How to use Twitter @replies
Okay, I've had it with "Social Media Experts" being openly clueless about the way one of the main system of their field of expertise works. Let me explain to you how Twitter replies work, it's not rocket science.
Back in the days, @replies would simply be another tweet. The user you were replying to would see it appear in its @mention and the whole process was pretty much client-side. About two years ago, that changed. A lot of you "social media experts" apparently weren't around then. The way @replies work now is much better. When you @reply to a user, only that user will see it in its @mention tab, whether he follows you or not. Everyone else that follows you will not see it. That's a great implementation to avoid having your stream filled with customer service replies, among other things. The kicker here is that everyone that follows you and the user you're replying to will see it as well. It promotes discussion and people jumping in to comment on a "private discussion" you were having.
So please. If you want to reply to a specific user, the first thing in your tweet should be a @reply. Not a "Hi @user". Got it?
If you claim to be a social media expert, don't let anyone catch you doing this or this. Thanks.
Speaking at Podcamp Montreal 2010
Funny story. The PodCamp Montreal people had a full schedule when someone bailed, they put out a call for speakers. I answered, thinking it'd be cool to speak again (after I paid my ticket, too!!) I asked my boss, Martin Ouellette, and a friend, Sylvain Carle, to help me to populate a talk on Social Media titled "Does Social Media Really Exists?" which, interestingly, derived from a 2 minutes discussion at Commun's HQ. Bottom line is, I'm speaking at PodCamp Montreal with Martin Ouellete and Sylvain Carle, Sunday at 10:30. Don't miss it. They made a cool badge that's really too big and so to have it render properly I need to put some text in this article, but I really have nothing more to say about it. It's going to be a debate. If you're thinking of attending, bring your opinions and your voice, because you will be asked to stand up for what you believe in! Hopefully this is long enough...
The thing I hate the most about advertising
The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us with mainly the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
Via Room 116
