Comments on: How to Stop Twitter Becoming a Waste of Time http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/ Twitter Tips in 140 Characters or More Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:48:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cassidy Jean http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-45055 Cassidy Jean Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:33:48 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-45055 Very helpful, I will definitely have to stick to some structure as I tend to go overboard and end up clogging peoples feeds. Re-tweeting this :) Very helpful, I will definitely have to stick to some structure as I tend to go overboard and end up clogging peoples feeds. Re-tweeting this :)

]]> By: shawn kearney http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-35000 shawn kearney Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:03:25 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-35000 yeah. twitter sucks. there is no way for twitter to not be a waste of time. I mean, how arrogant must you be to think that people really care about what you're doing? Does anyone actually pay attention to other tweets? Do twitter tweeters pay attention to other twitter tweets? Twitter is just a waste of technology. yeah. twitter sucks. there is no way for twitter to not be a waste of time. I mean, how arrogant must you be to think that people really care about what you’re doing? Does anyone actually pay attention to other tweets? Do twitter tweeters pay attention to other twitter tweets?

Twitter is just a waste of technology.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-13417 Barbara Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:36:08 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-13417 Great post. My personality is like yours. I need to be more focused and not twitter from one thing to the next. Great post. My personality is like yours. I need to be more focused and not twitter from one thing to the next.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-10085 Vicki Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:52:18 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-10085 Define "waste of time". As Shefaly said, ‘a bad workman blames his tools’. Twitter isn;t the problem. This is the age-old problem of Time Management combined with one more thing. If you're spending your time on Twitter to the exclusion of something else you need to do, you need to ask yourself why the other thing isn't holding your attention? Bored at work? Procrastinating? Not enough to do? If you didn't have Twitter, what else might you "waste" time on? Television? Talking to co-workers? Email? Mindless tasks? If you're avoiding what you should be doing, Twitter isn't to blame. The problem has a deeper root. I read Twitter on my daily commute or in the evenings when relaxing. Sometimes it's Twitter; other times I read a book. During the work day, I dip into Twitter on occasion but, if I find myself turning frequently to Twitter (or email) I know it's not Twitter causing the problem. I "waste" time in Twitter only when I have an excess of time with nothing else to do in it. Ask yourself: why is this all that comes to mind to do with this time? Define “waste of time”. As Shefaly said, ‘a bad workman blames his tools’. Twitter isn;t the problem. This is the age-old problem of Time Management combined with one more thing.

If you’re spending your time on Twitter to the exclusion of something else you need to do, you need to ask yourself why the other thing isn’t holding your attention? Bored at work? Procrastinating? Not enough to do?

If you didn’t have Twitter, what else might you “waste” time on? Television? Talking to co-workers? Email? Mindless tasks? If you’re avoiding what you should be doing, Twitter isn’t to blame. The problem has a deeper root.

I read Twitter on my daily commute or in the evenings when relaxing. Sometimes it’s Twitter; other times I read a book. During the work day, I dip into Twitter on occasion but, if I find myself turning frequently to Twitter (or email) I know it’s not Twitter causing the problem. I “waste” time in Twitter only when I have an excess of time with nothing else to do in it.

Ask yourself: why is this all that comes to mind to do with this time?

]]> By: Mike Brown http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-6107 Mike Brown Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:22:28 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-6107 Great point about understanding why you are using Twitter. I had been on it since mid-2007, but didn't see how it applied to anything of importance to me. It seemed that most of was about <a href="http://funnyeyeforthecorporateguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/advice-for-twitter-users-8-words-not.html" rel="nofollow">boring details of peoples' lives</a>. Relooking at what I was doing online in 2009, I now use it actively to generate links to interesting articles and websites that <a href="http://www.blogger.com/brainzooming.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">feed live into my blog</a>. All of a suddent Twitter makes great sense. <a href="http://funnyeyeforthecorporateguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/advice-for-twitter-users-8-words-not.html" rel="nofollow"></a> Great point about understanding why you are using Twitter. I had been on it since mid-2007, but didn’t see how it applied to anything of importance to me. It seemed that most of was about boring details of peoples’ lives.

Relooking at what I was doing online in 2009, I now use it actively to generate links to interesting articles and websites that feed live into my blog. All of a suddent Twitter makes great sense.

]]> By: Robin @ Heart of Wisdom http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-5611 Robin @ Heart of Wisdom Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:44:45 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-5611 I use Tweet Later for about 15 minutes each morning. (still trying to decide how many tweets). I reward myself with a few Tweet breaks during the day. Then of course if I find something amazing I tweet it. I RT your Facebook vs Twitter. I don't think I can fit in much Facebook. I use Tweet Later for about 15 minutes each morning. (still trying to decide how many tweets). I reward myself with a few Tweet breaks during the day. Then of course if I find something amazing I tweet it.

I RT your Facebook vs Twitter. I don’t think I can fit in much Facebook.

]]> By: Wayne Liew http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-5180 Wayne Liew Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:26:22 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-5180 Just like emails, you have to gain control of your time spent on Twitter. I set a specific time which I will spend it totally on Twitter and other social networking platforms. Some of the activities that I will do apart from tweeting are looking out for people with similar interests, follow conversations that I am tracking as well as replying to tweets of others. With a limited time rather than tweeting all day long, you will actually tweet good stuffs rather than what you had for lunch which followers in my niche hate. :) Wayne Liew http://www.wayneliew.com Just like emails, you have to gain control of your time spent on Twitter. I set a specific time which I will spend it totally on Twitter and other social networking platforms. Some of the activities that I will do apart from tweeting are looking out for people with similar interests, follow conversations that I am tracking as well as replying to tweets of others.

With a limited time rather than tweeting all day long, you will actually tweet good stuffs rather than what you had for lunch which followers in my niche hate. :)

Wayne Liew
http://www.wayneliew.com

]]> By: Hector A. Henry S. http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-5175 Hector A. Henry S. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:57:36 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-5175 thnk you its a great plan and post that make my thing in whit plan i have for twitter. thnk you its a great plan and post that make my thing in whit plan i have for twitter.

]]> By: Anne Wayman http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-5158 Anne Wayman Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:14:25 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-5158 Sigh... I this is helpful, but somehow I still feel like I'm missing something re twitter. Of course I felt that way about blogging the first 6 months or so. I know if I keep poking at it my use and comfort will evolve. Thanks for helping with that process. Anne Wayman, now blogging at www.aboutfreelancewriting.com Sigh… I this is helpful, but somehow I still feel like I’m missing something re twitter. Of course I felt that way about blogging the first 6 months or so. I know if I keep poking at it my use and comfort will evolve.

Thanks for helping with that process.

Anne Wayman, now blogging at http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com

]]> By: Viqi French http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/#comment-5140 Viqi French Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:16:30 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=881#comment-5140 I like the idea of rotating your Twitter time each new week. For example, one week, I'll only pop in around lunch time. Another week, I'll Twitter mid-afternoons a while, etc. You're continuously exposed to a different crowd this way. I like the idea of rotating your Twitter time each new week. For example, one week, I’ll only pop in around lunch time. Another week, I’ll Twitter mid-afternoons a while, etc. You’re continuously exposed to a different crowd this way.

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