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To Tweet or Not to Tweet? A Short Introduction to Twitter Laura Leavitt Labor Relations & Business Librarian January 8, 2010

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To Tweet or Not to Tweet?A Short Introduction to Twitter

Laura LeavittLabor Relations & Business

LibrarianJanuary 8, 2010

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… What Is It?What Is It?

• Microblog – meant to answer the question “What are you doing?”

• Limited to 140 characters• Follow and are followed• Public forum• Free

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How Can I Use It?How Can I Use It?

• Keep informed – follow news, trade associations, govt. agencies, subject experts

• Share information• Promotion• Reference • Social / collective action• Entertainment

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Some Basics…Some Basics…

• Retweets – RT @Mashable• Hashtags - #sla2009

(see http://hashtags.org )• Direct messages (private)

D leavitt9 How are you today?

• Following / Unfollowing

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The Fail Whale

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Current Users ( Source: http://www.alexa.com )

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Twitter Demographics

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Twitter & PrivacyTwitter & Privacy

• Posting on Twitter means:– Your updates appear in Twitter’s public timeline — a

flowing river of every member’s status. – Anyone can see your Twitter updates. – Your Twitter updates can be indexed by search

engines … including Google!

• Possible dangers include:– Privacy violations– Threats– Impersonation- Oh MY!

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Twitter & PrivacyTwitter & Privacy

To enhance your privacy on Twitter:

– Protect your tweets– Use discretion when posting– Block users– Report violations

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Additional Resources

MSU Libraries Twitter Guide: http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/twitter

Contact information:Laura L. Leavitt

Labor Relations and Business LibrarianMSU Gast Business Library

50 Law College BuildingEast Lansing, MI 48824-1300

[email protected]: leavitt9