Twitter is for tweeting; email is more suitable for longer, threaded
discussions, such as this.
It might help if emailers dispensed with unnecessary footers, such as postal
addresses, disclaimers, copyright statements and all the other visual
clutter that makes a thread longer than it needs to be and the narrative
more difficult to follow.
Phil Blume
2009/7/27 Ridge Mia <[log in to unmask]>
> Top quoting for once (shame on me) - I agree with much of what Janet's
> said below.
>
> Oddly, another email discussion list I'm on is having a similar
> discussion today.
>
> Perhaps hash tags for individual topics might be useful for people
> trying to follow off-list discussions across various platforms, though I
> do think any interesting discussion should end up back on the list (same
> with comments on blog posts).
>
> Putting my MCG committee member hat on, the discussion also raises a
> question I've wondered about before - would people be interested in some
> kind of directory of MCG member blogs and twitter accounts?
>
> cheers, Mia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of J
> DAVIS
> Sent: 27 July 2009 00:47
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: MCG and Twitter
>
> 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
>
>
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