Comments on: A quick idea for Twitter use in large orgs http://ash10.com/2009/05/a-quick-idea-for-twitter-use-in-large-orgs/ Pete Ashton shows you how the Internet works and helps you use it better. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris Ivens http://ash10.com/2009/05/a-quick-idea-for-twitter-use-in-large-orgs/#comment-6936 Chris Ivens Tue, 05 May 2009 15:42:47 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=429#comment-6936 A small scale example may be www.criteriongames.com A few key members of the company have twitter accounts that are publicised throughout their site/podcasts and these people are communicating up-to-the-minute info about the game. Later on the info gets onto the site in more conventional manners. Also the twitter feed info is incorporated into the game itself as part of the community area. It's small scale compared to the reach of channel 4 but at the same time it is global to all the game owners. I thought it was quite an interesting use of twitter by a corp. See @CriterionGames for one of the twitter-isations. A small scale example may be http://www.criteriongames.com A few key members of the company have twitter accounts that are publicised throughout their site/podcasts and these people are communicating up-to-the-minute info about the game.

Later on the info gets onto the site in more conventional manners. Also the twitter feed info is incorporated into the game itself as part of the community area.

It’s small scale compared to the reach of channel 4 but at the same time it is global to all the game owners.

I thought it was quite an interesting use of twitter by a corp. See @CriterionGames for one of the twitter-isations.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://ash10.com/2009/05/a-quick-idea-for-twitter-use-in-large-orgs/#comment-6926 Pete Ashton Tue, 05 May 2009 14:39:42 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=429#comment-6926 @Catherine: Yup, but the same would apply to a public Delicious.com account or shared items in Google Reader. Which is not to say Twitter is the wrong place to do that, just that that sort of this is not unique to Twitter. In short, that's an interesting and good idea but you should do it where the audience / community is. Twitter may well be the place but some might other places. (Possible solution - bookmark using Delicious and pump the RSS into Twitter? Two birds, one stone.) @Catherine: Yup, but the same would apply to a public Delicious.com account or shared items in Google Reader. Which is not to say Twitter is the wrong place to do that, just that that sort of this is not unique to Twitter. In short, that’s an interesting and good idea but you should do it where the audience / community is. Twitter may well be the place but some might other places.

(Possible solution – bookmark using Delicious and pump the RSS into Twitter? Two birds, one stone.)

]]> By: CatherineBray http://ash10.com/2009/05/a-quick-idea-for-twitter-use-in-large-orgs/#comment-6921 CatherineBray Tue, 05 May 2009 14:15:46 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=429#comment-6921 Wow, a full-on blog post response, thanks Pete. Yep, I'm definitely feeling that conversations are the way to go. Also: how powerful is RT endorsement by an organisation of good links, without actually doing something more official? I'm thinking here of where channel4.com/film don't necessarily have the time or space to do an article about, say, an interesting niche film festival but can let others know about it via Twitter. Maybe 'endorse' is too strong a word - but I like the idea of using Twitter as an informal events news feed where the events aren't necessarily anything to do with Channel 4. Wow, a full-on blog post response, thanks Pete. Yep, I’m definitely feeling that conversations are the way to go.
Also: how powerful is RT endorsement by an organisation of good links, without actually doing something more official?
I’m thinking here of where channel4.com/film don’t necessarily have the time or space to do an article about, say, an interesting niche film festival but can let others know about it via Twitter. Maybe ‘endorse’ is too strong a word – but I like the idea of using Twitter as an informal events news feed where the events aren’t necessarily anything to do with Channel 4.

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