Comments on: 30 Twitter tips hath September: Ditch the Twitterfeed

By: Wade Kwon

Wade Kwon — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:33:47 +0000

Thanks, Debby. You’re right: Twitterfeed can be used for good instead of evil. However, I’ve seen many instances of the evil usages.

Your suggestions are spot on for helping those who want to use it to liven up their tweets.

By: DebbyBruck

DebbyBruck — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:30:26 +0000

You have many options when using twitterfeed and it is very useful. Be selective, choose infrequent updates, use the RSS Feed for specific news feeds. Intersperse the twitterfeed between live conversations and other items. The Feed may enhance a conversation and your Twitter interaction. Debby Bruck, Homeopathy World Community

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By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:27:55 +0000

Understood. Funny thing is, I’ve moved away from my feed reader, too.

As long as your readers are cool with it, that’s what matters most.

I’ve seen some media outlets do nothing but Twitterfeed, a huge missed opportunity on their part.

By: gwalter

gwalter — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:02:43 +0000

I disagree. I see Twitterfeed as a service to my readers. The people I talk to locally – the Portland Web/Tech/Blog community – are drifting away from RSS and more into real-time web (eg; Twitter, Friendfeed, etc). Some of us haven’t checked our feed reader in weeks. But if I see it come up on Twitter, I’m more likely to go read it.

In fact, when I’m checking Twitter on my bbPhone – and I see a post that looks interesting – I “favorite” the tweet and go check it later. In fact, that’s what I did when I saw your tweet about this post – which is why I’m just now reading it. I subscribe to your feed, but I’m more likely to read a post when I see it tweeted.

(I see your point about inauthenticity though – but in my case it is a service)

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