Who to add to your Twitter Circle 🤔
Twitter gave all Twitter users access to Twittter Circle at the end of August. You can add up to 150 accounts to your Circle. And when you share a tweet with your Circle only those accounts can see it or respond.
Sounds simple right?
But think a little deeper: you can add any account to your Circle: but unless they are following you what's the point?
Your Circle tweets are private, if people aren't following YOU then these private (non-public) tweets will not be in their Twitter stream, so there's practically zero channce that they will ever see these private tweets.
Should you add your "friends" to your Circle?
Well again, uless they follow you and are a very active Twitter user what would be the point?
There is no notification, "X has shared a private Tweet with you". How are these private tweets ever going to be seen?
Maybe, if you are wanting to use Twitter's Circle feature, you should consider. pinning your first Circle tweet to the top of your profile and then add all your future Circle tweets as part of one long private thread ..... That way at least. people in your Circle have some chance of seeing these private tweets. If, they happen to visit your Twitter profile.
For me it's hard to see a clear use case for Twitter's Circle feature. It seems poorley thought out. The only thing Twitter seems to have thought clearly about is the concious removal of analytics for Circle tweets. So it's impossible to have any understanding as to whether any of the people in your Twitter Circle have seen any of your private Tweets 🤷♂️
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Twitter gave all Twitter users access to Twittter Circle at the end of August. You can add up to 150 accounts to your Circle. And when you share a tweet with your Circle only those accounts can see it or respond.
Sounds simple right?
But think a little deeper: you can add any account to your Circle: but unless they are following you what's the point?
Your Circle tweets are private, if people aren't following YOU then these private (non-public) tweets will not be in their Twitter stream, so there's practically zero channce that they will ever see these private tweets.
Should you add your "friends" to your Circle?
Well again, uless they follow you and are a very active Twitter user what would be the point?
There is no notification, "X has shared a private Tweet with you". How are these private tweets ever going to be seen?
Maybe, if you are wanting to use Twitter's Circle feature, you should consider. pinning your first Circle tweet to the top of your profile and then add all your future Circle tweets as part of one long private thread ..... That way at least. people in your Circle have some chance of seeing these private tweets. If, they happen to visit your Twitter profile.
For me it's hard to see a clear use case for Twitter's Circle feature. It seems poorley thought out. The only thing Twitter seems to have thought clearly about is the concious removal of analytics for Circle tweets. So it's impossible to have any understanding as to whether any of the people in your Twitter Circle have seen any of your private Tweets 🤷♂️
Curretly Instagram hashtag pages, on web, are only showing a three-by-three grid of the "top posts" tagged with that hashtag.
Not sure if this has anything to do with yesterday's issues. It'll probably be a while before anyone else notices 🤷♂️
#Instagram
Not sure if this has anything to do with yesterday's issues. It'll probably be a while before anyone else notices 🤷♂️
WTF YouTube?!
Not sure why YouTube thinks when a user clicks or taps on a hashtag that they want to see completely unrelated search results 🤷♂️
Google's ability to be really dumb is often surprising.
EDIT: I've take a closer look and it seems that YouTube has completely given up on hashtag pages. If this was communicated anywhere please link me to it. Thanks
EDIT 2: Some hashtags go to the hashtag page. Some, it seems like most, redirect to a search page.
#YouTube
Not sure why YouTube thinks when a user clicks or taps on a hashtag that they want to see completely unrelated search results 🤷♂️
Google's ability to be really dumb is often surprising.
EDIT: I've take a closer look and it seems that YouTube has completely given up on hashtag pages. If this was communicated anywhere please link me to it. Thanks
EDIT 2: Some hashtags go to the hashtag page. Some, it seems like most, redirect to a search page.
#YouTube
Twitter edit history ...
So ... if you reply to a tweet before it's edited your reply still references. the older version, with an edit link in the old tweet which then shows the newer version.
I'm guessing embeds, of the pre-edited version will work in the same way 🤷♂️
#Twitter
So ... if you reply to a tweet before it's edited your reply still references. the older version, with an edit link in the old tweet which then shows the newer version.
I'm guessing embeds, of the pre-edited version will work in the same way 🤷♂️
New Facebook (pages in the mobile App) requires you to switch back to your personal profile before opening an external link and allowing you to leave Facebook. 🙄
Presumably for tracking.
#Facebook
Presumably for tracking.
Are you involved in the party scene in Cologne?
If you've been sent here via a link it's because I would really like to talk with you to understand how you are currently using Telegram, and (probably) make some suggestions as to how to better utilise the App.
