The first in a series of posts on media people making use of Twitter – Louise Bolotin answers a bunch of questions about her own tweets and twitterings.
And I’ll save you the bother of counting: yes, each answer is 140 characters or less.
* What did you think about the concept when you first heard about Twitter?
I thought it was pointless, tbh. That was 19 months ago. The penny dropped around a year later.
* Do you recall your first tweet?
No, but it was probably something like “ok, just testing this”.
* How did you use Twitter to begin with?
Mainly to talk to other journalists, swap links and track news, as well as network and gossip.
* How has your use of Twitter changed?
It hasn’t really. I probably tweet slightly more personal stuff now, especially in the evening after a glass of wine but I still use it mainly as a work tool
* What do you want from Twitter?
An adoring public! Just joking. I do seem to have picked up a very mixed bag of followers though
* Have you attended a tweetup?
I’ll be attending the Manchester Twestival on 3/2 which I’m very excited about. I also moved house recently and have made new friends locally through tweeting
* Have you evangelised Twitter? If so, any success?
Yes and yes. I’m probably a Twitter bore now. Some people just go “oh”, others say “wow, that sounds amazing”. They either get it or not
* Do you have any self-imposed policies regarding your use of Twitter?
I block lurkers who don’t tweet at all or protect their updates. I report spammers and I only follow back people who look interesting
* How do you see your use of Twitter developing this year?
I need to figure out a way to follow more people without it cutting into my work time. And I’d like to break or share more emerging stories
[+] Louise Bolotin is a freelance journalist, author, blogger (Here’s the Kicker http://louisebolotin.com) and social media junkie.
Tags: social media, twitter
