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Re: The 7 Reasons Why You Retweet.

dianaf86 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:05 -0000

I'm definitely very guilty of #1. Too busy to tweet? Just go to Mashable and RT the most interesting article of the day.

Re: BREAKING: Rollout of Twitter Retweet Feature Has Begun

dianaf86 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:14:06 -0000

So how will the retweet look on your own Twitter page/stream. Will it still follow the format RT @username? Or will it just be the tweet itself, perhaps with "Retweeted from @username" in the subtitle?

Re: 5 Ways Twitter Lists Can Defeat Douchebags.

dianaf86 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:43:37 -0000

So far, while I think lists are really cool and I love grouping people together, I don't use them as a basis for following people. I actually stay away from following people following or being followed by an absurd number of people, even if they are on tons of lists, because they usually tweet too much or will never, ever reply to you.

Re: 3 Reasons Why Twitter’s New Retweet Function Is Tremendous.

dianaf86 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:13:25 -0000

This is my new favorite blog. You're hilarious!

I also agree with you that this new RT functionality will be for the better.

Re: Facebook Problems Also the Result of DDoS Attack

dianaf86 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:26:37 -0000

I'm still seeing the effects of this, I still can't access certain clients' fan pages. UGH

Re: 20 Twitter Badges to Show Off Your Tweets

Diana Freedman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:43:50 -0000

Thanks for mentioning my Twitter badges on U Stand Out! And great article, I'll be checking out these other sites.

Re: The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter

dianaf86 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:38:35 -0000

I'm glad you found this article helpful. Good luck tweeting, and have fun!

Re: The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter

dianaf86 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:37:49 -0000

Thanks for the link!

Re: Referrer Detector

Diana Freedman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:22:46 -0000

Actually, nevermind! I just upgraded the plugin and placed <?php if (function_exists('referrer_detector')) referrer_detector(); ?> in my theme template instead.

Thanks again!

Re: Referrer Detector

Diana Freedman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:14:28 -0000

Hello! First of all, this is an awesome plugin. I've been using it for about a month so far and I love it.

I have a formatting question. I would like to decrease the width of the table the welcome message is in so it fits nicely next to my right-aligned Digg button, which also appears in every post. I went into the "edit plugin" section for your plugin, but there's a lot of code there and I don't want to mess anything up. How can I decrease the width of the welcome message?

If you go to my blog from any of the referring sites, like Digg (http://digg.com/software/What_Should_You_Tweet_...) and then follow the link to my blog, you can see how it looks a bit messy at the top of the post. But I'd really like to have both the referrer detector AND the Digg button on every post, so I'd sincerely appreciate a solution to this formatting issue.

Thanks in advance, and great job on the plugin!
~ Diana

Re: Gmail Chat Gets Video Preview Feature

Diana Freedman — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:51:55 -0000

Very interesting! I don't use gchat that much since most of my friends use AIM instead, but it has some great features.

Re: Web Viewers Will Tolerate Twice the Ads in Online Videos

Diana Freedman — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:39:11 -0000

I definitely don't mind watching the one 30 second ad they usually have spread throughout the span of the show, but I definitely wouldn't want it to be the same as on TV. Now that I have TIVO, I can record my shows without having to watch them online and fast-forward through the commercials. So that'd be quite annoying to deal with more than 30 seconds. Then again, I still get to watch my TV show, so the ads won't ruin my day.

Re: The Best Super Bowl TV Ad? Here’s My Vote

Diana Freedman — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:36:38 -0000

I liked the CareerBuilder ad the best. I was also a fan of Doritos and Coke. All around fun game, and fun ads this year!

Re: Fake Social Media Profiles: The Biggest Online Threat of 2009?

Diana Freedman — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:23:55 -0000

This has been a reality for years. People have created fake Myspace and Facebook accounts since the sites were created (though Facebook has done a fairly good job getting rid of fake celebrity/personality accounts). I was friends with "Harry Potter" on Facebook all throughout college.

Fake Twitter accounts are definitely a problem, but as long as you don't use a tool to autofollow anyone who follows you, they're easy enough to ignore.

