The #twitter Daily on Twitter. A Hashtag Tutorial & Tribute. This is the 1st post in my “Taking Twitter to the Next Level” – series. If you have a question or issue you’d like for me to address just tweet me (@tsudo) or leave a comment below. There are many things I adore about twitter I adore. It’s speed, mobility and hashtags. Yes. Hashtags. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone more passionate about hashtags than I am. This is the why and how of hashtags. What is a Hashtag? A hashtag is a short bit of text preceded by the pound sign (#). It was born out of an idea by @chrismessina and has blossomed into an amazing way to connect with others interested in the same subject or event.
Example: The #ARWX added to the end of @Ryanvaughn’s tweet means this tweet shows up if someone searches for #ARwx. Why You Should Care About Hashtags. Hashtags offer distinct advantages when you are looking for information (or conversation) and publishing information. Higher quality Tweets Multiple Source Stream More Visibility for your own tweets Here’s how to define a tag. Making the most of hashtags. A couple of days ago a new site called Hashtags.org was launched by Cody Marx Bailey and Aaron Farnham , two ambitious college students folks from Bryan & College Station, Texas. I wanted to take a moment to comment on its arrival and also suggest a slight modification to the purpose and use of hashtags, now that we have a service for making visible this kind of metadata.
First of all, if you’re unfamiliar with hashtags or why people might be prepending words in their tweets with hash symbols (#), read Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels to get caught up on where this idea came from. You should note two things: first, when I made my initial proposal, Twitter didn’t have the track feature; second, I was looking to solve some pretty specific problems, largely related to groupings and to filtering and to amplifying intent (i.e. when making generic statements, appending an additional tag or two might help others better understand your intent). Versus: In another example: Twitter Tips: How And Why To Use Hashtags - PCWorld.
While you can use Twitter's search tool to find specific people, companies, and their messages ("tweets") on the service, Hashtags allow users to sort topics into useful categories to revisit later. If you've spent any time on Twitter, you've probably seen a hashtag before. A "#" symbol sets off a hashtag. More Twitter Coverage on CIO.com Twitter Tips: How To Search Twitter Smarter How and Why to Launch a Business Presence on Twitter Twitter Tips: How to Safely Blend the Personal and the Professional Here's a look at how to utilize Hashtags to organize information that you contribute and consume on Twitter.
As the tweets pile up, the extra time you take to thoughtfully categorize your tweets with a hashtag will help the greater Twitter community (and you individually) make the most of the service. The story behind Hashtags Twitter (the company) didn't create hashtags. When you arrive at the site, choose "Tags" on the right-side menu.
How Hashtags Are Born Use Twitter Search to Find Hashtags. Twifficiency. Henry Ford quote-Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Twuffer. 10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists. Sarah Evans is a public relations and new media consultant and speaker at Sevans Strategy. She also authors a PR and social media blog and is the founder of #journchat. Twitter's new Lists feature is all the rage right now. There are probably already millions of lists, and that number is growing by the minute (or second). So what are people using all these lists for? Are people creating lists just for the sake of creating lists? Savvy individuals are looking for ways to use lists to further their personal/professional agendas, and while we are all still learning how to harness the power of this new feature, here are a few ideas to get the creative juices flowing.
Let us know in the comments what other ways you're using Twitter Lists. 1. One way to use Twitter Lists is to keep your finger on the pulse of your industry. Lists are still new enough that you can be the first to develop an "it" list. 2. If you’re an expert, recognize other experts. 3. 4. Lists can also be humorous. 5. 6. 7. 8. Twitter Lists: Frequently Asked Questions and Strategies. Liz Pullen is a sociologist/ethnographer who is working on a qualitative research project on online social communities with a focus on Twitter. She Tweets as @nwjerseyliz and blogs at Spiral Scratch. Over the past few days, the new Twitter Lists feature has opened up to all Twitter users and there has been a flurry of people trying them out and evaluating their pros and cons.
So far, three uses have become most visible: 1) Lists as a way of organizing your followers, 2) Lists as a form of recommendation, and 3) Lists as a way of measuring influence. This article will answer the most common questions about Twitter Lists and talk about how they can be strategically employed by users to enhance the Twitter experience. Questions and Strategies Question: I've read HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists, but what else should I know about them? Strategy: Currently, each Twitter account can create up to 20 lists, and each list can include up to 500 users. Question: I have a protected account. 4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists. Though Twitter Lists are new to most users, some news organizations are trying to stay ahead of the curve by taking advantage of the new feature and implementing it quickly.
Whether by creating staff directories to make their journalists easier to find, or recommending tweeps to follow on specific subjects, Twitter lists are giving news sites the ability to curate news and further open up to Twitter users that can help them to gather news. News organizations are beginning to learn the fundamental characteristic of social media: it's social.
This is an interesting departure for news organizations that were primarily using Twitter as a service for self-promotion, such as the case with ESPN, whose social media policies serve ESPN efforts first. Or like policies of The Wall Street Journal, which were criticized for being too restrictive. The list of ways news organizations are using Twitter Lists is expanding. 1. 2. 3. 4. Conclusion. Twitter Lists: Journalism Becomes a Real-Time Job. 6 Gorgeous Twitter Visualizations. Ah, Twitter. It's impossible to get away from it; it seems that everyone stopped whatever they were doing B.T. (before Twitter) and switched to doing cool stuff for and around the service, and this includes data visualizations. In the past, we've profiled unique Twitter-related visualizations, but now we're after sheer beauty. And that's exactly what we've found; here are six gorgeous Twitter visualizations. Know of a beautiful Twitter visualization?
Let us know in the comments! 1. Although it's a bit too slow for everyday usage and functions better as pure eye candy, Social Collider is actually quite an interesting tool. 2. Just Landed is a beautiful geo-visualization of tweets containing the words "Just landed in... ". 3. In its exploration of Twitter, Twistori goes back to basics: to what we love, hate, believe, think, feel and wish. 4. Twitt3D would have been much better looking if it weren't for the shabby overall page design, but it's still a very interesting visual tool. 5. 6. 6 Gorgeous Twitter Visualizations. HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists. UPDATE: you can get started with Twitter Lists by following the Mashable Team Twitter List at Twitter.com/mashable/mashable The just-launched Twitter Lists feature is a new way to organize the people you're following on Twitter, or find new people.
In actuality, though, Twitter Lists are Twitter's long awaited "groups" feature. They offer a way for you to bunch together other users on Twitter into groups so that you can get an overview of what they're up to. That's because Lists aren't just static listings of users, but rather curated Twitter streams of the latest tweets from a specified set of users. In other words, you can create a list that groups together people for whatever reason (the members of your family, for example), and then you can get a snapshot of the things those users are saying by viewing that list's page, which includes a complete tweet stream for everyone on the list. Why Would You Use Lists? Creating a List Creating a new Twitter List is a simple process.
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