There are right and wrong ways, as explained by Brian Carter.
I intensely dislike fake news or, for that matter, slanted news. I do believe that the term “fake news” should be limited to things that are totally made up, not things in which the reporting is slanted, or in which poor conclusions are drawn. People were and are justified in mistrusting the media. Personally, I…
When I first started a Twitter account for my company Energion Publications (@energion), I wanted to communicate to anyone who used it that Energion was on Twitter to be a good social media citizen, communicate, and yes, of course, sell books when possible. The problem is that many people have a hard time telling the…
Twitter is well outside my comfort zone. I’m wordy, and I must express myself in 140 characters; I’m not that easy with meeting new people, and what’s the point if you don’t meet new people? Of course, I can’t evaluate my progress in 140 characters–no surprise there–so I’m writing a blog post. I’m at 173…
Well, at least HootSuite5 has arrived! I’m pretty happy with the new look and features, though I’ll have to use it for awhile to find out what my complaints are. I always have complaints! In general, however, the new user interface feels more logical to me. There is less guessing as to where a particular…
Those who look for relevant people to follow should love the new tool Twiangulate. It allows you to enter two or three people of interest to you, and get a list of people that they all follow. It’s a fairly simply concept but it can produce some interesting results. For example, just as a test…
. . . but it looks like it’s becoming more and more important. According to this MSNBC.com story, it has become much more of a factor in the way people communicate generally and about the election. I can certainly see how it (and things like it) have become more important than chat rooms for example….
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