Comments on: Why I Didn’t Tweet About Michael Jackson: How Your Twitter Niche Is More Than Skin Deep http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/ Twitter Tips in 140 Characters or More Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Clayton http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/#comment-43783 Chris Clayton Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:05:49 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2127#comment-43783 ‘The problem many active Tweeters face is to get carried away with chasing trendy topics that produce little reward for the time and energy put into them.” the question that should go with that sentence is... "Do all active twitter users tweet for the reward?" and "what do you consider an award?" i did tweet about it... twice - not for the 'reward' or anything but because i love music and im a fan of MJ. - Once was a retweet to a post featuring videos from mashable.com (most of my followers arnt following mashable, yes i do check with custom tools ive designed). Second was my thoughts about MJ. that day, i got more followers than usual. - a big reward? The effort? how long does it take to RT someone? not much effort. My result was actually the opposite than yours... my action was too... maybe you should try it next time instead of making a guess if something works or not. ‘The problem many active Tweeters face is to get carried away with chasing trendy topics that produce little reward for the time and energy put into them.”

the question that should go with that sentence is… “Do all active twitter users tweet for the reward?” and “what do you consider an award?”

i did tweet about it… twice – not for the ‘reward’ or anything but because i love music and im a fan of MJ. – Once was a retweet to a post featuring videos from mashable.com (most of my followers arnt following mashable, yes i do check with custom tools ive designed). Second was my thoughts about MJ.

that day, i got more followers than usual. – a big reward?
The effort? how long does it take to RT someone? not much effort.

My result was actually the opposite than yours… my action was too…
maybe you should try it next time instead of making a guess if something works or not.

]]> By: Photo Soren - The Travelling Photographer http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/#comment-43296 Photo Soren - The Travelling Photographer Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:49:09 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2127#comment-43296 Thanks Ethan, I agree very much with your point: 'The problem many active Tweeters face is to get carried away with chasing trendy topics that produce little reward for the time and energy put into them." To be a smart and genuine Twitter you have to develop your own style and following – not to follow everything else, like Michael Jackson’s dead. As a birder I often see similarities with some people and scavengers like the vultures that jump over every newly dead to harvest from that. – The worst is when I see people jumping over cases and people who are only on the way down. Others cling to people on the way up – it isn’t that disgusting but it isn’t that original either. Thanks Ethan, I agree very much with your point: ‘The problem many active Tweeters face is to get carried away with chasing trendy topics that produce little reward for the time and energy put into them.”

To be a smart and genuine Twitter you have to develop your own style and following – not to follow everything else, like Michael Jackson’s dead. As a birder I often see similarities with some people and scavengers like the vultures that jump over every newly dead to harvest from that. – The worst is when I see people jumping over cases and people who are only on the way down. Others cling to people on the way up – it isn’t that disgusting but it isn’t that original either.

]]> By: Jens P. Berget http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/#comment-43252 Jens P. Berget Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:13:18 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2127#comment-43252 I'm not sure if I agree with you, even though I certainly understand why you did what you did and it might be the right choice. I addressed the death of Michael Jackson, and I am not a music blogger (I love music though). I did it because I was both surprised and a little upset by the news. My problem is that I don't have developed a voice when it comes to Twitter. I tweet mostly about Internet marketing, but sometimes I tweet about completely different topics. I am impulsive, and don't have a strategy when it comes to Twitter other than to have fun, communicate and make friend. I think that, if you had any feelings towards the death of MJ, you should have addressed it. But that's just me :-) I’m not sure if I agree with you, even though I certainly understand why you did what you did and it might be the right choice.

I addressed the death of Michael Jackson, and I am not a music blogger (I love music though). I did it because I was both surprised and a little upset by the news.

My problem is that I don’t have developed a voice when it comes to Twitter. I tweet mostly about Internet marketing, but sometimes I tweet about completely different topics. I am impulsive, and don’t have a strategy when it comes to Twitter other than to have fun, communicate and make friend.

I think that, if you had any feelings towards the death of MJ, you should have addressed it. But that’s just me :-)

]]> By: Wakish http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/#comment-43229 Wakish Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:57:41 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2127#comment-43229 Only one rule: "don't say anything when you feel you have nothing to say". Say it live and aloud when you are motivated about it and you know you are in it somehow (and want to voice your angles). - Wakish - Only one rule: “don’t say anything when you feel you have nothing to say”. Say it live and aloud when you are motivated about it and you know you are in it somehow (and want to voice your angles).

- Wakish -

]]> By: Vicki Z Lauter http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/#comment-43228 Vicki Z Lauter Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:27 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2127#comment-43228 I didn't tweet about it; I get "the magic" but I just didn't join the conversation I didn’t tweet about it; I get “the magic” but I just didn’t join the conversation

]]> By: Brandon Mendelson http://www.twitip.com/how-your-twitter-niche-is-more-than-skin-deep/#comment-43221 Brandon Mendelson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:48:55 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2127#comment-43221 Hmm. I don't think it's belittling to touch on things the folks following you are talking about, whether you know a lot or not. That seems to defeat the purpose of getting involved in a conversation and learning, which is what brings many people to Twitter in the first place. The other thing is, if you focus too much on talking to just like-minded people, you develop an echochamber. Then, you're pretty much talking to yourself. Hmm.

I don’t think it’s belittling to touch on things the folks following you are talking about, whether you know a lot or not. That seems to defeat the purpose of getting involved in a conversation and learning, which is what brings many people to Twitter in the first place.

The other thing is, if you focus too much on talking to just like-minded people, you develop an echochamber. Then, you’re pretty much talking to yourself.

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