messages in tiny bottles

[devi]

21:48 Vicariously Eurovisioning. #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

Edit: ...and I think I'll turn off LoudTwitter again now. I thought it'd annoy people when they were still sending tweets to phones, because anyone on twitter would see the same messages at least twice. When they stopped sending to phones it seemed like a much better idea. But now it seems like lots more people are following Twitter at the webpage, so sending them to LJ seems redundant again.

I might turn it back on the next time I'm travelling, though. My travelling tweets are usually a bit more interesting than my stationary ones, and it's likely there'll be more of them in a day, so together they're more like an actual post with, y'know, actual content. So there seems more justification in sending them to LJ. And I enjoy the LoudTwitter digests of people out doing stuff - exploring strange places, or doing 140-character gig reviews from Down The Front.

What do you think? Do you always hate LoudTwitter like poison? Or does it make a difference how contentful the posts are?

Comments

[kake]

It absolutely makes a difference how contentful the posts are. I don't think you can solve that problem on your own though.

I don't mind reading something twice if it's interesting, but because the general signal-to-noise ratio of LoudTwitter posts is so low, I've switched it off with CSS. Which is a shame, since it means I might miss the 1% of it that's actually interesting, but that's just not high enough a hit rate.

(Talking about LoudTwitter posts in the aggregate here, not yours in particular!)

[wimble.livejournal.com]

LoudTwitter allows you to put a prefix (and suffix) before the stuff it transcribes to LJ.

Ahah. The instructions are at: http://mouser.livejournal.com/379686.html

So, if you wish, you can restrict the twitterings to a specific friends group (lj-security: twit). Or even just to yourself (in case you want to collect the to form the basis of a full LJ entry). And, as described, you can hide them behind a cut.

So, while I'm quite happy to read your twits directly off the website you might want them shipped across for your own benefit.

Incidentally, Vodafone are currently providing free text-to-twitter (http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template10&pageID=MI_0044) service. They're also doing a free twitter-to-text service, which, allegedly, isn't limited time. (Of course, that's until they change their minds!)

[arachne.livejournal.com]

In your case, I don't mind loudtwitter that much - your tweets are smarter than your average bear's ;)

It's annoying when people tweet, use loudtwitter, and also have tweets sent to facebook - twice I can do, but three times gets irritating.

Oh.

[concourse.livejournal.com]

I only have a small handful of twitterers feeding to livejournal, and I like them, seeing as I'm not on twitter myself.

"What's that? Not on twitter?!"
Yes, I know.

Re: Oh.

[tortipede.livejournal.com]

This.

[glittertigger]

I don't read LoudTwitter posts, as I don't really want stream-of-consciousness from my friends - I prefer longer and more thoughtful updates. It may just be me though...

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Ditto. I wouldn't go so far as "hate like poison" but definitely "eye skates over without reading".

[evilrobotshane.livejournal.com]

I stopped following you on Twitter because I was reading it all here anyway. Personally I'd prefer you not use LoudTwitter, and to stick with a system rather than switching it up depending on what you're up to. But that's purely what I'd like. But that's what you asked for.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

Never one to miss a chance to annoy people, I've just signed up to give LoudTwitter a try. Thanks for the anti-rec!