Comments on: Presenting The Case for Corporate Twitter To your Boss http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/ Pravda on Media, Technology, and Rebel Filmmaking Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yoav http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Yoav Fri, 02 May 2008 16:42:31 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1898 I *think* I get it Kfir. Hallelujah! I *think* I get it Kfir. Hallelujah!

]]> By: Kfir Pravda http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Kfir Pravda Fri, 02 May 2008 15:36:12 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1897 Yoav - your points are very important. yes, twitter has a lot of media coverage, and I personally think that it is over hyped. Re the difference from Facebook - Facebook status is more of a declearion - I am doing X. Though many use twitter in the same way, others start a conversation through twitter - something that is much harder to accomplish with FB. Re the guy who is following you - loved your description :) My policy is a bit different in this case - I don't care if I don't know that one that follows me, I just want to make sure I am not following crazy guys And I am happy you enjoy my tweets :) Yoav – your points are very important. yes, twitter has a lot of media coverage, and I personally think that it is over hyped.

Re the difference from Facebook – Facebook status is more of a declearion – I am doing X. Though many use twitter in the same way, others start a conversation through twitter – something that is much harder to accomplish with FB.

Re the guy who is following you – loved your description :) My policy is a bit different in this case – I don’t care if I don’t know that one that follows me, I just want to make sure I am not following crazy guys

And I am happy you enjoy my tweets :)

]]> By: Yoav http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1896 Yoav Fri, 02 May 2008 14:43:34 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1896 Thanks Kfir, I kind of get that and yes, the SMS thing - I obviously can turn it off. I brought it up becaue I failed to see the purpose of it. Maybe the Twitter problem is a UI issue? Going around their site it's nearly impossible to understand: what does 'following' really mean? Does it mean that whenever someone changes status you get a note in your email, mobile and Twitter home page? Is that all? This morning I got a message that someone is following me. I didn't know if I should hide or follow them back. Turns out it was some fanatic sports fan whom I don't know and have nothing in common with. Of course - I immediately proceeded to change my status to "Taking a toilet break", thus creating a chase-scene diversion to lose the tail of whoever is following me. My welcome email from Twitter reads: "The New York Times calls Twitter "one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet." TIME Magazine says, "Twitter is on its way to becoming the next killer app," and Newsweek noted that "Suddenly, it seems as though all the world's a-twitter." What will you think?" Killer app? What other apps does it kill? Isn't this just a version of the "what are you doing now" box on Facebook that can be posted on a blog and sent via email or SMS? If not, then I missed the point completely and Twitter's illusive site and media coverage have completely failed to educate me (which may be the reason indeed as to why mainly social media fanatics twitt). But if I am right and that's all it is then eh, it's a nice to-have but a far cry from the premise of the hyped up paragraph I quoted above. I feel like everyone I know have taken a crazy pill and no one shared one with me. Give me one! And yes Kfir, I do follow you on Twitter. You are quite interesting :o) Thanks Kfir,

I kind of get that and yes, the SMS thing – I obviously can turn it off. I brought it up becaue I failed to see the purpose of it. Maybe the Twitter problem is a UI issue? Going around their site it’s nearly impossible to understand: what does ‘following’ really mean? Does it mean that whenever someone changes status you get a note in your email, mobile and Twitter home page? Is that all?

This morning I got a message that someone is following me. I didn’t know if I should hide or follow them back. Turns out it was some fanatic sports fan whom I don’t know and have nothing in common with. Of course – I immediately proceeded to change my status to “Taking a toilet break”, thus creating a chase-scene diversion to lose the tail of whoever is following me.

My welcome email from Twitter reads: “The New York Times calls Twitter “one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet.” TIME Magazine says, “Twitter is on its way to becoming the next killer app,” and Newsweek noted that “Suddenly, it seems as though all the world’s a-twitter.” What will you think?”

Killer app? What other apps does it kill? Isn’t this just a version of the “what are you doing now” box on Facebook that can be posted on a blog and sent via email or SMS? If not, then I missed the point completely and Twitter’s illusive site and media coverage have completely failed to educate me (which may be the reason indeed as to why mainly social media fanatics twitt). But if I am right and that’s all it is then eh, it’s a nice to-have but a far cry from the premise of the hyped up paragraph I quoted above.

