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

Shoq — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:35:13 +0000

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

Shoq — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:18:47 +0000

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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About The New Change To Twitter Search

Shoq — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:57:13 +0000

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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Shoq’s Tips

Shoq — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:07:00 +0000

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

Twitter Tips, Tricks & Workarounds Including backup services, tweet composition, rules, and other helpful things to know, not easily
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