Comments on: Are your Twitter posts only and always about you?

By: Putting Your Social Network To Use

Putting Your Social Network To Use — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:35:52 +0000

[...] few minutes and think about the last time you helped someone out leveraging your social networks. Bryan Person wrote a great post this week about how often he mentions himself vs. others in his posts on [...]

By: Top 5 - Personal Twitter Do’s and Don’ts — amanda.ca by Amanda Shiga

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:52:54 +0000

[...] was inspired by Bryan Person’s post Are your Twitter posts only and always about you to write this quick list of my personal Twitter pet peeves. When I’m deciding whether to [...]

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:43:02 +0000

Bryan (and Chris), great stuff.

I put myself to the test and then took it a bit further with what I’m calling the “Twitter Engagement Score”…basically how do you rate in terms of engagement with the community through Twitter (@’s, DMs, etc).

Can’t wait to continue honing these metrics and having someone much smarter than me put it into a handy-dandy web app that is a bit more helpful that Twitter Grade.

/kff

By: Twitter Engagement Score | Engage in PR

Twitter Engagement Score | Engage in PR — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:39:33 +0000

[...] Bryan Person and Chris Brogan are talking about something very near to my heart; the egocentricity and personal brand overload of Twitter. OK, OK…they didn’t word it that way, but that is certainly how I have felt the past few months. I’m so tired of the people on Twitter who are there to only post their latest blog entry…and you know who you are…and you know I’m not following you any longer. [...]

By: What’s the point of Twitter? « Surf Simply

What’s the point of Twitter? « Surf Simply — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:51:34 +0000

[...] Beth points out, blogger Bryan Person has developed an interesting way to monitor his Tweeting habits and ensure it isn’t too [...]

By: Gina Kay Landis

Gina Kay Landis — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:41:03 +0000

This is a great idea. After all one of the cornerstones of social media is that as a social vehicle, there are all sorts of different social things that happen – and some of those, inevitably, will be when people focus on their own lives or needs. Too much of that can, of course, be an irritant or can be seen as something that maybe isn’t actually true about the person, particuarly new adopters who don’t understand the unwrittern “rules” if you were that develop in any social context.

Kudos to Chris and Bryan for alerting us!
@ginakay

By: BryanPerson

BryanPerson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:24:00 +0000

Amanda: Liking these proposed variations of my categories. Would you consider trying that for your own own posts? I see you’re at 98, so it’s perfect timing!

By: Amanda Shiga

Amanda Shiga — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:14:01 +0000

Good post! wondering if the “posts not about me” should distinguish between @ messages and newsbites, heads-up messages or links to content.

I agree with Scott -”always be valuable” is a great mantra. On twitter, too many @ messages that only carry meaning for their recipients lowers the value to all other followers.

By: BryanPerson

BryanPerson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:56:21 +0000

@Beth: Like the idea! That’ll have to be a subsequent post, though — and when I have some more time.

@Scott: Good point on sharing content of the competition. It still goes against the nature of most organizations, but you’re right that social media offers us an opportunity to support each other. Consider “coopetition” as a way to raise up your industry as a whole.

By: Chris Christensen

Chris Christensen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:41:56 +0000

That’s an interesting experiment but I have just been trying to figure out why all your posts aren’t about me