tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261482165662897917.post6884879712841370371..comments2023-09-08T07:28:07.544-07:00Comments on kempedmonds.com: Understanding Social Networks: DeliveryKemp Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00137588374498277577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261482165662897917.post-54768575382512161362010-03-19T16:01:08.008-07:002010-03-19T16:01:08.008-07:00Very good point. Although I am one of the guilty p...Very good point. Although I am one of the guilty parties, (at least on LinkedIn - I don't send my tweets to Facebook) I can certainly see the wisdom in keeping accounts separate. <br /><br />My rationale for linking my LinkedIn profile to twitter is that I don't visit LinkedIn nearly as often as I do Twitter and Facebook so if I didn't link to something, my connections on LinkedIn would get very little content from me. Basically, sometimes confusing content might be better than almost none? <br /><br />Now I'm thinking this might actually be a little short-sighted of me seeing as, like you said Kemp, these social networks serve distinctly different purposes. LinkedIn visitors aren't expecting the same amount of content as people viewing a Twitter feed. <br /><br />Food for thought anyways... thanks!Rosa Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543722566626355889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261482165662897917.post-70760967556074430552010-03-17T22:33:04.383-07:002010-03-17T22:33:04.383-07:00Great post. I'm glad to see someone bring up t...Great post. I'm glad to see someone bring up the issue of delivery across different platforms. <br /><br />For the most part I think people have learned to tune it out or ignore it, but, like you mentioned, that can have a negative impact on the message being delivered.<br /><br />Another social network that deserves mention in this discussion is FourSquare. Personally, there's nothing more annoying than getting a location update on Twitter. Maybe it's because I'm not a fan of the location sharing phenomenon, but having to read a location Tweet is about as exciting as reading about someone's dinner description.<br /><br />I really don't see the value in being able to cross post content from Foursquare to Twitter.Juanhttp://twitter.com/juanherrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261482165662897917.post-88418612320917268212010-03-10T17:51:27.659-08:002010-03-10T17:51:27.659-08:00Kemp,
A very well written post!
Cross-hashtags ...Kemp, <br /><br />A very well written post!<br /><br />Cross-hashtags do present a level of confusion for only casual social media users. Correct me if I am wrong, but hashtags seem to have originated from the idea of categories in blog posts. They are used as a way of tracking and organizing information for improved SEO purposes. <br /><br />For the reasons and examples that you bring up with Jeremy’s post, that is exactly why I keep my Twitter & Facebook feeds separate. For one, I don’t like having #fb connected to each of my tweets if a tweet is destined for facebook rather than Twitter. Second, I am able to provide more information on Twitter that is relevant to my followers and myself. On Facebook, a lot of my friends don’t care to be inidated with information that I post on Twitter. Yes, I can separate groups on Facebook as to who see’s my status updates, but I can’t create separate feeds destined for different groups of Facebook friends. <br /><br />For these reasons, I keep my social networking platforms separate until there is a better way of cross-posting on multiple platforms.Jason Bakerhttp://twitter.com/jason_bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261482165662897917.post-37102936432767358442010-03-10T17:25:24.148-08:002010-03-10T17:25:24.148-08:00Great post Kemp. I think you've touched on a r...Great post Kemp. I think you've touched on a really important issue here. <br /><br />I've heard a great number of people actually complain about the spammy-ness of cross linking a twitter account to facebook. <br /><br />My philosophy on this is that twitter and facebook (and all other social media tools) occupy their own separate niches and are actually best suited for entirely different types of communication. In other words, there is a reason (and a good reason) why I post certain content on twitter and other, completely different content, on facebook. <br /><br />Some platforms, like hootsuite and tweetdeck, allow you to post the same content across different social media sites simultaneously -- BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOES'T MEAN YOU SHOULD!!!<br /><br />I've seen people actually lose friends on facebook because they linked their account to twitter; people seem to find that really obnoxious and annoying. Facebook wasn't really intended for promoting professional interests to your friends (unless via facebook groups). Twitter on the other hand is perfectly suited for promoting professional interests. <br /><br />If people are not understanding cryptic tweets which are being fed to facebook, or are becoming irritated by the high frequency of facebook status updates being generated by your twitter account, doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of linking the two accounts together in the first place? <br /><br />The point of social networking is to develop relationships, not to spam your existing ones right? <br /><br />That's just my two cents. <br /><br />Jonathan Becker <br />@jzbeckerJonathan Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455935378710473073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261482165662897917.post-32045650289933283512010-03-10T01:22:43.921-08:002010-03-10T01:22:43.921-08:00You know, when you asked me if you could use this ...You know, when you asked me if you could use this in a blog post, I thought you meant the tweet in question. That aside, you're 100% right in saying I'm taking a risk - but with only 24 hours in a day, it's one I'm willing to live with.<br /><br />This wasn't the first time someone asked about the hashes, and it certainly won't be the last. For the most part, I try to minimize the confusion by using self-explanatory hashes; most of the time, people pass them off as typos, but when it comes to acronyms though (e.g. #3TYVR), that's when things get confusing. Confusing to the point of hiding your feed? Hopefully not - but definitely plausible.<br /><br />What can we do? Well - there are selective cross-posting tools. For example (and I can't remember its name), there's one that posts to Facebook only when you add the hashtag #fb. Mind you, that ruins the purpose of hashtags, but you've got to give somewhere.<br /><br />Alternatively, there are lots of social media tools and plugins out there that let you be more selective about your message. Tweetdeck lets you select where your posts go (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.), and so do a myriad of other social-media apps and plugins. It's just a matter of finding one that connects to all of your favourite networks.<br /><br />P.S. Just a heads up - if you're plugging into Facebook via Twitter, any tweet starting with an @name will not be carried over, meaning you're safe with replies, unless you decide to get creative.Jeremy Limhttp://www.jeremylim.canoreply@blogger.com