Tag: Twitter
13 posts
- How Bluesky helped me bridge the gap between social media and bloggingAfter years of watching Twitter kill my blog, I found a way to make Bluesky work FOR my writing instead of against it. Here's the simple mental shift that changed everything.
- Why I’m saying goodbye to Threads and Mastodon (and Twitter and Instagram)I'm focusing on my blog, Bluesky, and Facebook.
- Seeing what you tweeted ten years agoHow to make a bookmarklet that will automatically search what you tweeted on this day ten years ago.
- Collecting links in bios from TwitterIs there a tool that will compile a list of all the websites from the Twitter profiles of everyone I follow?
- Word of the Day writing promptUse the solution from Wordle as a writing prompt
- Finding people on Twitter who listen to Cameo’s “Word Up”Pleasantly surprised by all the Twitter bot accounts tweeting that they are listening to Cameo's "Word Up".
- The tweet with the ID number 1234567890987654321Ever notice the ID number in a tweet’s URL? Take a look at the URL structure for a tweet. Here’s a tweet I made today: https://twitter.com/spudart/status/1237129038994575360 Every tweet is assigned a unique ID number. Over time, this ID number increases…
- All the Twitter accounts with the letter t repeatedJust for kicks, I typed in twitter.com/twitttttttter to see if anyone has the account. Someone does. Of course. But only three followers. Three! What about all the various letter lengths with the repeated? Is any of them really popular? Here…
- The 25 Ewoks on Twitter25 Ewoks roam the forests of Twitter. They range from the cute and adorable to the heavily ironic and twisted. Which Ewoks should you be following on Twitter? Let’s go through the Ewok village to uncover the best Ewoks on…
- Middle East negotiations a scene out of the Star Wars prequelsJohn Kerry recently tweeted a pic from negotiations about Yemen. Doesn’t it look like a room in the Star Wars prequels? Dramatic ceiling. Very odd centerpiece table. Range of cultures. Funky patterned walls. I expect to see Senator Jar Jar…
- Reply to a person’s last tweet from six years agoWho are the first ten people to follow you on Twitter? How many of those accounts are now inactive? Five of the first ten accounts to follow @spudart haven’t tweeted since 2010. Whoa! Over six years! The dates of their last tweets:…
- Top five tweets of August 2010: Jawa hugs, answers, Tribune Tower fire, p-mailFor August’s top tweets, here’s one hand-picked tweet from each account that I use regularly in the past month.
- QUESTION FOR TWITTER: Is there a setting for receiving only @replies on my phone?It would be nice to have a setting on Twitter to get only @replies sent as a text message to my phone. Getting tweets from all my friends would be crazy. But getting just the @replies would be really nice.…
