Comments on: Twitter Tuesday #23–Brevity & Clarity are Important

By: Marilag Lubag

Marilag Lubag — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:44:12 +0000

Ouch! I think this applies to my generation (and others that follow) more than anything else. I mean, I love text speak. Still do. If I don’t remember the abbreviation, I go to the urbandictionary.com and look up their meanings.

However, there are 2 purposes for text speak. The first one is to get everything you want to say on one tweet. This was a matter of convenience. However, the second one, though is so that parents won’t understand what you’re saying. In other words, it’s a code.

For the purposes of reaching out to others, Kristen was right. We need to avoid using text speak. It’s easier to communicate if everyone actually understand what you’re saying.

By: Les Howard

Les Howard — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:00:29 +0000

It takes me longer to remember the shorthand for a phrase than to simply type it out in full so I don’t use many abbreviations. Also, what would be the point if the reader doesn’t understand it? (other than listening to myself talk, I suppose).

I’m one of those weird people who reread everything before I hit ‘send’ and correct the spelling and grammar – including the 3 4 in this post.

By: Piper Bayard

Piper Bayard — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:58:09 +0000

OMG! I H8 that 2. Great advice, Kristen. I do my best for my tweeps when it comes to the RT, but even I have my limits. For my tweets, I’ve counted how many spaces I need for someone to hit RT with no fuss or muss on their part and I think it really helps out the people who are trying to help me. They’re doing us a favor, for crying out loud. The least we can do is make it easy for them. Great post.

By: Jody Moller

Jody Moller — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:11:48 +0000

When I read abbreviated tweets (which let’s be honest I can’t really interpret) it just makes me feel old!

By: Tim Greaton

Tim Greaton — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:06:43 +0000

Kristen: A few hundred more of these insights and I might actually know how to use Twitter 🙂

By: Terrell Mims

Terrell Mims — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:45:10 +0000

Great blog.

By: Christine Grote

Christine Grote — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:32:40 +0000

That’s one of the things I like the best about it. It is like a game.

By: Kerry Meacham

Kerry Meacham — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:32:20 +0000

In the spirit of the piece…great blog Kristen.

By: Lynn kelley

Lynn kelley — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:12:25 +0000

Ah, I love these tips. I’m still learning. On a few tweets that I wanted to retweet, I just deleted part of the original message. My bad!

By: Susan S

Susan S — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:25:05 +0000

So true! Twitter has been great practice for short-form. It helps novel length fiction density too – by making me think more concisely!