Newbies to Twitter

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Garnett Cox on July 21, 2009 at 9:21am

Seem like there is a lot of genealogy tweeting going on - most of it around a small group of established bloggers. What do people like to see in tweets for genealogy? Seems like news and blog posts are the most popular. I don't see alot of tweeting going on about individual discoveries/research. Is that just too boring or is there some convention I have not come across?

Permalink Reply by Farhan Rehman on July 21, 2009 at 10:10am

Not entirely sure.. but perhaps there aren't enough Genealogists on twitter yet? Perhaps we need to schedule an online #genealogist 'chat' on Twitter, to ask everyone? What does anyone else think?

Permalink Reply by Kimberly Mayfield on July 22, 2009 at 9:23am

I am a newbie to twitter and still trying to figure it out lol....... like the @ and # i think i have it tho... when replying you hit @ and when talking about something specific you hit # am i right?

Permalink Reply by September McCarthy on July 25, 2009 at 6:12pm

A chat sounds like a great idea. I think the 140 character limit to tweets may be the limitation.
Can't imagine explaining an individual find that people outside my family would understand in 140 char!
That's what we have GenealogyWise for, isn't it? Can we hyperlink from Twitter to GW?

Permalink Reply by Rosemary J. Taylor on August 15, 2009 at 10:40pm

I have not yet joined twitter. I joined this group to find out about it, and why I should join. Is there anything I should know?

Permalink Reply by September McCarthy on August 15, 2009 at 11:12pm

I've only been on twitter for about a month and have found it a great way to learn what's going on in the world of genealogy, blogs, issues, etc., or whatever else you are interested in following. It's fun! Hope to see you there! @acolorfulsoul