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About The New Change To Twitter Search

By Shoq, on May 19, 2010, at 8:57 pm

UPDATE1:  If this article is accurate, then Twitter is now claiming that their new search—which prompted the post below—was just an "experiment."  (Conducted live with 100 million users? Hmmm)

If true, then all of this drama was about nothing at all. As I said initially, for all we know, it's a bug. When

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May 19th, 2010 | Category: Tips Index, Twitter Tips | View Comments

Twitter Welcome Wagon: Generic User Edition

By Shoq, on April 9, 2010, at 10:16 am

Welcome to Twitter; it's about time you got here.

This primer has some tips and resources you'll need to get oriented. There are trillions of tutorials available on Twitter, many of them pretty poor. Twitter's own help pages are among the worst of them.  But there are some adequate sites and pages, ranging from this - Read More -

April 9th, 2010 | Category: Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips, Twitter Welcome Wagon | View Comments

What are #Gametags

By Shoq, on April 9, 2010, at 9:20 am

Overview

Gametag — is a term that I created to describe the use of #hashtaqs in contests or simple word games played on Twitter, and other social networks that support such tags.

Sometimes I, my friend @lizzWinstead, or some other Twitter addict will create a tag and put it out there and see if others will

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April 9th, 2010 | Category: Hash Tags, Support, Twitter Tips | View Comments

My Common Hash Tags and Codes

By Shoq, on January 11, 2010, at 8:37 am

I get asked "what does this or that tag or code mean about 10 times a day." So I figured it was time to set the common ones in print, and save me some keystrokes. If I've left out anything obvious that I use often, please let me know.

Signal Codes

VIA  -  I came upon this

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January 11th, 2010 | Category: #FF Tag, Etiquette, Hash Tags, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | View Comments

About the BL Code

By Shoq, on December 31, 2009, at 12:53 am

 

What is the BL code?

A proposed Message Code for Twitter and any social network.

The BL code means "broken link." It tells someone that a link they sent out was defective.

Geekly speaking, it should be "resource," but I won't get into why. I think the average Twitter user can remember,

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December 31st, 2009 | Category: Etiquette, Hash Tags, Ideas, Shoq Value, Shoqs Ideas, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips, Uncategorized | View Comments

#FF Hashtag

By Shoq, on December 5, 2009, at 1:09 am

What is the #FF Hashtag?

It's just a much shorter version of the familiar #followFriday hashtag seen far too often on Twitter (and now other social networks, as well).  And as I will explain below, it's also a tag that denotes a ritual behavior that has serious issues and could really benefit from a

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December 5th, 2009 | Category: Support, Twitter Tips | View Comments

When Your Twitter Account Gets Hacked

By Shoq, on November 25, 2009, at 6:48 pm

If your Twitter name is suddenly tweeting spam or sending DM spam, your account has been compromised in some way. 

This is usually due to your having authorized some unscrupulous App vendor, either by entering your password, or simply  "allowing" it to connect to your account via Twitter's oAuth system.

The Fix

  • Change your password immediately.
  • Go to Twitter.com

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    • November 25th, 2009 | Category: Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | View Comments

    The new Twitter retweets: be afraid.

    By Shoq, on November 11, 2009, at 7:29 pm

    The new Twitter retweet system has been unleashed, and it's a classic example of taking something that worked, and breaking it. Rather than simplify something most regular Twitter users understood and used rather creatively, they have now created a hybrid pastiche of behaviors where retweets will mean different things to different people, depending on how

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    November 11th, 2009 | Category: Retweets, Support, Technology, Twitter, Twitter Tips | View Comments

    Shortening Your Twitter Name

    By Shoq, on October 26, 2009, at 2:19 pm

    Social networks are here to stay, and so is your Twitter name. While it’s too early to say how social media is going to evolve, I am betting that Twitter names will become most people’s key public identity for many years to come, if not forever. That’s one reason I try to use “Shoq” wherever

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    October 26th, 2009 | Category: Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | View Comments

    About MT Signal

    By Shoq, on September 25, 2009, at 4:42 am

    What is the MT signal?

    It's a new gesturing signal, suggested to me, and then enlarged by me to mean that some Twitter update is a  "Modified Tweet." It is meant to expand and compliment the more traditional Retweet (or RT) gesture, which is probably the most familiar symbol

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    September 25th, 2009 | Category: Ideas, Shoq Value, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | View Comments
     
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