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How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems)
How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems)
Twitter has captured peoples' imaginations like nothing else on the web in years. It's growing fast, gets talked about all the time in other media, has fostered a huge developer community and gets used in more ways than anyone could have thought possible. It's a great tool for journalists, for ...
Not Playing Ball
Not Playing Ball
blog.twitter.com — Impersonation violates Twitter's Terms of Service and we take the issue seriously. We suspend, delete, or transfer... control of accounts known to be impersonation. When alerted, we took action in this regard on behalf of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony ... (more) Not Playing Ball
How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
time.com — The one thing you can say for certain about Twitter is that it makes a terrible first... impression. You hear about this new service that lets you send 140-character updates to your "followers," and you think, Why does the world need this, exactly? It's ... (more) How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
Twitter co-founder: We'll have made it when you shut up about us
Twitter co-founder: We'll have made it when you shut up about us
news.cnet.com — NEW YORK--Twitter executive Jack Dorsey says he's looking forward to the day when the world stops talking... so much about the company he co-founded. "I think Twitter's a success for us when people stop talking about it, when we stop doing these ... (more) Twitter co-founder: We'll have made it when you shut up ...
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VentureBeat — ... How should Twitter, the company, use Twitter, the service? — ReadWriteWeb explores the idea. ...

Linkpost | 6.6.2009
TechBlog — ... - Ugh. The company formally known as Pay Per Post is about to bring the same concept to Twitter. • How Twitter's Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems) - Twitter's staff doesn't use the service in the same way many power users do. Are they doing it wrong? I don't think so. • ...

Question: Why is there no framework for importing groups into Twitter clients?
The Next Web — ... Following specific groups of people, especially entire companies, can actually be quite a useful thing to do. ReadWriteWeb did a recent study of all Twitter employees’ Twitter accounts and was able to come up with some pretty interesting tidbits of information. I personally found the value of following an entire company on Twitter when I started following the team at ...

Twitter Inc.'s Not-So-Private Moments
Gawker: valleywag — ... Barely two months ago, Twitter staff were said to barely use their own service. Now they're in danger of turning into a bunch of Julia Allisons. ...

Twitter Inc.'s Not-So-Private Moments
Valleywag — ... Barely two months ago, Twitter staff were said to barely use their own service. Now they're in danger of turning into a bunch of Julia Allisons. ...

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