Comments on: Twitter: Is It Working for UU’s? http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kenneth http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-14969 Kenneth Thu, 15 May 2008 00:42:36 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-14969 I'm the flesh-and-blood person behind Otenth, my twitter and Second Life name. My experience is that twitter isn't good for "promoting" anything, especially in the absence of relationships (RL or not, deep or not). What it is good for is dropping little tidbits into one another's lives: I've blogged this, I found this great place, I'm going to be here; or to mine your relationship network for wisdom: has this happened to you? what is the best X? where can I get Y? I have yet to be at an event with a group of fellow twitterers. I think that's how twitter really took off, one year at SXSW, and I could imagine it being useful among a group of friends: I'm at A, it's dead. Hey, we're at B, and it's hopping, come on over! And although I do have a fancy phone, I don't have tweets delivered as text messages: too expensive, not enough immediate return. Maybe at a conference. I do use the web browser on my phone to check twitter, but I actually use something called twitterific or my browser on my computer. I also have a twitter client inside SL, where twitter sometimes approaches the "group of friends at an event" scenario. I’m the flesh-and-blood person behind Otenth, my twitter and Second Life name. My experience is that twitter isn’t good for “promoting” anything, especially in the absence of relationships (RL or not, deep or not).

What it is good for is dropping little tidbits into one another’s lives: I’ve blogged this, I found this great place, I’m going to be here; or to mine your relationship network for wisdom: has this happened to you? what is the best X? where can I get Y?

I have yet to be at an event with a group of fellow twitterers. I think that’s how twitter really took off, one year at SXSW, and I could imagine it being useful among a group of friends: I’m at A, it’s dead. Hey, we’re at B, and it’s hopping, come on over!

And although I do have a fancy phone, I don’t have tweets delivered as text messages: too expensive, not enough immediate return. Maybe at a conference. I do use the web browser on my phone to check twitter, but I actually use something called twitterific or my browser on my computer. I also have a twitter client inside SL, where twitter sometimes approaches the “group of friends at an event” scenario.

]]> By: Shelby http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-14749 Shelby Wed, 07 May 2008 19:25:54 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-14749 Hi Michael, You're quite welcome! I'm still trying to get the hang of it too. Hi Michael,
You’re quite welcome! I’m still trying to get the hang of it too.

]]> By: Michael Carnell http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-14497 Michael Carnell Mon, 05 May 2008 15:44:25 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-14497 Hey, thanks for the link! I am still trying to get the hang of Twitter and what I can, and should, be using it for. Hey, thanks for the link! I am still trying to get the hang of Twitter and what I can, and should, be using it for.

]]> By: Shelby http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13827 Shelby Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:20:40 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13827 Hafidha, thanks for letting me know that you're on Twitter, I'm reading back over your feed and I like it! Also, thanks for the suggestion to use Twitter for ideas that don't quite make it to full-blog-post level, but that you still want to share. Jacqueline and Scott, good point that whether or not one has a spiffy phone with lots of text-messaging capabilities has something to do with it. Scott, using Twitter at GA...that's intriguing. I've always thought we should have a cell phone directory for GA too. Ali, thanks for reminding me of your feed; I already follow you on Twitter, so I should have remembered to include you! You're on the list now. Hafidha, thanks for letting me know that you’re on Twitter, I’m reading back over your feed and I like it!

Also, thanks for the suggestion to use Twitter for ideas that don’t quite make it to full-blog-post level, but that you still want to share.

Jacqueline and Scott, good point that whether or not one has a spiffy phone with lots of text-messaging capabilities has something to do with it.

Scott, using Twitter at GA…that’s intriguing. I’ve always thought we should have a cell phone directory for GA too.

Ali, thanks for reminding me of your feed; I already follow you on Twitter, so I should have remembered to include you! You’re on the list now.

]]> By: h sofia http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13818 h sofia Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:11:13 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13818 Oh, btw, I meant to add: I don't use Twitter as a way to talk about UU stuff. I use my blog for that. I use Twitter when I want to make some remark that I consider too inconsequential to make a whole blog post for. Oh, btw, I meant to add: I don’t use Twitter as a way to talk about UU stuff. I use my blog for that. I use Twitter when I want to make some remark that I consider too inconsequential to make a whole blog post for.

]]> By: Scott Wells (Boy in the Bands) http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13810 Scott Wells (Boy in the Bands) Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:19:49 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13810 I don't think it's that important, expect perhaps en masse at a big event like GA and aggregated for a non-Twittering audience. Other than that, it just scratches an itch. Milage will vary, so it might be better for those who live on their phones. I don’t think it’s that important, expect perhaps en masse at a big event like GA and aggregated for a non-Twittering audience.

Other than that, it just scratches an itch.

Milage will vary, so it might be better for those who live on their phones.

]]> By: Ali http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13807 Ali Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:49:22 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13807 I'm on Twitter and a UU, but don't have a UU blog. Given the brevity of tweets, I'm not sure that the medium is a natural fit - I'm not convinced UUs can restrict themselves to a mere 140 characters... :wink: I’m on Twitter and a UU, but don’t have a UU blog.

Given the brevity of tweets, I’m not sure that the medium is a natural fit - I’m not convinced UUs can restrict themselves to a mere 140 characters… :wink:

]]> By: jacqueline http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13796 jacqueline Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:59:28 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13796 I really wanted to use it too, but found that it just doesn't keep me engaged. I think if I was living in the city and got tweets on my phone it would be more valuable. I still update it every once in a while... but it just doesn't seem like a priority. I really wanted to use it too, but found that it just doesn’t keep me engaged. I think if I was living in the city and got tweets on my phone it would be more valuable. I still update it every once in a while… but it just doesn’t seem like a priority.

]]> By: h sofia http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13795 h sofia Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:57:43 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/twitter-is-it-working-for-uus#comment-13795 I'm on Twitter, but cannot seem to get it to work on my cell phone, and have no idea why. I’m on Twitter, but cannot seem to get it to work on my cell phone, and have no idea why.

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