How Far Should You Trust Twitter?

In Nothing We Trust

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By Stephen Bray

It seems like years since I wrote about Professor Scott Lucas using Twitter to collect and disseminate information about the world of international relations using Twitter. It was January.

The reason it seems so far back, no doubt, is that since posting the article the areas to which Lucas focuses most of his energy have been plunged into turmoil with Twitter now playing the part of a weapon of revolutionary force.

People in Egypt, Libya and Syria, for example have used both Facebook and Twitter to organise demonstrations and in the case of Libya this has escalated into a civil war.

Is twitter turning us into a nation of whingers?

To me twitter is about conversation.

Sometimes though, that conversation is one sided. Then along comes a twitter guru who says “you are doing it all wrong, you must engage, you must not broadcast, you must do this, you must do that, but most of all you must be on twitter”. Why would anyone want to open the door of engagement to find out that it’s a lie? it’s not engagement, it’s just another stick to beat a business with, another channel for moaning on…

I think twitter is in danger of turning us into a nation of whingers.

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Coming late to the iPhone I am just starting to explore what Twitter Apps work best for it.

I started out by downloading my beloved Tweedeck for the iPhone. We did not get on. It's not intuitive to use, in fact I am not sure if I did use it at all for three weeks although I tried too.

Columns wouldn't update and generally a clunky feel that I didnt feel comfortable with.

This saddened me as I love Tweetdeck and it's my app of choice for my PC.

Guestblog: Twitter for business – twitter backgrounds and twidgets

Being as a friend calls me, a pioneer, I love finding things and trying them (trying in every sense of the word!).

One of my latest finds has thrilled me no end :-) It's here, http://www.freetwitterdesigner.com/

This nifty little gadget enables you to experiment with having a 'branded' twitter background. Yup a background that matches all your over stuff :-)

Research has shown having consistent branding across various social media platforms and apps increases recognition of the brand. Even if the brand is just you.

I'm happy to use Increase Sociability.