to my Dunbar?" <br /><br />Why do you follow so many people if you know about the Dunbar Number (quality over quantity)?<br /><br />I think that Twitter lists can be useful for those who read tweets from the web and are following 200+ users. But you already have groups available in TweetDeck<br /><br />You don't want your name to be associated with a list you don't likeemapeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736150213901187508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-70826524927631533002009-11-01T18:11:57.747+01:002009-11-01T18:11:57.747+01:00The number of people I follow on Twitter is still ...The number of people I follow on Twitter is still under 100. Perhaps I'm not following enough people, but I love my list at the moment. I'm only following people that tweet lots of good stuff. Generally, if someone follows me or if I hear of a good tweeter I pull up their last 20 tweets. If I think their tweets are good I follow them. If they are simply general conversation tweets or lots of random stuff, I won't follow them. This keeps my list down and increases the information value of the tweets I do see although I admit I only check Twitter maybe 3 times a day, so I can still miss a lot.<br /><br />The lists seem like a useful idea if things become unmanageable though.Nick Jaworskihttp://turklishtefl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-69765108924824847252009-11-01T17:15:03.513+01:002009-11-01T17:15:03.513+01:00Hi Glennie
Well, I truly hope I don't actuall...Hi Glennie<br /><br />Well, I truly hope I don't actually become a TEFL supernova: in reality I like an easy and quiet life hiding behind my computer, the bloggin's for fun. <br /><br />Sorry about the terrible tweets at times - note to self: do not tweet when fed up by type A gorilla-in-the-jungle behavior -LOL. I wonder if "they'll" see that <i>(sorry, boys, it's a joke and you're in my twists anyway).</i><br /><br />And I agree with you, Glennie, although only in part about the DM conversations as sometimes am highly amused by the random conversations about clothes or whatnot (which is part of the reason for being on twitter - for the laugh) and by even at times, by the arguments!<br /><br />Keeping track of the useful tweets - pah, got no idea, I agree: sublime-ridiculous-sublime, honestly, I do think the twists will help with that!<br /><br />The difference between groups on Tweetdeck versus Tw-lists:<br /><br />I'm not sure what your deck looks like or how people you've got in your groups so am not sure what you get to see everyday.<br /><br />In my groups , given that some are larger than others, there are only a certain number of tweets available for viewing - sometimes, say a whole bunch of people are all tweeting at 'x'time on a Wednesday, in Europe, then the people in Japan or the people in South America completely disappear from this stream... and so with time, each day, I then find myself falling-out-of-touch with (and no longer RTng the work of) some of my absolute favorite people globally... which then makes me feel like I'm being a bad friend and/or a bad Ning Mistress (Ning is the site I run the bloggers' group on).<br /><br />Hope that helps!<br /><br />KKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-68539776833027912692009-11-01T16:17:15.059+01:002009-11-01T16:17:15.059+01:00Karenne
What's the difference between making ...Karenne<br /><br />What's the difference between making a list in Twitter and creating a group in Tweetdeck?Glenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070944802376336205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-8538161623598346872009-11-01T13:37:51.153+01:002009-11-01T13:37:51.153+01:00The problem I have is that I went to the lists of ...The problem I have is that I went to the lists of a couple of people who I followed and simply decided to follow everyone that they follow.<br /><br />I now receive an enormous number of tweets, some of which are useful/interesting and some of which are definitely not. <br /><br />Part of the problem is that people often publish Tweets publicly when they should actually have published DMs. We all need to be far more disciplined about this: the entertaining 'conversation' you are having with one person is not necessarily of very much interest to other Twitter users.<br /><br />The other part of the problem is that I am not really able to keep track of who regularly tweets in a useful/interesting way, with a few exceptions. A lot of people go from the sublime to the ridiculous and back to the sublime, and I don't see how I will ever get to be able to sort them out as there are so many!<br /><br />(30 hours Karenne! No wonder you get stressed out at times. Be careful of burn out. I'd rather you did less tweeting and still have you around in the future than have you turn into a TEFL supernova. :->Glenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070944802376336205noreply@blogger.com