Re: The 20 Words and Phrases That Will Get You the Most ReTweets

Diana Freedman — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:43:31 -0000

This is a great article! That's really interesting that "please" and "please retweet" actually work. Definitely something to keep in mind in the future.

To clarify on the stats... I'm assuming there's no crossover in your stats between "social" and "social media", and then "please" and "please retweet", etc. :-) Also, are those occurrences by day?

Thanks!

Re: Update to TweetSuite

Diana Freedman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:25:24 -0000

Looks like a fantastic plugin, but unfortunately I can't get either TweetSuite or Tweetbacks to work (tried both).

With TweetSuite, the tweetbacks aren't showing up at all even though I've enabled them, and the widgets don't show recent tweets or most tweeted, even though people have twittered about my blog posts. Also, like Jeff at Go Media reported, clicking on the Tweet button doesn't work; it simply reloads the page. I've uninstalled the plugin for now, but any ideas why it's not working?

I'd appreciate any help, I'd LOVE to have this plugin work properly, it seems awesome. :-)

Re: 2009/01/06/sans-steve-jobs-twitter-still-cant-handle-macworld/

Diana Freedman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:35:56 -0000

Actually, I noticed some fail whales earlier this morning. But now it just a frozen Twitter.

Re: Add a Comment, Get Twitter Followers

Diana Freedman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:29:28 -0000

Great idea! I own the social media blog U Stand Out, showing readers how to make their web presence stand out.

Re: Chatter Trackers: Find Hot Topics in the Social Sphere

Diana Freedman — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:53:09 -0000

Thanks for your comments!

@ JeD Chan - You're welcome, and thanks for the kind words. Have you tried these services yet? Let me know what you think.

@ Mike Collins - Yep, I do use all four of these. I actually use twitter search the most, even though the other sites include chatter from more sites. I'm just really intrigued by what people say on Twitter.

@ Blog for Bloggers - Once every two hours is impressive! Good job.

Re: College Kids and Parents Connect Online. Is This Bad?

Diana Freedman — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:54:05 -0000

This is what privacy settings and Facebook limited profile groups are for. :-) What you share with friends can be very different with what you share with parents. So as long as you keep that distinction, I don't think it's a bad thing.

Besides, you're right, it does help you keep in touch when you're so far away from home, and it helps your parents with empty nest syndrome; connecting online helps you feel closer in a way.

Re: 2009/01/05/job-search-secrets/

Diana Freedman — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:53:50 -0000

Great article, Dan!

LinkedIn is definitely something to use but Twitter is the new place to be. As long as you have established a network of followers prior to your job hunt, just tweeting "Looking for a job in __________, know of anything?" You'll get responses from people who already know you're an expert in your field, and they can be valuable referrals. And for whatever reason, people seem more willing to connect on Twitter than on sites like LinkedIn.

Re: Understanding Your Guests

Diana Freedman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:45:58 -0000

Interesting, my experiences are similar. My blog's fairly new, but I have noticed:

- List articles = most bookmarks and comments
- Posts about software/online tools = most traffic
- Insightful posts = most comments

But I hadn't really analyzed my stats vs. comments vs. diggs before now, so thanks for pointing out these trends!

Re: Avatars in Social Media: Value or Risk?

dianaf86 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:08:00 -0000

Interesting idea. The main reasons I wouldn't do this:
1. Someone can find a real picture of you online, especially if your blog becomes really popular and people get curious about you.
2. Someone coincidentally knows the person whose face you're using, and knows that you're not that person.

Losing your readers' trust can mean losing those readers altogether. I don't frown upon people that do it, I just think it might eventually have negative repercussions. I'd rather use a graphic icon, cartoon character, movie character in costume that's obviously not you, etc. than try to pass someone else as me.

Re: Avatars in Social Media: Value or Risk?

dianaf86 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:02:03 -0000

So you're one of those reason to be wary! Ha. But that is interesting that it noticeably brought you a lot of traffic.

Re: Rising early leads to increased productivity

armywife65 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:19:31 -0000

Thanks Diana. I have these wax ear plugs that I can actually mold to my ear and they work very every. I got them at walmart for like 5.00 or less. but if I decide to change, I will definitely check those out for sure. You can never have enough good ear plugs....lol
Sheila www.sheilaontheweb.com