Four types of tweets
is still new, but I have started to notice that tweets come in four general flavors.
The clicker:
These are usually messages that contain a
tinyURL. This type of user is either trying to promote his or her blog, or just sharing a funny link.
I would include corporations that use a PHP script to aggregate feeds to Twitter into this category.
The 140
This is someone who tries to fit every last detail of what they're doing into the text area. Sometimes, this person will even use acronyms. A 140 is really unnecessary unless you have a really good story to tell. When I receive updates on my cell phone, a 140 won't even fit in one text message, and I am likely to leave someone who does this a lot.
I am sometimes guilty of rambling in my updates.
The convo
You know this one. People turn Twitter into an instant messaging application. Personally, this technique doesn't really bother me, but I know some people that won't use Twitter simply because people use too many
If they added the ability to comment on someone's tweet, this would probably disappear.
The idealist
In my opinion, this is the perfect tweet. Usually one sentence or less, this message is straight to the point, and is easy to read very quickly. One word tweets are unacceptable too. You can't just say "sleeping", or "eating". Tell me where you are sleeping, or what you are eating. The challenge is making it interesting every time.
This method is simple, accurate, and humorous. The founders of Twitter use this style when they update.
And some of the time, I have no idea how to interpret someone's status:
Have you found any other way that people update their Twitter?
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