Comments on: How many is too many? http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289 Each TechnoTuesday Tue, 07 May 2013 01:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pat http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-523 Pat Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:46:05 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-523 I think I’m more interested in following people than worrying about who follows me because I feel I have so much to learn from others. I tend to follow people who mention education in their profile or I see them in a conversation about education. If someone follows me and they are not in education, I don’t usually follow them. Just recently I found out from my twitter friends that it is okay to block people, I have started to block people who just want to sell me something.

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-522 Sarah Stewart Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:24:30 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-522 I am just getting into twitter now and get very excited when someone asks to follow me. But I have realised that there is a lot of spam and also competitions for people to see how many people they can follow – mad or what?

I follow educators but would love to have a network made up of my own profession (midwives) but cannot see that happening for a while. cheers Sarah

]]> By: Lisa Parisi http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-521 Lisa Parisi Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:27:16 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-521 I love twitter but also am careful about who I follow. I won’t follow anyone without a profile so I tell all the colleagues I teach to create at least a simple profile to start. I also won’t follow anyone who follows too many people. I doubt they could add to my collective knowledge. But I do check my replies often. Many people who follow me show up there to respond to a tweet I sent out. It gives me a broader network and I often will start to follow someone who responds to me intelligently or kindly.

You were one of the first people I started following. I wish I could remember how I found you but I sure am glad I did.

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-520 Cathy Nelson Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:16:34 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-520 @Liz
Love the zen approach, and have to admit I do the same. When I am away for an extended time, i check replies to respond to but not much more. If something piques my curiosity, or has stirred conversation that I need to put into context, I’ll use that site Twitter Conversations (Quotability) that allows you to out a threaded conversation together. Then I can figure it out. I don’t have to use it much, but I do like what it offers. Otherwise i just pick up right where I’ve joined Twitter. Thanks for the comment. Oh and the twitter conversation link, just in case you or others I read aren’t familiar with it, is http://quotably.com/

]]> By: Liz Davis http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-519 Liz Davis Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:07:20 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-519 I follow lots of people and lots of people follow me. So far it really isn’t a problem. I guess I like to expect the best and block the worst. If someone follows me and they look like an actual person involved in education or in Web 2.0, I follow them back. If it becomes a problem – profanity, noise etc., I know I can always stop following them. I feel like, as a person who raves about Twitter, I can’t justify not following someone back.

I agree that those people who plug Twitter need to also explain that Twitter is a give and take. If you want followers you have to add something to the conversation. It is also important to include some kind of bio.

I miss lots of what happens when I’m not Online. I take a Zen approach to Twitter. I always check my @ replies and try to respond to things I miss. Other than that, if I’m not there it didn’t happen :)

-Liz

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-518 Cathy Nelson Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:03:14 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-518 @bookjewel That was PERFECT timing for the end of a fairly rough week. Thanks for the kind comment. In looking at profiles to the wannabe followers, most are not even remotely education-related. Pure Twitter spam. Glad, though, that u r in my network, especially since u r a teacher-librarian like me.

]]> By: bookjewel http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-517 bookjewel Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:24:41 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-517 I am a recent convert to Twitter and I think a lot of educators are just beginning to understand its power. Perhaps that explains the increase in requests to follow? I agree, as a professional tool it is fantastic. I was following a few educational blogs, including this one (which I love!) and discovered a lot of the same people twittering. Now I really do feel like I’ve wandered into a global virtual staffroom!

I recently blogged ‘The Power of Twitter’ http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-516 Cathy Nelson Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:19:06 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-516 @MaryAnn – I do really scope out my requesters. I have received a huge amount of what I want to call twitter spam. I’m also glad you are in my network.

]]> By: MaryAnn Sansonetti http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-515 MaryAnn Sansonetti Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:31:03 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-515 Cathy,

I have a tendency to lean towards anyone who is in education. I check my new followers every week or so. Before I follow or block I check out their info … if they are not in education or with a company and I don’t know them… they get blocked. But id they are in education… I don’t mind following or just allowing them to follow me.

]]> By: Tom Krieglstein http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-514 Tom Krieglstein Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:11:57 +0000 http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/2008/04/14/how-many-is-too-many/#comment-514 Hey Cathy,

In reading your post I was able to find you on Twitter and just connected to your account. I was the one who wrote the post about Librarians and Digital Literacy on thesablog.org.

Keep up the great stuff! Tom

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