Feel free to ask me any related questions in the comments. 🙏
If you've been sent here via a link it's because I would really like to talk with you to understand how you are currently using Telegram, and (probably) make some suggestions as to how to better utilise the App.
Feel free to ask me any related questions in the comments. 🙏
Twitter appears to be working on a "Super Follows" community feature.
This would make sense from Twitter's perspective. Super Follows is a paid feature, and they need to move as much revenue generation as possible away from advertising.
It will also be easy to "manage" as the use-case is relatively small but high profile.
If true this would hopefully also imply permanence for the standard community feature.
#Twitter
This would make sense from Twitter's perspective. Super Follows is a paid feature, and they need to move as much revenue generation as possible away from advertising.
It will also be easy to "manage" as the use-case is relatively small but high profile.
If true this would hopefully also imply permanence for the standard community feature.
In this blog post I dive a liitle deeper into how Twitter's community hashtags are different to hashtags outside of a Twitter community.
And give a couple of examples of how one might strategise that difference.
👉 https://ishouldreallybeinbed.blogspot.com/2022/10/twitter-community-hashtags.html
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And give a couple of examples of how one might strategise that difference.
👉 https://ishouldreallybeinbed.blogspot.com/2022/10/twitter-community-hashtags.html
YouTube starts rollinng out Handles
"A YouTube handle is a new way for people to find you and connect with you. Unlike channel names, handles are unique to each creator, making it easier for you to establish a distinct presence on YouTube."
Learn more and set yours up.
https://www.youtube.com/handle
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"A YouTube handle is a new way for people to find you and connect with you. Unlike channel names, handles are unique to each creator, making it easier for you to establish a distinct presence on YouTube."
Learn more and set yours up.
https://www.youtube.com/handle
#YouTube
Twitter Spaces for Communities
"anyone on Twitter can see and join a Space started in Communities, but only members of that Community can reply to the Space"
I haven't tried this out yet.
Have you?
#Twitter
"anyone on Twitter can see and join a Space started in Communities, but only members of that Community can reply to the Space"
I haven't tried this out yet.
Have you?
Why would anyone "protect" their tweets?
Originally asked on Twitter.
This might at first seem like a dumb question, but ...
When you "protect" your tweets:
You can reply to anyone on Twitter, but those accounts will not see your reply.
You can mention any account in a Tweet, but that account will not see or be notified of your mention.
So .... especially now everyone has Twitter Circle, why would anyone protect their tweets? 🤔
#Twitter
Originally asked on Twitter.
This might at first seem like a dumb question, but ...
When you "protect" your tweets:
You can reply to anyone on Twitter, but those accounts will not see your reply.
You can mention any account in a Tweet, but that account will not see or be notified of your mention.
So .... especially now everyone has Twitter Circle, why would anyone protect their tweets? 🤔
Remember video responses on YouTube?
.... Which were dumped way back in 2013.
Well it seems #Shorts have brought back a way to respond, at least for videos 60 seconds and under: use cut.
Though you can only use around five seconds from the Short you are responding to.
Easy? Try it out and let me know 👍
https://youtube.com/shorts/4KRem1Hl9A8
#YouTube
.... Which were dumped way back in 2013.
Well it seems #Shorts have brought back a way to respond, at least for videos 60 seconds and under: use cut.
Though you can only use around five seconds from the Short you are responding to.
Easy? Try it out and let me know 👍
https://youtube.com/shorts/4KRem1Hl9A8
#YouTube
Would you ever "Follow" someone on Google Maps?
Follow up with more details in the comments.
Follow up with more details in the comments.
Anonymous Poll
11%
Yes
44%
Maybe
44%
No
Who sees REPLIES to Twitter Circle tweets?
It's not clear to me who sees replies to Twitter Circle tweets. Are they like replies to protected tweets, which are public (when the accounts tweets are public). Or do replies to a Twitter Circle tweet have the same visibility applied as the Twitter Circle tweet?
I guess I could test this, but does anyone already know?
#Twitter #Discussion
I guess I could test this, but does anyone already know?
#Twitter #Discussion
Currently when you publish on Twitter it is possible to change "Who can reply" from "Everyone" to "People you follow" or "Only people you mention".
It seems to me that it would make much more sense for the middle option to be "Your followers" instead.
Thoughts?
#Twitter #Discussion
It seems to me that it would make much more sense for the middle option to be "Your followers" instead.
Thoughts?
#Twitter #Discussion