>>> It seems at the UKMW conference the word 'engagement' was mentioned
a lot; for such an easy way to 'engage' with your audience (or at least,
give them the impression that you are), I don't see why you wouldn't
reciprocate follows. Where's the down-side?
'give them the impression that you are'? Either you're really engaging
with people, or you're not. If you're merely piling up follows to look
good, seems to me that makes you no better than the celebs.
Danny
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Dan Zambonini
Sent: 04 December 2009 11:12
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Subject: Re: [MCG] Twitter
As a Twitter-addict, thought I'd weigh-in on this one.
In my opinion, you should ALWAYS reciprocate follows (unless the account
is spam, or clearly not something you want to be associated with).
With modern tools like Tweetdeck that allow you to group your followers
into those you 'really' want to follow (i.e. So that you can actually
follow thousands of users, but only read the tweets from a select few),
there's no excuse for not doing-so.
Twitter is very much a communication platform, not broadcast, and every
time I see an organisation or celebrity that doesn't understand this, it
make me question their motives and/or understanding of the platform.
It's fairly easy to use the Twitter API to set up auto-follow/unfollow
(as I've done with many of my accounts: @freelondon, @twitexperiment,
@boxuk, etc), and/or there are tools out there that do the same thing.
It seems at the UKMW conference the word 'engagement' was mentioned a
lot; for such an easy way to 'engage' with your audience (or at least,
give them the impression that you are), I don't see why you wouldn't
reciprocate follows. Where's the down-side?
Just my 2p!
Dan
On 04/12/2009 11:01, "Linda Ellis" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Following on from Shona's post, I'd be interested to know how other
> museums and galleries have dealt with the issue of 'Following' on
> Twitter.
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> By that what I mean is:
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> If someone follows a museum / gallery twitter account should the
> organisation follow them in return?
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> I'd be really interested in what approach other museum and galleries
> have adopted and whether there is a consensus of what is best
practice.
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> Linda
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> Linda Ellis
> Project Manager Black Country Collections Online
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