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  Joseph Thornley

  1 year ago

  Mathew, I personally view Twitter as a vehicle for conversation with the people whose ideas and blogs I find interesting. And this is reflected in the fact that I follow about 80% of the people who follow me.
  
  This isn't a criticism, just an observation. The fact that you follow only 1 in 10 of the people who follow you suggests that you have a different view of Twitter. Combine that with the fact that you tweet about every one of your blog posts and it raises the question: Do you view it primarily as a promotional vehicle - another way to attract attention and promote traffic to your blog?
  
  I'm not suggesting that there is anything wrong with that. But I think that if you look at the follower/following ratio, it's a quick giveaway of whether people see Twitter as conversation or marketing.
  
  Just a thought. :-)
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  mathewi

  1 year ago

  A fair point, Joe.
  
  To be honest, I would have to say that my view of Twitter -- like my
  view of blogs -- is that it's somewhere in that grey area between
  marketing and conversation.
  
  Do I want people to know about and read my new blog posts? Sure I do.
  Do I want to have a conversation with them about those posts?
  Definitely.
  
  Like I said, my view continues to evolve. Thanks for the input.
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  webomatica

  1 year ago

  So when do we get "Techmeme: Twitter Edition"?
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  mitchjoel

  1 year ago

  I also find it fascinating that my twitter profile ranks higher than my LinkedIn profile when I do an ego-surf on "mitch joel" in Google. There does seem to be a strong appetite for the content in twitter.
  
  My primary use to flick out there short snippets or insights that are not "Blog-worthy." I try not to post in twitter stuff I have in my other channels.
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