One of the frustrations I had with the Storify assignment was the requirement of "tweets from journalist." I had never tweeted before and a preconceived notion that tweets only happened on smart phones which until Thursday I did not have. Twitter is not just for smart phones, I signed up for Twitter on my computer and began to search for tweets relating to the Web 2.0. Many of the tweets I found did not fit my preconceived notion of what a tweet should look like. The tweets I have seen are usually just a sentence or two with a #hashtag at the end. Katie Lepi who wrote "What is the Ideal Length of a Tweet(and Other Commuications)?" says a tweet should be between 120-130 characters. I found many tweets that were between 120 and 130 characters that also included add-ons such as photos and web links. And how was I suppose to know if the tweets came from journalist?
I can relate to Edward in the Scenario of "7 things you should know about Twitter." (Educause, 2007) Like Edward I was skeptical at first and self-conscious posting tweets. At least he started posting tweets. I haven't quite got that far but now that I have a smartphone who knows? But first I think I have to figure out #hash tag.
Educause Learing Initiative. (2007, July). 7 things
you should know about... Twitter. Retrieved from Educause Learing
Initiative:
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-twitter
Lipi, K. (2014, June 10). What is the Ideal Length
of a Tweet (And Other Communications)? Retrieved from Eudemic:
http://www.edudemic.com/what-is-the-ideal-length-of-a-tweet/
I feel the same way! I had never before used Twitter before and got stuck on that part of our web story project. I ended up asking for help via Facebook and was flooded with (mostly) helpful comments. While I am still not sure that searching for tweets by specific groups of people are easy, I think it is a good way to find information quickly about current events.
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