Comments on: How I Use Twitter

By: Penelope

Penelope — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:44:39 +0000

I’m new to twitter, and learning as I go. Thanks for this article.

By: Monica S. Flores

Monica S. Flores — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:28:24 +0000

Aansa – I typically follow up via e-mail with people I want to keep in touch with.

DL – I think the search goes through both postings and bio, but the bio is only 140 characters too. The hasmarks were popular prior to the search function being beefed up on Twitter, and one would use a # sign to signify something such as #minority #women #business but since the search capability on Twitter has been made more robust, you could jsut as easily do a text only search.

http://Search.twitter.com

In “Advanced” search, you may also find other Twitterers who are *near your location*. Use the Near this Place and Within this Distance search fields.

http://search.twitter.com/advanced

So, for example, where I live there are a few Twitterers but the tool allows us to find each other, then we can organize and create our own “meetup” in person.

By: DL Okada

DL Okada — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:11:24 +0000

Thanks for this very useful post! I credit it with getting me to finally relent and start my own twitterings a few days ago. Question about the searches – so do your searches for “minority women business” search in the bio or in the postings? I may consider myself a minority/woman business owner, but I haven’t quite stated that clearly on my twitter accounts. I’ve seen the hashmarks and such, but it seems a little… awkward to me. Any clarifications? Thanks!

By: aansa

aansa — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:55:03 +0000

Twitter is good to keep in touch with others but there is so much abuse going on twitter as well. How do you track the messages from people you want to hear from?