Comments on: Conference Tweeting http://blog.duoconsulting.com/2009/06/23/conference-tweeting/ Chicago-based web developer Duo Consulting shares its opinions, advice & experiences about web content marketing, management and social media Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:22:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sonny Cohen http://blog.duoconsulting.com/2009/06/23/conference-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-15556 Sonny Cohen Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:37:10 +0000 http://blog.duoconsulting.com/?p=3005#comment-15556 Pamela, It is now over 16 years since the 1993 New Yorker editorial cartoon stated, "On the Internet nobody knows you're a dog." I would say that the chances are small that you are actually communicating with a celebrity when you Tweet. So, no, you're probably not talking to Barry Manilow. But then, maybe you are. There are a number of high profile people who do Tweet their own messages. And there are a number of high profile people who acknowledge that some of their staff Tweet under their name. Then, of course, there are people who have simply registered the name of a celebrity and Tweet under that name. What matters is the quality of the content that people Tweet and not necessarily who the author is. Plenty of people unknown to you have wise things to say. And many a celebrity only makes banal remarks and can't say anything smart unless it is written for them. In the end, on the Internet nobody knows if you are, indeed, a dog. Woof. Pamela,

It is now over 16 years since the 1993 New Yorker editorial cartoon stated, “On the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog.”

I would say that the chances are small that you are actually communicating with a celebrity when you Tweet. So, no, you’re probably not talking to Barry Manilow. But then, maybe you are. There are a number of high profile people who do Tweet their own messages. And there are a number of high profile people who acknowledge that some of their staff Tweet under their name. Then, of course, there are people who have simply registered the name of a celebrity and Tweet under that name.

What matters is the quality of the content that people Tweet and not necessarily who the author is. Plenty of people unknown to you have wise things to say. And many a celebrity only makes banal remarks and can’t say anything smart unless it is written for them. In the end, on the Internet nobody knows if you are, indeed, a dog.

Woof.

]]> By: pamela http://blog.duoconsulting.com/2009/06/23/conference-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-15336 pamela Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:27:09 +0000 http://blog.duoconsulting.com/?p=3005#comment-15336 How does twitter work? Am I really talking to a famous person when I tweet say Barry Manilow? I would appreciate some help. Thank you pjhandbagscorp@gmail.com How does twitter work? Am I really talking to a famous person when I tweet say Barry
Manilow? I would appreciate some help.

Thank you

pjhandbagscorp@gmail.com

]]> By: Steph http://blog.duoconsulting.com/2009/06/23/conference-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12313 Steph Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:38:25 +0000 http://blog.duoconsulting.com/?p=3005#comment-12313 The Web Content Conference was indeed an eye-opening experience for me, particularly because of the way attendees used Twitter. Sonny, I agree especially with your last point. If conference-goers can't break a presentation down into Tweetable bites, it might need to be reworked, because in my mind, most presentations are too transient for people to really absorb bigger bits than that. The Web Content Conference was indeed an eye-opening experience for me, particularly because of the way attendees used Twitter. Sonny, I agree especially with your last point. If conference-goers can’t break a presentation down into Tweetable bites, it might need to be reworked, because in my mind, most presentations are too transient for people to really absorb bigger bits than that.

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