Comments on: Twitter Tuesday #21–The Power of Names

By: Mind Sieve 6/20/11 « Gloria Oliver

Mind Sieve 6/20/11 « Gloria Oliver — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:54:22 +0000

[…] Tuesday – The Power of Names by Kristen Lamb. And she’s dead on on this! (I really should break down and do a blog about how everything […]

By: Marilag Lubag

Marilag Lubag — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:08:21 +0000

If you pronounce people’s names correctly, they’ll love you for it. Often my entire name gets butchered so it makes me smile when they pronounce my name correctly. What’s in a name? You’re making me think of fairies now.

By: Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:51:45 +0000

I’m bad with names too, and chatting but getting there slowly.

By: Tiffany A White

Tiffany A White — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:44:56 +0000

What’s your name again? Hahaha, just kidding @KristenLambTX. 🙂 Oh, wait; it’s just Kristen? Okay, Kristen!

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:36:28 +0000

Good point. I’m very bad with names and will try to do better in future.

By: Lynn kelley

Lynn kelley — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:08:55 +0000

I’m terrible with names, but I try to say people’s names when I can. You’re so right, Kristen, we all like to hear our names!

By: Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson

Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:35:54 +0000

Hi Kristen:
I am generally great with names, and I find it frustrating when people don’t use their real names on Twitter! So I’m thanking Girl On The Contrary because for the love of Pete, I cannot find her name anywhere.

I know that some people prefer to write anonymously, but lately, I’ve been trying to get them to come and find you so they can read about why they need to use their real names.

Names like Kristen Lamb as in @KristenLambTX.

By: Becka (StickyNoteStories)

Becka (StickyNoteStories) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:18:57 +0000

I’m so bad with names – AND faces. If someone gets a haircut or wears a hat I can barely tell who they are anymore. Same with changing icons on Twitter. I’m trying to get better with that, but man is it hard!

By: carolrwood

carolrwood — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:03:56 +0000

Kristen, enjoyed another good post. Thank you.

By: Violeta

Violeta — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:56:35 +0000

Yeap, that’s basically the only way I know I’m not getting yet another automated DM. (sigh) Thanks for this short post, Kristen. I also believe in power of names. I learned it a few years back when I was in the States for the summer and had to work on comission and sell books from door-to-door (yikes). The training was so sturdy that I feel like they branded me for life, lol. One thing they insisted was that I always use the person’s name (was it again three times?), and so I got into the habit of listening when someone introduces themselves.

On Twitter, however, it sometimes seems funny to call someone by name if you haven’t ‘properly’ met. Well, I learned soon enough that everybody’s uncertain and they all enjoy being called by their first names, so why not do it most of the time? The only confusing thing is with people who insist on using odd usernames that are not their names (points to self). So yeah, I feel like I have to add the following in my description: call me ‘Lyn or Violeta, either way, I’ll answer.’ But I don’t… mainly because people find it odd to have two names (though one is pseudonym). I am really making my life harder, aren’t I. Anyway, I digress too much.