I feel like everyone I know have taken a crazy pill and no one shared one with me. Give me one! And yes Kfir, I do follow you on Twitter. You are quite interesting :o )

]]> By: israluv http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 israluv Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:54:39 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1895 I am a die hard Twitter user - but for corporate use my suggestion to them is to use tweetscan and other services that can notify users when specific words pop up in twitter conversations- that way a corporation can really be on top of what their customers feel/thing/write about. Michael Arrington had a story about problems w/ his internet service and a high up exec at the internet service provider got an alert about the company and responded ASAP to Michael ... go onto techcrunch to read about it. It really reiterates how important Twitter is for large corporations. I am a die hard Twitter user – but for corporate use my suggestion to them is to use tweetscan and other services that can notify users when specific words pop up in twitter conversations- that way a corporation can really be on top of what their customers feel/thing/write about. Michael Arrington had a story about problems w/ his internet service and a high up exec at the internet service provider got an alert about the company and responded ASAP to Michael … go onto techcrunch to read about it. It really reiterates how important Twitter is for large corporations.

]]> By: Kfir Pravda http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Kfir Pravda Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:55:59 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1894 Yoav, you are godsend! First of all, I don't think that twitter is widely popular - I think it is popular in the social media circles,and I am working on a post explaining why it is popular only there. Re why to follow people - yes, a lot of people are very boring on twitter. There are a lot of very bad TV shows - does it mean that TV as a device is worthless? Follow people that make sense to you to follow. I follow Arrington, Orly Yakuel, Chris Brogan, and a lot of friends. I also follow a friend called Jim Long, who is a video photographer in the White House - his twits are awesome! I also ask my followers a lot of questions and engage in conversation with them. To sum it up - follow people YOU find interesting. That's the whole thing. Re the SMS - you can stop it in the settings. Yoav, you are godsend!

First of all, I don’t think that twitter is widely popular – I think it is popular in the social media circles,and I am working on a post explaining why it is popular only there.

Re why to follow people – yes, a lot of people are very boring on twitter. There are a lot of very bad TV shows – does it mean that TV as a device is worthless? Follow people that make sense to you to follow. I follow Arrington, Orly Yakuel, Chris Brogan, and a lot of friends. I also follow a friend called Jim Long, who is a video photographer in the White House – his twits are awesome! I also ask my followers a lot of questions and engage in conversation with them.

To sum it up – follow people YOU find interesting. That’s the whole thing.

Re the SMS – you can stop it in the settings.

]]> By: Yoav http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Yoav Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:34:55 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1893 I felt a bit moronic for using Twitter over the past few days really trying to discover the power of this massively popular application. Now I feel like I live on a different planet. Why in the world would I want to follow what people do? How is this any better then what people typing on their facebook account the important fact that they are going to the bathroom, except for the fact that Twitter connects all of these bathroom-going people together? I am looking around at Twitter and see no one I should be even remotely inclined to follow and really don't get what this means - will I now get SMS messages whenever someone from a group I follow goes to the bathroom? And as for the corporate premise - well, don't people in corporation really just want to hide, and the ones that are not use collaboration suits that have real time 'What are you doing now' feed in them already? Please help my confusion, I am obviously Twitterly challanged and don't get this revolution at all! I felt a bit moronic for using Twitter over the past few days really trying to discover the power of this massively popular application. Now I feel like I live on a different planet. Why in the world would I want to follow what people do? How is this any better then what people typing on their facebook account the important fact that they are going to the bathroom, except for the fact that Twitter connects all of these bathroom-going people together? I am looking around at Twitter and see no one I should be even remotely inclined to follow and really don’t get what this means – will I now get SMS messages whenever someone from a group I follow goes to the bathroom? And as for the corporate premise – well, don’t people in corporation really just want to hide, and the ones that are not use collaboration suits that have real time ‘What are you doing now’ feed in them already?

Please help my confusion, I am obviously Twitterly challanged and don’t get this revolution at all!

]]> By: Ron Shoshani http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Ron Shoshani Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:06:42 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1892 "I am not a geek"......ah ah..... love it! Where is this GEEK that I read about him in all the articles and posts, and in which company this person work? I would like to meet this guy, because everyone says "I'm not".... Man, can you please find me a relevant T-shirt with this sentence ? “I am not a geek”……ah ah….. love it!

Where is this GEEK that I read about him in all the articles and posts, and in which company this person work? I would like to meet this guy, because everyone says “I’m not”….

Man, can you please find me a relevant T-shirt with this sentence ?

]]> By: Kfir Pravda http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Kfir Pravda Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:11:44 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1891 yep, IT are always a challenge. But the local wordpress option can solve their problem too. yep, IT are always a challenge. But the local wordpress option can solve their problem too.

]]> By: Ian Hay http://pravdam.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 Ian Hay Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:58:26 +0000 http://pravdam.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/presnting-the-case-for-corporate-twitter-to-your-boss/#comment-1890 Nice post but in most organisations even IF you could convince the boss the IT department would stomp all over you .... Nice post but in most organisations even IF you could convince the boss the IT department would stomp all over you ….

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