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I think that scheduling a conference on Twitter is a bad idea (there. I've said it). Why? Well, while "According to Dave Ferguson, Twitter chats are no different than the business conference cocktail houra prime time for networking," my own experience is, when I say something at the conference, it isn't sent out to 2000+ people who may or may not be interested in this particular conversation. I think, if you're going to have a conversation with a particular subgroup, use a system specific to that subgroup, and when you use Twitter, remember that the message goes to all of your followers, not just the particular clique you are hanging out with today. Dave Ferguson and Christy Pettit, eLearn Magazine, October 23, 2009. [Link] [Tags: Twitter, Chatrooms, Networks, Experience] [Previous][Next]

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Re: lrnchat

Les Nessman, October 23, 2009

I agree, am not at all a fan of this development. Though one good thing about using thicker twitter clients (in my case tweetdeck) is the ability to apply filters, which I do every thursday to block out all of the #lrnchat noise. So - yes, it's not a great use of the medium, and yes, they should maybe take it someplace else, but part of the power in learning how to take control of your personal experience of the web is learning how to filter out stuff like this. We've been doing so ever since the days of the 'bozo filter.' [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

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