tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post119490796402267703..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: What I do and don't understand about TwitterJohn Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-29258596870676977282009-03-24T00:12:00.000-04:002009-03-24T00:12:00.000-04:00I thought of another reason I won't do whatever se...I thought of another reason I won't do whatever setting automatically turns your Facebook status and Twitter page into one-and-the-same. <BR/><BR/>I've been using Facebook for years. The format has always been "John is doing such-and-such." <BR/><BR/>I recently got a Twitter account, and it clearly does not use that format. <BR/><BR/>Now, I know Facebook <I>just</I> changed their interface so that you're not prompted to use the "John is ..." format while you're typing. But that's still what Facebook is to me.<BR/><BR/>In other words, not only does cross-posting to 2 sites seem pointless, but they don't call for the same content, so it wouldn't work anyway.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-66320623021468367572009-03-21T19:13:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:13:00.000-04:00So I've heard, but I have a couple problems with t...So I've heard, but I have a couple problems with that.<BR/><BR/>First, I don't know how to do it. I Googled for it and looked at the Facebook Twitter app before I posted this blog post, and it wasn't apparent to me what I was supposed to do.<BR/><BR/>More fundamentally, though, the idea of cross-posting to 2 sites doesn't appeal to me. That would seem to make Twitter <I>just</I> like Facebook except without tons of features, which makes Twitter seem pointless. What's the motivation to regularly check in on 2 sites if they have the same content?John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-76725082092849111842009-03-21T15:59:00.000-04:002009-03-21T15:59:00.000-04:00You can have Twitter automatically update your Fac...You can have Twitter automatically update your Facebook status with your latest tweet.geoffrey t panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553802927645705noreply@blogger.com