For my Intro. to Public Relations class, we have been using Twitter to explore another social media outlet. My Twitter page is at @ktlntlr. The first time I used it at the beginning of the semester, it was difficult to get used to. I began tweeting again 48 hours ago – this time, it was a little easier, since i had done it before. I was able to reply to other tweets more quickly and follow conversations a little better.
SURPRISE!!
It has surprised me how helpful Twitter can be. When I learned about the 140 character limit, I was a bit skeptical. But the limit just makes people be brief and to the point – lets you know if it’s something you’re interested in at a glance. Also, the networking is great. It allows one to learn about professionals and experts in specific fields regarding issues that affect their professional lives.
I would like to know if there is any way to filter what tweets you see in Twitter. For example, you may have 100 people you are following but you may only want to see updates from 50 of them. Also, I wonder if there are categories you could place people in, such as “business” or “hobbies”. Since we’ve been using Twitter to follow PR professionals, it made me think it could be useful to have different groups of people.
I know if you download Tweetdeck, you can separate people into categories. It allows you to only seen tweets from that category in each column, which would also kinda filter the tweets for you.
Thanks a lot! That sounds like exactly what I was looking for!
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I would like to know if you can filter your tweets that you see also! Good question!
I’m also a fan of using TweetDeck to make groups of people (such as students, PR Pros, NASCAR fans, etc.)
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