Comments on: Sending tweets to Facebook, status updates to Friend Feed, blog posts to Twitter, and on and on

By: gregladen

gregladen — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:22:31 +0000

RBH: There is another way that may be better that does not involve hiding. Make a filter and add to it only those who’s updates and posts you want to see. That may be easier to manage. More upfront investment in time, but over the longer range it seems more efficient.

By: RBH

RBH — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:20:29 +0000

Sorry — that second quotation was from Cath@VWXYNot?.

By: RBH

RBH — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:18:40 +0000

From Greg:

Another person I know produces a very large percentage of tweets that seem to be private messages or responses, and these tweets, once again, are fed over to Facebook.

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Automated updates drive me bloody crazy, especially when they show up in Twitter AND Facebook AND my RSS reader.

Coincidentally, 15 minutes ago I walked through half a dozen pages of my Facebook account, perma-hiding those whose tweets cross-posted to Facebook are mainly about what they had for dinner or those who respond mostly to someone I can’t see. I may miss some good stuff, but the signal to noise ratio is improved. I’ll also probably perma-hide blog post tweets/notifications from people who are in my reader (sorry, Greg), again in the interest of signal to noise ratio.

By: how to please your man in bed

how to please your man in bed — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:21:30 +0000

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By: Cath@VWXYNot?

Cath@VWXYNot? — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:13:05 +0000

Automated updates drive me bloody crazy, especially when they show up in Twitter AND Facebook AND my RSS reader. The worst though are those ones telling you which songs someone’s listening to, or (right now) endless automated tweets from various ScienceBlog folk thanking people for donating to that school funding thing.

I really like the Selective Twitter app on Facebook. Only those of my tweets that include the tag #fb get converted to my Facebook status updates, so I keep the two separate most of the time, but cross-fertilise when there’s something I think both groups of friends will appreciate. (There is some overlap between the two groups, but it’s mostly made up of people who blitz me with endless repeated updates).

By: Dan J

Dan J — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:54:30 +0000

I'm finding Twitter (the way I use it, anyway) to be like the new IRC, but with some big differences. If you really have to ask about IRC, it's Internet Relay Chat. Sometimes I miss the way conversations took place in IRC compared to what we generally use online now. Finding cross-posted tweets on FaceBook is a bit disconcerting at times. I'm certain that it would not be so if I did not have several people on both lists. I tend to keep a closer eye on my Twitter feed than I do on FaceBook. Posting links for new blog posts in a variety of media is perfectly fine for me, as a poster and a reader. I tweet links to new posts in the hopes of finding new readers, but I don't use any automated system. I find new blogs the same way. Hashtags are good for targeting groups or trends.

By: lylebot

lylebot — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:56:03 +0000

I don’t like seeing blog posts twittered. The only way I’m going to be looking at someone’s twitter account is if I like their blog to begin with. If I like their blog enough to look at their twitter account, I like it enough to check it every day anyway (and to have it in my RSS feed reader). The blog post tweets are totally redundant to me.

I really only read one twitterer, and that’s the TV critic for the Newark Star-Ledger. It’s the only one I’ve seen that actually does a good job of integrating and expanding on the blog content without having to follow a bunch of other people to understand what’s going on. I like PZ’s on the rare occasions I check it and see something more than a bunch of blog post announcements, and I would probably read yours too if it was more than that.

I am probably atypical though.

By: Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:17:57 +0000

I’ve considered setting Twitter up as the kind of direct-from-blog linkfest you’ve got going, but in my mind, that’s what RSS subscriptions are for. That, and if you like a site with dynamic updates and a commenting system, you’ll theoretically visit now and then. I do admit I need to do a bit of shuffling to sort out my digital life relatively soon though. Thousands of unread RSS entries, and threads where I comment then forget to check back for replies for days (and realize I’ve started a flame war)… it’s not cool.

As for Facebook, well, I’m still waffling. With it being blocked at work, and with me avoiding having my family members and coworkers involved in my blogospheric life, I’m not feeling a lot of draw there. Except maybe from individuals in this ‘sphere. I’m happy they’re addressing privacy concerns the CRTC (Canadian FCC) brought up, I’m still feeling kind of burned.