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Re: Why I Won’t Follow You Back on Twitter

Liz — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:51:27 -0000

You managed to hit everyone of the reasons I won't follow someone but you don't mention the main reason people don't follow me back...I Tweet too much for some people's tastes. I was even called "overwhelming" (pardon the quotes). Whatcha going to do, you have to be yourself.

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Re: Local Hospital To Tweet Baby’s Delivery At Midnight.

Liz — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:35:28 -0000

People have been Tweeting the birth of their own kids for at least a year, probably more like two. I guess the news is that this time it's being done by a hospital rather than the expectant father.

Re: Drew Carey Bids $25,000 for @Drew Twitter Name

Liz — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:13:14 -0000

User names have already been sold in the past (I can provide examples) but this is a donation going to charity...that sounds like a cause that is for the good of humanity.

Re: FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments

Liz — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:58:49 -0000

Given that there are millions of blogs and hundreds of them do product reviews, I wonder how exactly they plan to enforce this ruling and I look forward to seeing their examples on what is appropriate disclosure.

For example, I was given a book at a conference. I later decided to review the book. Since it was a freebie (although the author & publisher were unaware I review books), do I need to disclose that I didn't pay for it? I know this is peanuts compared to people who get paid per post but my point is that just because I was given the product doesn't constitute an endorsement. In fact, they might not have given me the book if they'd known I was going to review it!

Re: FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments

Liz — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:01:07 -0000

No. The FTC is a U.S. government agency so would only cover blogs published in the U.S. Although I guess that is sometimes difficult to determine. Maybe I should move my car, diamond & watch review site to the Cayman Islands.

Re: Get Your Email Answered

Liz — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:25:11 -0000

My problems is that I subscribe to far too many email newsletters than is healthy for my Inbox. The ones that I receive monthly or twice/month I read while other sites send you several a day. It's hard to weed through them because they "might" contain useful information. It really helps if there is an appropriate subject line that describes the main topic.

If I got 600 personal email messages, I'd simply have multiple email addresses, one posted on my blog (for people I don't know but might want to), one for business interests (on business cards for people I'd met), and a separate one for close friends & family.

There's always a danger that you'll focus on one account & miss regularly checking on the others but I've found having multiple addresses helps me not miss the email messages from people I really want to stay in touch with.

Re: VIDEO: The Simpsons Do a Send-Up of Social Media

Liz — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:22:56 -0000

Twitter gets mentioned a lot on Big Bang Theory, as early as last fall.