Everyone with an internet connection and/or a mobile phone is tweeting now-a-days . While that is a very good thing and basically the essence of everything twitter stands for , we need to remember that twitter is also a forum . When we say that , we mean that there is a huge number of people who can potentially read your tweets . Some of them read them and then there are some others who might react on twitter . There is also a third possibility of your tweets affecting your real world life in many ways . So what should and shouldn’t we tweet ? Let us discuss this today

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Everyone loves twitter for different reasons , but the most common ones being the sheer number of people you get to meet and the amount of information that is on offer .That being said and noted , there is the ugly side of twitter , there are all sorts of spammers lurking around to wreak havoc on your timeline and even your identity . So we need to be able to identify and handle spammers effectively if we are to make twitter useful and pleasant . Let us take a good look at the types of spammers in this post

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Twitter is a lovely place to get info from all over the world , this is a plus and a minus . Plus because of the sheer depth of information and minus because of redundant information and the number of updates that you need to read in any given instant of time . This gets more complicated if you throw in the additional variable of the number of people you follow . If you are following more than five hundred people , you will understand what I am talking about , it is really tough to keep up with updates in your time-line . So how do you read the good stuff and not miss it ? Simple , the answer is Twitter Update Management or TUM as I fondly call it !

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Off late we are seeing a new trend that mainstream media uses twitter to source stories and data . There are also media houses that have openly admitted that twitter gets you breaking news faster than them . So a layman asks , Will twitter replace mainstream news media ? Let us try and answer that question in this post .Will that really happen ? How has twitter changed the news game ?

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One of the most difficult things to do in Twitter is to manage your campaign. Due to the real time nature of Twitter, reaching the network at the right time is of utmost important. This requires a continuous involvement of the user to day 24/7 and tweet on regular interval. But what if you could plan the campaign and automate the whole process. Well, you have come to the right place. There is this new tool in the market that allows you to schedule your selected status and post them to your chosen channel in regular interval.

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I keep hearing people say that tweeting is not letting them blog or that tweeting is going to kill blogging eventually .This is somewhat a trend now and more and more people are saying this and trying to be fashionable . Let us take that question up and try to deliberate on this in this post . After all it is the New Year and reflection is in order .So I will take this as my debating point for 2010 . Let us go in detail

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Twitter is a HUGE network of people and it’s sheer magnitude makes for a lot of new phenoms that weren’t around earlier .One of the more interesting offshoots of tweets is the Re tweet or an RT as it is popularly called .And off late ,a lot has been said and written about thanking for RTs and the various effects it has on one’s time-line. I wanted to think clearly and decide what I want to do about this and here is what I think about thanking tweeps for RTs .Here is my take on this whole issue .

First of all , what is the effect of an RT ? An RT gets you into hitherto unheard places in the complicated twitter network . The people who follow the person who RTs you may not be following you and hence not get to see your tweets , but when you’re RT-ed they do .That takes you tweet into better visibility and the possibility of you getting followed from those networks also goes up . So a simple RT basically works like a network builder . Not only that , RTs build your reputation too , more you get RT-ed , better your reputation on twitter . The popular tweeps are RT-ed very often and by a large number of people . So , in conclusion and RT is a shot in the arm for anyone who is trying to grow on twitter .

Now coming to the topic of this post . When people RT you , what you do is up to you the person . I always thank people who RT me . I do not mind my time-line having tweets that have a list of handles and a thanks message . After all when they are taking me into their network , it is only fair that I return the favor and take them into mine. It is like returning a handshake with one . It also enhances my reputation as an interactive person and not a sermonizer . And in some way , I feel that doing this increases the possibility of me getting RT-ed again . Having said that , there are friends on twitter with whom I am very close and we RT each other without bothering with the formality of thanking one another . But that is more an exception and less a rule in my case .

In summary , I believe that I should tweet people the same way that I want to be tweeted and RTs are worth their weight in gold and need to be respected . Just my 2 cents .

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Twitter is such a brilliant platform to meet people just going by the sheer number and variety of people with whom you can easily connect with on it. This is such a big surprise to so many people that they get carried away and loose it , instead of building a network , they end up building up numbers or not building at all. The meaningful leverage of twitter is only possible if networking is taken seriously and worked upon . Else you will have numbers on your twitter page that are just numbers and nothing else. So here goes what I learnt about building friends on twitter .

1. Tweet meaningful things : Gone are the days when tweeting about forgetting to tie your shoelaces was trendy on twitter , it is now passe and the onus now is on sharing , discussing and informing . So if you have been overtly tweeting mundane stuff like the drip of sauce on your dog’s brow , after the first tweet , it gets buggy and people don’t like it . Grab eyeballs say meaningful things and share info . Engage in conversations , that is the twitter strategy that will work
2. Stop pedestal level tweets : Tweets that are sounding like a prophet delivering a sermon from a mountain will get you nowhere , at the best you will sound like Reggie from Archies
3. It is not just about reciprocation : Within your network , do not base a relationship just on you tweet me and I will tweet you . Ask , Understand , help out and hear out what people say . The mutual sharing should be voluntary and pleasing not forced and mechanical
4. Meet in person : This is a deal cincher , if you can meet as many of your local tweeps as possible, the relationship is solid and well founded . They can also related to you better .Tweet-ups are a good means for this
5. Expect the unexpected : Sometimes conversations go out of hand even with your friends , accept that like in real life and ensure that you argue but don’t fight , it’s ok to differ but don’t irk or get irked beyond a point . That is detrimental
6. IntelliDM : Use the DM feature intelligently to talk about things that may not look nice on the time-line , that way , the conversation is private and confidential

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The twitter DM or Direct Messages as they expand to are now being touted as equivalent to or the next e-mail system and are buzzing everywhere . It is a wonderful feature no doubt but a few changes to it will definitely go a long way in making the DM more useful and the twitter experience more pleasing. From my little head , the following things could be added to make DMs better and effective and their management easier

1. Batch Select and process : There should be a “Select All” , “Archive” , “Delete” option in the DM page that would allow a tweep to select all or a few DMs and process them in batches , the current method of dealing with each message separately makes it very strenuous and tough to delete a lot of the useless things that get accumulated over time .Currently it is a pain and the possibility of accidentally deleting a useful and genuine DM meant for me is very high .Additionally there could be a radio-button adjoining each message that facilitates selective batch inclusion
2. Message Flagging : Twitter could try and look for patterns like Dojo , gift , Britney , MLM , Forex, Teeth Whitening and the like and flag them in a different color , one look and we know what to read and what to delete .That would be a blessing
3. Message Replication at recipient : The current scheme of DMs is implemented in such a way that if I send you a DM and you delete it , it disappears from my sent box and your inbox . This works both ways , If I accidentally delete something that you sent , it is gone from both sides forever .This can be solved by enabling replication and not linking of the message at the recipient end , that would mean that one copy of the message is potentially safe . In the scenario of someone sending me and objectionable DM and me wanting to sue , he can just delete it and deny it’s existence , poof ! So we really need a snapshot view and not a linked view
4. Sender qualification : Unless someone follows me , he shouldn’t be able to send me a DM , otherwise , replying is a mess and we will be left begging someone to follow you to respond to any DM that they sent you
5. Archive option : Like I mentioned in the first point , there should be an archive into which I can put selected DMs into for future reference , this need not hold all DMs , I should be able to select what gets archived

If all these get implemented , the DM system would be unbeatable

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