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So What Do The “.@” Characters Mean In Some Twitter Replies

By Shoq, on January 24, 2011, at 3:35 pm

This page will explain, in the simplest possible terms, why many use a period or other character before a @Twittername. While I once wrote a widely circulated explanation, it was rather dense, and I find that at least a third of my stream still doesn't understand the issue. Thus, I felt a simpler explainer

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January 24th, 2011 | Category: Tips Index, Twitter, Twitter Tips | 104 comments

Why You Shouldn’t Use Twitter’s Built-In Retweet Feature Too Often

By Shoq, on January 21, 2011, at 5:18 pm

 

It's been well over a year since Twitter implemented its built-in "new" retweet feature, which for many of us, immediately wrecked what had been one of Twitter's best features: the old retweeting style which evolved organically from the user-base, and with no input from Twitter whatever.

Naturally, something that millions of people loved just had

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January 21st, 2011 | Category: Hash Tags, Retweets, Tips Index, Twitter Tips, Twitter Welcome Wagon | 17 comments

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 | 94 comments

Shoq’s Tips

By Shoq, on June 27, 2009, at 8:07 am

This is an index page, pointing to older pages that have not yet been moved to this blog. They will be, as I have time to get around to another project.

Twitter Tips

June 27th, 2009 | Category: Support, Tips Index, Twitter Tips | 6 comments