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Re: Dayparting Twitter

Dave Larson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:05:21 -0000

You lose people who cultivate their followers in smaller numbers if you do that. These are people who pay more attention to your tweets in the first place.

(Note that TwitterCounter points out we're overtaking GuyKawasaki in a few weeks, thought I'll believe it when I see it!)

- @Twitter_Tips

Re: What Click-Through Rate Can You Expect From Twitter?

Dave Larson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:36:30 -0000

Ours is about as low as would be predicted. But rate should be calculated against reach, not followers, because retweets are where the vast majority of clicks originate from.

For an idea of retweets (not clicks) by reach see "The 100 Most Influential People in Twitter:" http://www.twitalyzer.com/t...

Re: What Click-Through Rate Can You Expect From Twitter?

Dave Larson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:49:21 -0000

If you autofollow, the more followers you have the more spammers you get, generally.

Re: The importance of #hashtags in your tweets

Dave Larson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:47:51 -0000

Thanks for sharing this needed information!

Re: Reward: $100 and more for identifying who is handing over Twitter access to spammers

Dave Larson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:18:47 -0000

Those that have access to your account are listed here:

http://twitter.com/account/...

You can revoke access to any you wish. However, Twitter has a known issue that causes inaccuracies in followers (they're working on it). That is the most likely problem. When a 3d party service has access to your account and abuses it, they usually tweet on your behalf, not follow people on your behalf.

Re: Reward: $100 and more for identifying who is handing over Twitter access to spammers

Dave Larson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:27:39 -0000

Here is the main issue:

http://help.twitter.com/for... (Visit the "New Known Issues pages for several issues posted here" links from this page.

Here is the latest comment from Twitter on it:

http://help.twitter.com/for...

Re: Small Discovery Makes Lazyfeed Exceedingly Cool

Dave Larson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:32:28 -0000

Where would you suggest getting an invitation code? I don't see one on LouisGray

Re: Small Discovery Makes Lazyfeed Exceedingly Cool

Dave Larson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:33:58 -0000

Do you know how to sign up to receive an invite code? Their latest tweet indicates you have to sign up to get one.

Re: Small Discovery Makes Lazyfeed Exceedingly Cool

Dave Larson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:51:04 -0000

Thanks, Damond!

Re: Facebook @Mentions: Five Ways They Could Impact Twitter

Dave Larson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:44:44 -0000

You can't reference people with the same syntax. FaceBook removes the "@" before posting.

Re: Can a Professional Twitterer Save Rep. Joe Wilson’s Rep?

Dave Larson — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:31:20 -0000

So other people are putting words in his mouth. Happens all the time for politicians.

In face, the body language in the photo of him shouting at Obama made it look pre-planned: One hand resting on lap, still sitting comfortably. Which is okay in and of itself: most politicians plan as close to 100% of what they say as they can. It also looked like the politicians sitting next to him were also in on the pre-planning: no change in position from previous photo, still sitting comfortably looking forward.

So who's idea was it for Joe to shout? His biggest contributors are from the health insurance industry, so that's one guess. I just wonder if whoever had the idea are the same people behind whatever he will be tweeting.

Re: How We Can Help Reduce Twitter Spam: Broadcast the Spammer!

Dave Larson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:29:53 -0000

Most essential IS to report them as spam. Blocking reported spammers works to get them removed from Twitter. Blocking unreported spammers just removes them from your timeline and leaves them to go after other people.

Re: Guide to Advanced Twitter Search

Dave Larson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:26:41 -0000

You have two unintentional typos where : ) and : ( were converted to pics under attitude search

Re: Twitter’s lists make Chris Brogan feel bad

Dave Larson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:06:53 -0000

It's worth considering other's feelings. That's part of being in a community. The solution? Each person should take the same approach they took to #FollowFriday. This isn't a new issue :)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Dave Larson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:12:17 -0000

http://status.twitter.com/p...
You can be "locked out after trying to reset your password"
Twitter "encourages you not to make changes to your email address, password, or user name during this time."

Re: Twitter Cheat Sheet

Dave Larson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:38:41 -0000

Great work! But all the links I have tried don't work so far.

Re: Do Twitter’s Trending Topics Signify What’s Important to You?

Dave Larson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:54 -0000

I think they're immature too, but Twitter should be very careful in putting roadblocks in front of popular uses of Twitter. It's not possible to predict the future, so limiting what people want to do is not necessarily a good idea.

That said, I think Twitter is going to focus more on blocking spammers from piggybacking on trending topics than changing the topics themselves. "Improvement to trends...more relevant tweets" sounds like fitting the tweets better to the trends, not fitting the trends to something.

Re: Dropbox Selective Sync Still Not A Patch On SugarSync Linking

Dave Larson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:03:14 -0000

You can sync any folder outside dropbox using a simple GUI or just Right Click any folder and Select "Sync With Dropbox"

Here's how: http://wiki.dropbox.com/Dro...

Re: Thesis Tutorial: Multiple Custom Page Templates

Dave Larson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:10:31 -0000

Any thoughts on whether this would apply to Genesis (StudioPress) generally?

Re: http://daily.kylebunch.com/post/992638960

Dave Larson — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:45:40 -0000

Excellent!

Re: http://theantisocialmedia.com/post/1155659668

Dave Larson — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:32:40 -0000

I agree in principle, but...it depends. Sometimes less engaged people need more help, and I'm on Twitter to help.

Re: Why We Sold TechCrunch To AOL, And Where We Go From Here

Dave Larson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:45:15 -0000

Congrats on connecting with such a great team to help drive the future of TechCrunch.

Re: Add a Social Sharing Toolbar to Build Traffic and Engagement

Dave Larson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:05:56 -0000

What method are you using to place the social media icons for your accounts at the right edge of the screen?

Re: Whoa, Google, That’s A Pretty Big Security Hole

Dave Larson — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:42:34 -0000

If Google "encouraged" responsible disclosure it would respond to emails.

Re: How Do I Get More Followers On Twitter?

Dave Larson — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:12:17 -0000

Actually, they suspend tons of accounts all the time that churn. That doesn't mean many accounts that churn don't get away with it, but it's not accurate to say they "rarely do anything about it."