Comments on: There is no such thing as a dumb Twitter question

By: business: tweet tweet « the Proprietress

business: tweet tweet « the Proprietress — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:02:55 +0000

[...] if you’re a newbie – you’ll notice all sorts of short-hand that may seem foreign. here’s a great article by @michellerafter that helps navigate the best ways to use Twitter. [...]

By: Tweet Tweet! | The Writing Base

Tweet Tweet! | The Writing Base — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:21:36 +0000

[...] comes to the rescue of all twitter newbies (and the not so newbies) and lets them know that “There is No Such Thing as a Dumb Twitter Question“. Phew! That’s good to [...]

By: Social media 101 for small business « WordCount - Freelancing in the Digital Age

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:30:10 +0000

[...] There is no such thing as a dumb Twitter question – After avoiding the Twitter phenomena for a long time, I figured out how to start making it work for me. [...]

By: A writers’ guide to getting the most out of Twitter « WordCount - Freelancing in the Digital Age

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:33:37 +0000

[...] I get similar questions from writers who’re just starting to use Twitter – and it wasn’t that long ago that I was in the same boat. [...]

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:38:05 +0000

There are many ways to search Twitter, probably enough to warrant writing a blog post. But quick answer: you can search by keyword, by hashtag – lots of people have started using #XXX to identify a topic they write about often & follow along with a group of others interested in same thing; and also by a person’s name. I also crowdsource by throwing a question out to my followers & seeing what answers I get back.

Michelle Rafter

By: Scott Harris

Scott Harris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:28:39 +0000

whats the best way to search twitter. I read in another of your posts that you use twitter to do research or find sources. Are you just searching for keywords?

By: avocado

avocado — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:03:32 +0000

Question – someone that’s using an iPhone only to twitter – doesn’t have computer at home – how can they get an avatar set up? Can you use a file saved online somewhere?

@avocadocreation

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:14:23 +0000

Just found this on a link from another blog and wanted to say thanks! I’ve been using Twitter without really knowing what I’m doing! I especially liked your explanation of tiny url’s – I’ve always wondered how to do that.

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:34:03 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth!

Michelle R.

By: Elizabeth Kricfalusi

Elizabeth Kricfalusi — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:00:16 +0000

Claire, if you send an @reply to someone who isn’t following you, it will not show up on their Twitter home page. BUT, it will show up on their @Replies page so they’ll see it when they check that. (Unfortunately, there are no alerts to new @replies coming in, so people often don’t see them for a while.)

Michelle, FYI, if you use TweetDeck and RT someone’s post including their username (with the @ symbol), it will show up in the Replies column as well. On the Twitter web site, the username has to be at the beginning of the tweet to show up on the @Replies page. But in TweetDeck, if it’s anywhere in the tweet, it goes there. (Another good point for TweetDeck.)