Twitter, Anyone?
Recently, I began fiddling around again with my twitter account, and I have to admit that I'm left somewhat bemused. Beaming out laconic message about me throughout the day would bore my "followers" to tears. I just don't lead an exciting life. Plus which, I'm not sure I can come up with a slew of witty or funny one-liners like those I keep reading in the tweets. I guess I'd rather try to be witty and funny while writing my novels. That's not to say the other writers shouldn't be tweeting since they are engaging and humorous. One thing I don't get is the "following" and "followers" aspects of Twitter. I grasp what they are, but how do you get them? Or do they just come to you? I also wonder if writers, especially those like me, could suffer from overexposure if they tweet numerous times. "Oh look, here's another dumb tweet sent by Lynskey. I'll never read or buy one of his books." Like I said, I just don't know.
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Mar 11, 2011 03:29AM
I love twitter and I don't have a very exciting life. I share what's on my mind (eg. yesterday I got attacked by a side table in IKEA - in return for sharing I got some sympathy back). I also find it valuable for finding out info, what the traffic's upto locally, where to get my hair cut at night and what on earth is that rumour about a siege down the road? I easily got followers and people to follow as I had an existing social network through Flickr and book sites.
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Ellie wrote: "I love twitter and I don't have a very exciting life. I share what's on my mind (eg. yesterday I got attacked by a side table in IKEA - in return for sharing I got some sympathy back). I also find ..."Okay, thanks, Ellie. Your shared insights help me to see the other possibilities with twitter.
I see Twitter as another means to extend your "voice" into a medium where it's not present, and share/collaborate with others. You don't have to be chock-a-block with one-liners, but I'd refrain from tweeting things like "Time for lunch - think i'll try Subway today!" and other droll bits that don't provide any insight into who you are or why people should share in your life.I follow people who interest me, and (more infrequently) those who post links to interesting content. Those who share interests with me or interact with me may get followed to.
To gain followers, interact with others, follow people (some will auto-follow back, others will check to see if you have anything interesting to say), and tweet things that people will want to see on their tweet-stream.
If you find your writing suffering from spending too much time/energy on Twitter, it's probably not in the right priority balance for you. But if you are thinking about something and think other people might be interested, share it and see what kind of response you get back...
Ross wrote: "I see Twitter as another means to extend your "voice" into a medium where it's not present, and share/collaborate with others. You don't have to be chock-a-block with one-liners, but I'd refrain f..."That's a good explanation, Ross. Thank you for your thoughts and approaches with twitter.
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