71176 1 3 html <p>What's the problem with autotweets? Nothing in and of themselves.</p> <p>But they can become a problem when a Twitter user's website posts new content all the time. The flood of new tweets promoting new content (I once saw a dozen at a time) is annoying and often defeats the purpose of following that person in the first place: to find out what he or she is <em>personally</em> doing, thinking and discussing.</p> <p>So I hereby propose a new Twitter best practice: don't autotweet on your personal Twitter account.</p> <p><strong>If you want to promote content in an automated fashion, set up a separate Twitter account.</strong></p> <p>We do that here at Econsultancy. If you want to follow me on Twitter, I'm at <a href="http://twitter.com/probles">@probles</a>. Other members of the Econsultancy staff have their own personal Twitter accounts too. If you want to be alerted to Econsultancy's new content as it's posted, follow <a href="http://twitter.com/econsultancy">@Econsultancy</a>, which autotweets our blog feed.</p> <p>Simple? Good.</p> <p>What's the problem with autotweets? Nothing in and of themselves.</p> <p>But they can become a problem when a Twitter user's website posts new content all the time. The flood of new tweets promoting new content (I once saw a dozen at a time) is annoying and often defeats the purpose of following that person in the first place: to find out what he or she is <em>personally</em> doing, thinking and discussing.</p> <p>So I hereby propose a new Twitter best practice: don't autotweet on your personal Twitter account.</p> <p><strong>If you want to promote content in an automated fashion, set up a separate Twitter account.</strong></p> <p>We do that here at Econsultancy. If you want to follow me on Twitter, I'm at <a href="http://twitter.com/probles">@probles</a>. Other members of the Econsultancy staff have their own personal Twitter accounts too. If you want to be alerted to Econsultancy's new content as it's posted, follow <a href="http://twitter.com/econsultancy">@Econsultancy</a>, which autotweets our blog feed.</p> <p>Simple? Good.</p> 2009-02-18T22:25:01+00:00 1 1 html <p><strong><img alt="" height="75" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2680539745_940855479e_t.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;" width="100" />The more I use Twitter, the more I've noticed an annoying phenomenon: the autotweet.</strong></p> <p>What are '<em>autotweets</em>'? They're tweets sent in an automated fashion, usually through websites connected to Twitter via the Twitter API. The purpose of autotweets: to alert followers to new content posted on the Twitter user's website.</p> <p><strong><img style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2680539745_940855479e_t.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" />The more I use Twitter, the more I've noticed an annoying phenomenon: the autotweet.</strong></p> <p>What are '<em>autotweets</em>'? They're tweets sent in an automated fashion, usually through websites connected to Twitter via the Twitter API. The purpose of autotweets: to alert followers to new content posted on the Twitter user's website.</p> false 3323 <p>Refer also to Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide">User Experience Buyer's Guide</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/effective-web-design-best-practice-guide">Effective Web Design Guide</a></strong> for more information about best practice in these areas.</p> <p>Refer also to Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide">User Experience Buyer's Guide</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/effective-web-design-best-practice-guide">Effective Web Design Guide</a></strong> for more information about best practice in these areas.</p> Friends don't let friends autotweet false 2009-02-20T09:01:00+00:00 friends-don-t-let-friends-autotweet 2009-04-28T23:24:02+01:00 2009-10-13T10:02:38+01:00 975