Are Your Tweets Retweetable?

 If you know me at all, you know that tweeting is my passion. I won't go into all the reasons right here, right now. This post is intended for one purpose --->

Which is:

To beg/plead with all tweeters......

PLEASE, make your tweet 120 characters or less, if you expect me, or ANYONE to retweet it.

I love to retweet anything that I find interesting/informative/useful. That's a large part of why I am engaged/enthralled with social media.... to connect... to share.. to introduce people to each other.. to support people who are working to help people use social media in their personal/biz/community lives.

But if you have used 140 characters in your original tweet: it means *I*  have to agonize over how to edit your tweet, to retain it's meaning, in order to retweet it.

I wouldn't find it surprising if new tweeters were guilty of this: Twitter tells us we have 140 characters after all... but there are many Social Media professionals who I am fortunate to know; who have a lot of great information that I want to share; who have been doing this far longer than I have, and who should know better.

And it's to those people primarily, that I address my comments. (Although new tweeters  would be well advised to learn this as well. )


It's a given, in the context of this conversation, that I find your tweets interesting/useful  enough to comment upon and share. But why should I have to spend MY time editing/modifying in order to RT/Share your comments???????

I will... and I do!!! ... spend my time.. to re-edit your tweet if I believe in you; and want to share your message with my followers.
But it's beyond tiresome...
And I am growing weary of it.

I would gladly... beyond gladly... RT and share many more tweets if it didn't take me 10-15 mins on each and every one; to make it retweetable





And while we're on the subject.... if you have a link.... which is often the most important part of your tweet....  and you post it at the end of your tweet..... You DO KNOW,  I assume, that the link will be the part that is dropped unless I spend *MY* time, re-editing your original tweet ???

Why don't you put your link where it won't get dropped if I don't have the time to spend to modify your tweet?

Bottom line is: if I find your tweet interesting enough to RT, I want a few characters available to tell my network WHY I'm retweeting you...WHY I'm recommending they follow your link... and I want space for a hashtag or two to bring your tweet/your link to the attention of the specific groups who I think I can best promote/recommend  to you.   

K?
120 is the new 140



 

When is "enough...enough" when replying/responding?

Seriously people, I've known for some time, that I need a dedicated web page or blog, around the the topic of Social Media. ...Because .... ? Because I am a passionate cheerleader  of the power of social media.....  to transform our lives on so many levels: personal, biz, community...

Today, I am inspired to start this chat, because of Robert Caruso, who has been (is) one of my greatest teachers in social media. Anyone who is interested in Social Media...who hasn't yet met him...should.    This link (I hope) will take you to ways to connect with him

Robert and I have been engaged in a fascinating discussion/debate , and I am asking for  your feedback/opinion.

He is adamant, as a Social Media Pro, that each and every tweet/mention/post he receives, *MUST* be answered/replied to in a very timely fashion. And that point of view makes a lot of sense to me.

My point of view differs: I am *NOT* a social media pro.

My goal in engaging in social media is multifaceted. Primarily, what I want to do is support people I believe in; introduce them to each other.

I told Robert that I *DO NOT WANT* him to reply to each/every tweet/RT/post I make about him. My goal is to support him/help him, not to take up his valuable time in replying to me. When he takes time to reply, I feel that I've imposed upon his time/defeated my purpose of supporting him.

Welcome your comments,
Maggie