TechCrunch has some details of the changes we can expect to see to the mechanics of the ReTweet and even has some screen shots of how this could look on Twitter (the site):
From the looks of it, this could mean some pretty big changes on Twitter. As you can see in the mock-ups above and [...]
Twitter Changing The Way It ReTweets
NFL Loses Control Of The Message
According to the Washington Post, Twitter is allowing the players in camp to send out the message, not the Powers That Be in the NFL.
For the first time, fans aren’t dependent on media reports for training camp updates. Players themselves are divulging certain details, from the humorous to the inconsequential, using Twitter feeds.
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Twitter has ruffled [...]
Twitter Crackdown
Did your follow count just drop? I received an email from @tless that I’d lost 60 followers on Twitter. I’m not really phased by that, since I don’t really put much stock in how many people are following me. I mean, I want followers, but I only want quality followers who are engaging. According to [...]
A Glimpse Inside Twitter
Techcrunch has published some of the internal documents from Twitter they received. As they put it, Twitter isn’t exactly happy about this, but they’ve put this info out there with their approval.
Lots of great info there about their relationships with Google, Facebook and Microsoft. I’ve only had a chance to skim over it so far, [...]
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
It will be tweeted 130 characters at a time on Twitter.
Matt Stewart is tweeting an entire novel on the French Revolution. A pretty cool thing to start on Bastille Day.
He says the book has been shopped to several publishers already, but none bit on it. So why not publish it on Twitter? Just getting it [...]
Blogs Still Chasing Mainstream Media
Kirk Lapointe has some interesting results from a Cornell Study
As for the notion that the blogosphere originates stories that mainstream then adopts, the study found that only 3.5 per cent of stories started in social media.
I’ll buy that. I think what the blogosphere, and especially Twitter, does best is disperse the information. And really, I [...]
Twitter For Dummies?
I’m not a big fan of any of the “for Dummies” or “for Idiots” books. I’m not an idiot (ok, that’s open for debate), and I’d imagine most people who are can’t glean much knowledge from any book, no matter how dumbed down it is.
But Twitter For Dummies just makes me laugh.
I guess someone will [...]
Verification Vs. Speed Of A Breaking News Story
Blogs like TMZ and social media powerhouse Twitter may have broken the story of Michael Jackson’s death but the reality is that even the most casual news junkie wanted confirmation from an established journalism institution.
Simon Owens explains and shows Google Trend goodness on how this went down last week regarding the death of the King [...]
Aaron Brown Is Not A Fan Of Twitter
I don’t think Brown gets Twitter and he’s more than all right with that.
“It still seems more self-indulgent than relevant, but oddly, that’s what a lot of journalism is these days.”
Well, yeah, there is truth there as well. Personally, I like Aaron Brown and I appreciate his candor.
Twitter A Bigger Threat Than Blogs To Newspapers?
Here’s an interesting opinion piece in the Miami Herald on the difficulties newspaper management is having with social media, especially Twitter. On one hand, they want to encourage engagement. On the other hand, they don’t want to give away the store.
Not only has that horse left the barn, but the barn is burning down. Twitter [...]