Twitter

mimi · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:09 pm

a couple guidelines.

You don't have to retweet part of a tweet when replying to someone. But, If you do retweet part of a tweet in your reply, you should add a slash or pipe to separate.

Quote:

RT @winterthur: .@_ccm I luv UR avatar. Please ignore yesterday's "creepy" troll. || Thanks. I like yours too!

Or a person could add something before the tweet.

Quote:

Has been promoting violence for 2 yrs. now on her blog-> RT @drkate4justice: Obama is Responsible ... #arizona #tea party #phnm #mil #army

If you retweet but need to shorten a person's link, that's okay. either truncate it and use "...", or abbreviate some words. Whatever you want, as long as you don't change the meaning.

If you DO change the meaning, use MT instead of RT. MT = Modified Tweet. If you can, use the pipe or bars too. It's not always do-able though.

uh, maybe later.

It's nice to keep your name short because if a person retweets you and wants to add a hashtag or a reply, your name counts toward the 140 allowable characters.

Short tweets are sweet.

Shoq has a guide. But I don't remember where it is or what it says.

kate520 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:11 pm

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...you should add a slash or pipe to separate.

am i the only one who read "hash pipe" the first time? :roll:

mimi · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:18 pm

okay.

Foggy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:19 am

Thanks, mimi. I'll try to remember all that, 'specially MT.

Sadly, I haven't seen any good hashish for nearly 30 years. I'll have to use slash/ |pipes instead.

Here's Shoq's guide, I think:

http://socialsupport.pbworks.com/w/page ... itter-Tips

And another one I stumbled on ...

http://thesocialmediaguide.com.au/2009/ ... ate-guide/

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:21 am

Couldn't Meroni begin every tweet with "LT"?

Foggy · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:32 am

I read the rules and the tips, and I don't see anything about using potty-mouth words.

Can I cuss in a tweet? ;;)

Highlands · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:44 am

Foggy wrote:

I read the rules and the tips, and I don't see anything about using potty-mouth words.

Can I cuss in a tweet? ;;)

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:32 am

Foggy wrote:

I read the rules and the tips, and I don't see anything about using potty-mouth words.

Can I cuss in a tweet? ;;)

Only if you can keep it to under the 140 character limit. Cuz when you get started...

Foggy · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:31 am

Whatever4 wrote:

Foggy wrote:

Can I cuss in a tweet? ;;)

Only if you can keep it to under the 140 character limit. Cuz when you get started...

From welshman007 (Ginormous Head Martin):

Quote:

@_Foggy We have your number, we know who you are and we even know your lawyer

My reply:

Quote:

@LibertyChalice @GreatGrey @ArlenWilliams @_ccm Special message for Stalker Ginormous Head Martin http://bit.ly/frszUy #birthers #phnm #tcot

Chalice checks in:

Quote:

@_Foggy @GreatGrey @ArlenWilliams @_ccm #birthers #phnm #tcot/ #REKNOWNED NET STALKER ALERT BEWARE OF THE #CLUCKERS LINKS!

I got my own hashtag already! I'm startin' to like the Twitter machine!

Adelante · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:49 am

He's trying to belittle your heavy duty lawyerlyness, Fogs. GHM knows you have dozens and dozens and dozens of them lawyers.

Foggy wrote:

From welshman007 (Ginormous Head Martin):

Quote:

@_Foggy We have your number, we know who you are and we even know your lawyer

Foggy · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:51 am

Adelante wrote:

GHM knows you have dozens and dozens and dozens of them lawyers.

All of mine have superpowers, too. $\:D/$

GreatGrey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:10 am

Foggy wrote:

I read the rules and the tips, and I don't see anything about using potty-mouth words.

Can I cuss in a tweet? ;;)

Absolutely.

What ya can't do is post anyone else's personal information (address for example) without their permission.

GreatGrey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:12 am

Quote:

Chalice checks in:

Quote:

@_Foggy @GreatGrey @ArlenWilliams @_ccm #birthers #phnm #tcot/ #REKNOWNED NET STALKER ALERT BEWARE OF THE #CLUCKERS LINKS!

She deleted that one, and about half a dozen others.

And she has the temerity to call us cluckers, I'm hurt.

pcolabucsfan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:19 pm **Posts:** 1

mimi wrote:

a couple guidelines.

You don't have to retweet part of a tweet when replying to someone. But, If you do retweet part of a tweet in your reply, you should add a slash or pipe to separate.

Quote:

RT @winterthur: .@_ccm I luv UR avatar. Please ignore yesterday's "creepy" troll. || Thanks. I like yours too!

Or a person could add something before the tweet.

Quote:

Has been promoting violence for 2 yrs. now on her blog-> RT @drkate4justice: Obama is Responsible ... #arizona #tea party #phnm #mil #army

If you retweet but need to shorten a person's link, that's okay. either truncate it and use "...", or abbreviate some words. Whatever you want, as long as you don't change the meaning.

If you DO change the meaning, use MT instead of RT. MT = Modified Tweet. If you can, use the pipe or bars too. It's not always do-able though.

uh, maybe later.

