All very true. I have learned so much from Twitter it is hard to imagine how I ever got to know anything before it. And how so many people can squeeze so much humour into 160 characters always amazes me.
Hi, find this post really apt as I am just new to twitter and it is really hard to figure out the etiquette at first!
Also, not many people I know in 'real life' use it so it's a totally new experience to communicate with people you would never talk to on, say, facebook.
I love Twitter and prefer it to Facebook. I can't say I've ever had any run-ins with the type of cyber meanies you talk about in the post. Perhaps I've been lucky. If there's one negative about technology, it's opened the door to a lot more destructive behaviour over a wider plain. There's no excuse for it. End of.
I was literally going to write a post about this very thing today.
I am now on private so I can see the lurkers. Too many people follow you just to get info that they can then use in DM bitching sessions, at least on private you can see quickly which groups follow just to bitch. However being on private is like partially being involved in twitter as you cant talk to everyone so its annoying.
I despise conversations that go like this: "I hate a certain blogger" "who?" "not causing drama" "DM'ed you"
Very true, I've notice some school like behaviour from some people that I follow but I now tend to either not read their posts or unfollow them completely.
I find Twitter a fantastic place for networking, like you I get a lot of laughs from posts and have found some amazing blogs to read (like yours!)
I love twitter and have a group I happily call my twitterfamily. I have seen the negative side to it, and you do need tough skin sometimes. But usually it's a great place to be.
Indeed Jane, indeed! If not for Tweeter, I wouldn't have started blogging and met many, including yourself! So all in all good. I do agree that yes it is a very easy place for people, grown ups mind, to behave like right old idiots and school kids. To which I say come on, let's all just play nice and get along. I try to practice that in tweeter and in real life and hopefully it helps maintain a generally positive vibe with people I meet both professionally and virtually. xx
I love reading this post, so so true. I adore Twitter but so many of my friends think it's just weird & is just like facebook statuses which it sooo isn't. I love chatting to like-minded people who are mad about make-up & blogging which I just can't do in the 'real' world with my 'real' friends xx
Great post! Having experienced the good and one brief flurry of the bad on twitter I know exactly where you are coming from. I am still not completely comfortable with the etiquette of twitter and just as in real life am loathe to leap into a conversation between people that I follow but who don't follow me and so don't know me from adam, but of course they never will if I don't take that leap! I am slowly getting braver!
hi, BBB iwould not want to join twitter,it sounds not to friendly.Would rather stick to beauty blogs,love reading yours look forward to your daily chat & advice.Icheck if i am going to purchase something beauty wise to see if you have reviewed it,if so i usually take your opinion which i believe to be straight forward & honest.you never say it's going to change your live just it's going to make it easier, and hopefully slightly better, so thankyou BBB also your make me laugh X
Totally agree with all that's been said. I am not a cliquey person in real life nor on twitter and it make me uncomfortable to get too wrapped up with certain 'groups' of twitter friends but so too it makes me feel uncomfortable when i feel my input to conversations are ignored or dismissed.
On the brand side of things - some brands really still don't get it at all - it is about the participation like you say otherwise they will never reach their social media audience nor will they understand the importance of it.
I do agree with all what you have written. but there are alot of friendly silent tweeters like me. I love and follow you and many other beauty and fashion experts but i dont tweet i just check whats new and whats available..not all silent users are mean.
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All very true. I have learned so much from Twitter it is hard to imagine how I ever got to know anything before it. And how so many people can squeeze so much humour into 160 characters always amazes me.
Hi, find this post really apt as I am just new to twitter and it is really hard to figure out the etiquette at first!
Also, not many people I know in 'real life' use it so it's a totally new experience to communicate with people you would never talk to on, say, facebook.
It's a great though, but worryingly addictive...
I love Twitter and prefer it to Facebook. I can't say I've ever had any run-ins with the type of cyber meanies you talk about in the post. Perhaps I've been lucky. If there's one negative about technology, it's opened the door to a lot more destructive behaviour over a wider plain. There's no excuse for it. End of.
I was literally going to write a post about this very thing today.
I am now on private so I can see the lurkers. Too many people follow you just to get info that they can then use in DM bitching sessions, at least on private you can see quickly which groups follow just to bitch. However being on private is like partially being involved in twitter as you cant talk to everyone so its annoying.
I despise conversations that go like this:
"I hate a certain blogger"
"who?"
"not causing drama"
"DM'ed you"
Do people DM about you?
xxx
Very true, I've notice some school like behaviour from some people that I follow but I now tend to either not read their posts or unfollow them completely.
I find Twitter a fantastic place for networking, like you I get a lot of laughs from posts and have found some amazing blogs to read (like yours!)
I'm not prepared to say anything really about this other than it's a great post with sage advice.
Love you xx
I love twitter and have a group I happily call my twitterfamily. I have seen the negative side to it, and you do need tough skin sometimes. But usually it's a great place to be.
xx
Indeed Jane, indeed! If not for Tweeter, I wouldn't have started blogging and met many, including yourself! So all in all good. I do agree that yes it is a very easy place for people, grown ups mind, to behave like right old idiots and school kids. To which I say come on, let's all just play nice and get along. I try to practice that in tweeter and in real life and hopefully it helps maintain a generally positive vibe with people I meet both professionally and virtually. xx
I love reading this post, so so true. I adore Twitter but so many of my friends think it's just weird & is just like facebook statuses which it sooo isn't. I love chatting to like-minded people who are mad about make-up & blogging which I just can't do in the 'real' world with my 'real' friends xx
Great post! Having experienced the good and one brief flurry of the bad on twitter I know exactly where you are coming from. I am still not completely comfortable with the etiquette of twitter and just as in real life am loathe to leap into a conversation between people that I follow but who don't follow me and so don't know me from adam, but of course they never will if I don't take that leap! I am slowly getting braver!
hi, BBB iwould not want to join twitter,it sounds not to friendly.Would rather stick to beauty blogs,love reading yours look forward to your daily chat & advice.Icheck if i am going to purchase something beauty wise to see if you have reviewed it,if so i usually take your opinion which i believe to be straight forward & honest.you never say it's going to change your live just it's going to make it easier, and hopefully slightly better, so thankyou BBB also your make me laugh X
So true, especially about a certain group of beauty bloggers... I should BITE my tongue really.
Totally agree with all that's been said. I am not a cliquey person in real life nor on twitter and it make me uncomfortable to get too wrapped up with certain 'groups' of twitter friends but so too it makes me feel uncomfortable when i feel my input to conversations are ignored or dismissed.
On the brand side of things - some brands really still don't get it at all - it is about the participation like you say otherwise they will never reach their social media audience nor will they understand the importance of it.
x
I do agree with all what you have written. but there are alot of friendly silent tweeters like me. I love and follow you and many other beauty and fashion experts but i dont tweet i just check whats new and whats available..not all silent users are mean.
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