Tweeters ask in Twitter direct messages that you turn on their notifications
With the flood of millions of tweets going across the Twittersphere every several seconds, it is very likely you will not see the tweets of every person you follow. Although not a brand-new tactic to gain more visibility, it is becoming more and more common to see the following automatically-generated direct messages, or variations thereof, […]
Two ways to use one Gmail account for more than one Twitter account
Twitter allows you to have more than one account, but they also make you use a unique email for each of those Twitter accounts. If you would prefer not to have to remember several different email accounts (and their passwords) for several different Twitter accounts, then all your need is one Gmail account. There are […]
Stop using TrueTwit to stop being used by TrueTwit to make money for TrueTwit
TrueTwit has been around since 2009, and it’s business model is ingenious for getting Twitter users to generate hundreds of thousands of spam messages and to make TrueTwit hundreds of thousands of dollars without giving any referral credit to the tweeters who use it. Here’s how it really works…
Ever wonder who’s buying Twitter followers? Status People can help…
We almost expect that accounts that have the Twitter verified seal will have far more followers than they follow, but what about accounts with no Twitter verified seal that seem to have the same “celebrity” or “famous” status as, say, Justin Bieber or Oprah Winfrey or even Ryan Seacrest? How are they getting all these […]
Twitter outlaws the use of “auto follow back” services
@truebe, of Twitter Platform Operations, posted the following in the development discussion about auto follow back: “We removed the clause permitting automated follow-back, as we would prefer that users manually review their new followers and then choose whether or not they would like to… [read the full discussion string here]
Posterous to sunset on 30 April 2013
A year after being taken over by Twitter, Posterous will be shutting down. If you’d like a backup of all the content you’ve posted there, Posterous has created a way for your to get all your information. Posterous also suggests that you move WordPress.com or Squarespace, as they have tools to help you import your […]
Vintage TweetDeck (TweetDeck AIR) will stop functioning soon…
TweetDeck is the most powerful Twitter tool for tracking real-time conversations. Its flexibility and customizable layout let you keep up with what’s happening on Twitter, across multiple topics and accounts, in real time. To continue to offer a great product that addresses your unique needs, we’re going to focus our development efforts on our modern, […]
Infographic on advertising.twitter.com: A new Compete study: Mobile users in the UK
From The Next Web: Twitter has started rolling out the option to download all your tweets by Martin Bryant
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has promised in recent months that an option for users to download an archive of all the tweets from their accounts would be available this year. At least for some, this long-awaited feature has arrived – and we’ve had a play with the archive browsing tool. The first report of the […]
Be proactive to make your tweets more re-tweetable
There’s nothing conceited about proactive consideration. Let me start by saying that. Many of you make it incredibly difficult to retweet your tweets. Please consider a possible retweet when you’re constructing your original tweet. This is what I do… I start my tweet construction with RT @faydra_deon: (yes, I include the colon) in front of my […]