Comments on: How To Avoid Making Twitter A Procrastination Tool

By: David Merriman

David Merriman — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:28:51 +0000

Gosh, Twitter has been SUCH a time waster that I call it the “procrastination station.”

Now that I use TweetDeck it’s even worse, since the tweets “pop up” while I’m working.

Although I will say that I am getting a lot better at procrastination, thanks to this book I bought online called “Fearless Productivity” (Found it on a Google ad)

http://www.FearlessProductivity.com is the website – pretty interesting stuff, might want to check it out.

By: Rohit Prakash

Rohit Prakash — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:11:23 +0000

It is a great app. but at present not for me. Use it only when you know how you can benefit from it. Don’t follow the herd.

By: Sam Taylor

Sam Taylor — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:44 +0000

Some people love Twitter, but some don’t. In fact, Twitter is virtually unknown outside of your little social media echo chamber.
All I’m saying is don’t follow the herd and you might just come up with something cool. There are vast numbers of people online that can become part of your audience, but if you are drinking too much Twitter kool-aid (for example) you might make an incorrect assumption about what “normal” people want or prefer.

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:45:54 +0000

Great post; I should sign onto Twitter right away and tweet the link to it.

By: doctor twitter

doctor twitter — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:39:23 +0000

I don’t know if I can ever eliminate twitter as a form of procrastination but this is definitely an eye opener thanks. I’ll follow for sure.

By: Kurt Avish

Kurt Avish — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:15:07 +0000

I spend about less than an hour on twitter per day. Mostly about retweeting cool tweets and also tweeting my mind out.

By: Twit Store

Twit Store — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:10:04 +0000

On Twitter, everyone wants to be Moses. Followed by many, follow few and yes, preach the 10 commandments. Ay, The promised land, here I come.

Seriously, build a brand. Best Example is – Twitip.com

All this Twitter chatter the herd engages in will get most of them – Nowhere!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:50:10 +0000

Twitter is fast becoming unmanageable for users, making one-way conversations such as “follow this great link” the norm. Two philosophies are quickly developing about the best way to use Twitter. The most-heard camp is that everyone should follow everyone, resulting in a flood of links and messages humanly impossible to follow. The second camp is becoming more vocal: become selective about whom you follow, allowing you to retaining Twitter’s early popularity for interesting conversations. If someone devises a way to merge those two competing philosophies, Twitter will move to the next level. But left to languish in its current form, Twitter will be last year’s phenom as people move on to the next communication tool, whatever that is.

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:39:52 +0000

All too often I find myself reading a huge amounts of Tweets, not necessarily on twitter.com itself, more usually via a client such as TweetDeck.

The trouble is that twitter provides a constant stream of links to worthwhile articles, blog posts and or some other media that boosts procrastination. So it is not necessarily Twitter itself that takes up your time it the content that is found via twitter. Maybe.

It is in my case anyway. For example, aside from writing this comment, I have a 15 websites open in my web browser, 12 of which I have visited because of a link on Twitter.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:38:33 +0000

A good way to prevent excessive Twittering is by following a rule for e-mail. Instead of letting a Twitter client constantly tempt you, set aside a time to Twitter, then turn-off your client and get to work. This way, you indulge your desire to chat with followers, but do not infringe on more productive tasks.