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Twitter & Social Tagging Social Networking

Twitter & Social Tagging. Twitter is a MicroBlog 140 Characters or less to say it… Recently allowed photos to be shared Very popular* Officially

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Twitter & Social Tagging

Social Networking

Twitter is a MicroBlog140 Characters or less to say it…Recently allowed photos to be sharedVery popular*

Officially 100 Million active users 500 Million registered accounts

All “Tweets” are being cataloged in the Library of Congress

What it is…

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

Combines Texting, Instant Messaging, Blogging

Short format keeps it simple and to the point 140 Characters

Breaking news- hours before it ends up on the tv.

Trending topics- popular by mentions (#topic)

Tagging goes social…We interact with our words

Communication in Real Time

Twitter not the whole future, but a large part of it

We are a busy people- We need as much info

in as little time as possible

Keep up with the world around us, or the Jones’

It is part of our future

Founded in 2006Biz Stone & Evan

Williams Creators of Blogger.com

Jack Dorsey Software Architect

Twitter’s Past

Simple, descriptive username Not bob1234 or JaneSmith Try KnittingGranny or

GearheadBob

Talk first, follow laterStart with friends,

expand slowlyPost consistently & it

will come

Getting Started

NewsBusiness—info about

your hobby/workHelpful

information/tipsLinks to favorite sites,

blog posts, photosThe day-to-day stuff…

all about you!

What do I post about?

Trivial- What you ate for

lunchWhat color shoes

you are wearing

PoliticsReligionSex

What to avoid…

Loads of famous and non-famous alike have Twitter accounts…

Just search for them in the search bubble…

How to find people…

Way for people to find what you are talking about, e.g. #library #doctorwho #Colts

What is a Hashtag?-- #

You can make reference to people

Give a shout-out, or say you were with other twitter users/people in general, e.g. Hey @jonnygskills, I saw your

rocketship in the back yard, nice! @nflcolts, win one for a change!

They get a heads-up that someone mentioned them…They “see” the post.

Mentioning People--

@

Become socially relevantGo “Viral”Searching for your

@businessnamehere says it all…

Positive and negative feedback on the fly

“Live-tweeting” an event- rallys, Conferences, Conventions, community meetings…

Imagine the possibilities

Mobile!Focus changes from “What

are you doing?” to “What’s happening?”

Twitter news network?

Twitter’s Future

Contact Jon– 574-223-1003 [email protected] @FCPLR (on Twitter, of course!)

Questions? Need help?