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Dumbest thing I’ve done on Twitter
By Sean | August 18, 2009
This may help some people who are new to Twitter like me:
It’s been a little over a week now since I got active on Twitter. I opened my account about a year ago but never could understand what Twitter was about. It seemed kind of pointless, and truth be told a huge majority of tweets are pointless, but finally someone explained to me that it is really just another way to connect with people online.
Today I used some software that allows you to send a bunch of messages to people and release them over time so there is a more uniform and respectful flow of Tweets.
However I had the software set wrong and it dumped them in rapid succession. I had no idea that was happening until someone (better known on Twitter as “Tekchic”) was kind enough to let me know without lambasting me by shouting SPAM to the entire community.
People like Tekchic are prime examples of the excellent sort of people you’ll meet on Twitter. So if you join Twitter be sure to follow her.
Also an interesting side note is that the only people shouting SPAM at me were the ones without photo’s. Small data set but it does make a case for following real people with real names and real photos.
This experience has helped me to realize that not everyone who screws up online means to be obnoxious. For me in the future — I think I’ll be more thoughtful when I see someone doing something that is unpleasant.
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