Comments on: Automatic For the Tweeters http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:32:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: No Straw Men : links for 2008-05-21 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136671 No Straw Men : links for 2008-05-21 Wed, 21 May 2008 08:37:26 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136671 <p>[...] Automatic for the Tweeters - William Beutler, Blog P.I. Why not create such Twitter accounts for a few political blogs that myself and others might want to follow? So I have. [...]</p> […] Automatic for the Tweeters - William Beutler, Blog P.I. Why not create such Twitter accounts for a few political blogs that myself and others might want to follow? So I have. […]

]]> By: Bluey Blog | RobertBluey.com » Follow Pittsburgh Sports Teams on Twitter http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136606 Bluey Blog | RobertBluey.com » Follow Pittsburgh Sports Teams on Twitter Tue, 20 May 2008 03:36:39 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136606 <p>[...] see, just yesterday Bill wrote about a couple of popular blogs, Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit and Andrew Sullivan’s [...]</p> […] see, just yesterday Bill wrote about a couple of popular blogs, Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit and Andrew Sullivan’s […]

]]> By: William Beutler http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136566 William Beutler Mon, 19 May 2008 13:32:11 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136566 <p>@Melanie</p> <p>I'm very particular about what I put into my feed reader, because I'm liable to not look at it for a few days and if it gets backed up, I'll give up and delete everything. So for now it's mostly friends' blogs and a few other sites that aren't updated often.</p> <p>These blogs, however, are updated all the time -- so the best way for me to follow them is to place them in a stream of information I'm already looking at. And if I miss them, no big deal. Twitter is a stream I merely dip into when I have the time.</p> @Melanie

I’m very particular about what I put into my feed reader, because I’m liable to not look at it for a few days and if it gets backed up, I’ll give up and delete everything. So for now it’s mostly friends’ blogs and a few other sites that aren’t updated often.

These blogs, however, are updated all the time — so the best way for me to follow them is to place them in a stream of information I’m already looking at. And if I miss them, no big deal. Twitter is a stream I merely dip into when I have the time.

]]> By: Brian http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136564 Brian Mon, 19 May 2008 13:19:47 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136564 <p>Can you do ones for Perez, digby and stuff white people like for me also? kthx</p> Can you do ones for Perez, digby and stuff white people like for me also? kthx

]]> By: Melanie http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136563 Melanie Mon, 19 May 2008 11:15:46 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136563 <p>I guess using an actual feedreader is way too 2005 for Blog PI? :)</p> I guess using an actual feedreader is way too 2005 for Blog PI? :)

]]> By: William Beutler http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136548 William Beutler Mon, 19 May 2008 03:45:14 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136548 <p>Yup, to Instapundit first, so one stop over. Not that any of these blogs mentioned here need any help with their traffic, but it doesn't deprive them of any, either. That said, I'll probably still drop a note to those I've set up on Twitter in the morning, just to be polite.</p> Yup, to Instapundit first, so one stop over. Not that any of these blogs mentioned here need any help with their traffic, but it doesn’t deprive them of any, either. That said, I’ll probably still drop a note to those I’ve set up on Twitter in the morning, just to be polite.

]]> By: simon owens http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136547 simon owens Mon, 19 May 2008 03:32:45 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136547 <p>ah, nevermind, i clicked through to the feeds to find out for myself. that's unfortunate, it'd be cool if you could just follow his links from the feed.</p> ah, nevermind, i clicked through to the feeds to find out for myself. that’s unfortunate, it’d be cool if you could just follow his links from the feed.

]]> By: Simon Owens http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136546 Simon Owens Mon, 19 May 2008 03:31:12 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136546 <p>Wow, good idea. Reminds me of livejournal syndicate feeds, where livejournal users can create feeds for their friendslist of their favorite blogs. Since Twitter doesn't post an advertising (except for its japan version) I don't see why any of the bloggers would have a problem with this.</p> <p>Question though. Are those tinyurl links linking to the instapundit post in question, or are they linking to whatever Instapundit is linking to?</p> <p>for instance, if instapundit is linking to the NY Times, does the tinyurl link in the twitter feed go to nytimes or the instapudit post linking to NYtimes</p> Wow, good idea. Reminds me of livejournal syndicate feeds, where livejournal users can create feeds for their friendslist of their favorite blogs. Since Twitter doesn’t post an advertising (except for its japan version) I don’t see why any of the bloggers would have a problem with this.

Question though. Are those tinyurl links linking to the instapundit post in question, or are they linking to whatever Instapundit is linking to?

for instance, if instapundit is linking to the NY Times, does the tinyurl link in the twitter feed go to nytimes or the instapudit post linking to NYtimes

]]> By: Rob Bluey http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136544 Rob Bluey Mon, 19 May 2008 02:41:03 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/automatic-for-the-tweeters#comment-136544 <p>I set up an account for @Heritage for this same purpose. Followers get everything from blog posts from The Foundry and our current research to video clips and event notifications.</p> <p>I did the same for @UticaNY, which tracks the Observer-Dispatch and other blogs from Central New York.</p> <p>Some people probably frown on this use of Twitter, but like you I find it's a great way to keep tabs on what's happening.</p> I set up an account for @Heritage for this same purpose. Followers get everything from blog posts from The Foundry and our current research to video clips and event notifications.

I did the same for @UticaNY, which tracks the Observer-Dispatch and other blogs from Central New York.

Some people probably frown on this use of Twitter, but like you I find it’s a great way to keep tabs on what’s happening.

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