Comments on: Observations About Twetiquette – Part One

By: Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:22:54 +0000

It would be interesting to read the survey results if one could poll age, level of education and professional field.

By: John Welsh/These Digital Times

John Welsh/These Digital Times — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:07:08 +0000

I am not sure what the point of “broadcast Tweeting” would be. Unless you are actively participating in conversation with your community, you might as well just send them an email. Or be a celebrity!

By: Hollis Thomases

Hollis Thomases — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:52:59 +0000

Thanks to Tracy, Vishal & Mike so far for their comments.

To Mike’s additional Twetiquette questions, we actually try to address that in the survey so if you haven’t done so already, please take it: http://tr.im/i0mP. I plan on writing a Part Two article in large part based on the responses we get to this survey.

By: Mike Keller

Mike Keller — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:34:07 +0000

My questions about Twetiquette go outside the above. For instance, when is it appropriate to retweet and when to take the link and make it your own? I received a tweet to a site that fits in with “my tweeting scheme,” but the original tweet carries a disparaging remark I don’t want to RT, or would feel I need to rebut. Rather than RT, should I tweet it myself and perhaps shoot a reply to the original thanking him for the pointer?

In fact, in retweeting this article (as you ask), should I RT the original that led me here, or tweet it on my own?

By: Vishal Nayak - B2B Copywriter

Vishal Nayak - B2B Copywriter — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:44:51 +0000

The idea of twetiquette is a great one from a marketing point of view. It is refreshing AND surprising to see that most people do not have a strategy or a set plan for their tweets or retweets. Although this makes better sense in building a personal brand I’d rather that people who position themselves as experts in a certain field do not dilute their brand by tweeting irrelevant things.

By: tracy

tracy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:53:01 +0000

very thoughtful post – it can be challenging to describe twitter to someone that has never used it before and convey why the person should even care about it. its like one of those “you had to be there to get it” stories. i’ll be awaiting part deux!