It's nice to keep your name short because if a person retweets you and wants to add a hashtag or a reply, your name counts toward the 140 allowable characters.

Short tweets are sweet.

Shoq has a guide. But I don't remember where it is or what it says.

THIS>>>>drkate4justice Kate
Obama is Responsible for the Violence of His Supporters: wp.me/pBMmS-1lt #arizona #tea party #phnm #mil #army #obama eligibility
I can't wait till Palin runs for POTUS, hilarious

Highlands · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:39 pm

pcolabucsfan wrote:

THIS>>>>drkate4justice Kate
Obama is Responsible for the Violence of His Supporters: wp.me/pBMmS-1lt #arizona #tea party #phnm #mil #army #obama eligibility
I can't wait till Palin runs for POTUS, hilarious

Not that it matters, but are you also pcolabucsfan on Twitter?

Highlands · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:31 am

Quote:

jasonmustian Jason Mustian

Winning a war is really this simple: 1. Send the enemy iPods. 2. Attack while they're busy untangling their headphones.

http://twitter.com/#!/jasonmustian/stat ... 5251195904

mimi · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:18 pm

Another suspension due to tweeting. This time, CNN's Roland Martin.

SUSPENDED: CNN Says Roland Martin's Words Are Intolerable
By Lucas Grindley

Quote:

CNN has suspended contributor Roland Martin for a pair of tweets that LGBT rights activists said advocated violence against gay people.

Quote:

Martin had apologized for the comments on Tuesday, but the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which had first called on him to be fired for the tweets, said his words were only "a start" and should be followed by action.

"I have been accused by members of the LGBT community of being supportive of violence against gays and lesbians and bullying,” Martin wrote on his website. “That is furthest from the truth, and I sincerely regret any offense my words have caused.”

Quote:

Martin got into the trouble by tweeting on Sunday that you should "smack the ish" out of any "dude at your Super Bowl party" who is excited to see soccer player David Beckham's new H&M underwear ad. Earlier in the day, he had suggested "a visit from #teamwhipdatass” for a New England Patriot who was wearing a pink suit.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News ... _Tolerated

esseff44 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:26 pm

Does anyone else get porn spam on twitter? I only signed up and used it once and then cancelled but that was enough for spammers/porn people to get my e-mail and send unwelcome messages. Same with FB.

realist · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 23547

esseff44 wrote:

Does anyone else get porn spam on twitter? I only signed up and used it once and then cancelled but that was enough for spammers/porn people to get my e-mail and send unwelcome messages. Same with FB.

I've never had that problem with or from/through either.

mimi · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:56 pm

I get spam. I don't click on it. I click the button on tweetdeck that says "Block and report spam".

Don't click on something you're not sure about. Just like anything else.

mimi · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:28 pm

Roland Martin's wife is not happy about his suspension. And she's letting the world know about it.

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/02 ... na-loesch/

ducktape · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:46 pm

mimi wrote:

Roland Martin's wife is not happy about his suspension. And she's letting the world know about it.

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/02 ... na-loesch/

Man, she is not helping his cause much.

mimi · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:22 pm

the saga continues.

Quote:

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Roland Martin’s wife angrily tweets gays "use our history to gain their equality"; slams CNN
By John Aravosis at 2/08/2012 05:20:00 PM
Retweet | Reddit | Facebook | Tumblr

Update: Her twitter account is now gone, deleted. According to several people she claimed right before the account was deleted that her account was hacked. Perhaps. It happens. It's also possible that her account wasn't hacked. But in all fairness I obviously wanted to let folks know what she apparently is now claiming. Oh, and the screen captures below were made by me, personally, from her account before it was deleted - so they're real, not photoshopped.

remainder (though I hate linking to aravosis. I'm not a fan.):
http://gay.americablog.com/2012/02/rola ... -gays.html

listeme · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:44 pm

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... er/253932/

Quote:

The Modern Language Association likes to keep up with the times. As we all know, some information breaks first or only on Twitter and a good academic needs to be able to cite those sources. So, the MLA has devised a standard format that you should keep in mind.

snip

Begin the entry in the works-cited list with the author's real name and, in parentheses, user name, if both are known and they differ. If only the user name is known, give it alone.

Next provide the entire text of the tweet in quotation marks, without changing the capitalization. Conclude the entry with the date and time of the message and the medium of publication (Tweet). For example:

Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)." 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet.

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:07 pm

listeme wrote:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/12/03/how-do-you-cite-a-tweet-in-an-academic-paper/253932/

Quote:

The Modern Language Association likes to keep up with the times. As we all know, some information breaks first or only on Twitter and a good academic needs to be able to cite those sources. So, the MLA has devised a standard format that you should keep in mind.

snip

Begin the entry in the works-cited list with the author's real name and, in parentheses, user name, if both are known and they differ. If only the user name is known, give it alone.

Next provide the entire text of the tweet in quotation marks, without changing the capitalization. Conclude the entry with the date and time of the message and the medium of publication (Tweet). For example:

Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)." 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet.

Well, that certainly clears up a number of potentially violent discussions around here. :sarcasm:

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