Hi, from rainy Brighton
S'ok Janet - I wasn't feeling personally upset at seeming to be ignored - and I don't think people actually are, on Twitter. My point was, one thinks it's a free for all commenting moment, and what most people don't realise is that you're reaching a smallish number of people, oftentimes, and usually only that group who you follow, or who follow you. As you say, it's fine for momentary comments.
It's like listening to aircraft pilot radio traffic sometimes, when you can only hear part of the conversation on one frequency. It's an interesting function of the way Twitter works, not necessarily something bad, just something one needs to get hold of before jumping in and getting involved. Interestingly, I have to spend some time today teaching Twitter culture to an arts organisation and getting this one fundamental point over is quite hard.
Cheers, JP
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Jon,
I would be very surprised if anyone were ignoring you deliberately in discussions on Twitter (you always have interesting points to make) - but I do think that it's easy to lose track of discussions & who's involved.
I have also noticed that there appear to be technical problems with Twitter: I'm not always receiving tweets made by people I follow (let alone any whom I don't follow who include me in a discussion using @ reply). It may be that people are not seeing your comments, Jon.
Twitter also gets very wobbly at times (especially in evenings), and is becoming plagued with spam.
It is also very easy to miss comments when it is busy if one follows quite a few people.
Thinking about what you had written earlier, I realised that I use Twitter for totally informal comments to people (and often just humorous asides) - quite often to individuals know/am acquainted in the real world but in the nature of a conversation that I don't mind people overhearing and joining in. If I want the 'conversation' to be private, I could DM (Direct Message) or e-mail.
It's rather like having a conversation in the lunch or coffee breaks at conferences: people wander past, hear it & sometimes join in for a while. It's more personal and not always directly relevant to work/studies but isn't private.
The MCG JISCMail list is for more formal comments to a specific (&, theoretically at least, much larger) audience, requiring more thought - especially since I know that the 'conversation' is being archived.
I'm not sure that I always want passing thoughts or occasional moments of whimsy to be archived.
Sometimes, however, it is those whimsical or humorous asides that spark off some of the best ideas, isn't it?!
Jon, I do hope that you continue to share your various thoughts with us on Twitter as well as elsewhere! I for one always listen to/read what you say/write and think about your comments/views etc.
Janet
Janet E Davis
--- On Sun, 26/7/09, Jon Pratty wrote:
> I take Danny and Janet's point on this. I have observed
> fragments of
> tech-related museum conversation recently on Twitter
> between small groups of
> people some of whom I follow, and some I don't; what I've
> seen has been a
> salutary lesson on the downside of clique-forming and niche
> conversation
> evesdropping.
...
> I've tried to submit
> comment into recent Twitter-threads about MCG-like stuff
> and have often felt
> unwelcome or ignored.
>
> The great thing about the MCG list is that all can
> contribute; all views are
> seen and can be considered; we're where 'the many eyes
> are,' ...
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