the number one mistake everybody makes on twitter
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I can't believe that so many people misunderstand a super fundamental piece of Twitter's functionality. It's shocking.TRANSCRIPT
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Twitter has been around since 2006.
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And what really frustrates me…
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Is that so many people still screw up a really basic piece of
Twitter’s functionality.
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Allow me to explain:
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I have something I need to get off my chest, something I need everyone to know !
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so I head to Twitter and I tweet this:
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@Patriots I hate all of you.!
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But there is a problem.!
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I want everybody to know.!
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But because the tweet started with an @ sign…!
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ONLY the traitors people who follow BOTH me AND the Patriots will see this tweet.!
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NOT all of my followers (and I have a lot)
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Which is EXCEPTIONAL for certain situations.*
*But that's another Slideshare for another day.
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But not this one.
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So now a tweet like this:!
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The @Patriots haven’t won a Super Bowl since they were caught cheating. #Justsaying #Truth
So now a tweet like this:!
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Will show up to all 1,000,000+ of my followers
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WHY?
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Because @ is not the first character of the tweet:
The @Patriots haven’t won a Super Bowl since they were caught cheating. #Justsaying #Truth
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When that happens, all of your followers see it no matter what else is in the tweet.
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Let’s take a look at another example:
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@wilfork75 really really really really really really really really annoys me
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Again, only going to the LIMITED number of my followers who ALSO follow Vince Wilfork. !
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NO GOOD!
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EVERYONE MUST KNOW!
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But it’s an easy fix:!
.@wilfork75 really really really really really really really really annoys me
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.@wilfork75 really really really really really really really really annoys me
See that period at the beginning?!
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That is the most misunderstood piece of punctuation on Twitter.!
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Now that I tweeted starting with a period…
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ALL of my followers can understand just how much Vince pisses me off.
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So clearly this is a really important mechanic.
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And to be honest, I am shocked that Twitter hasn’t done a better job explaining it to
new users.
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If I ran things, here is what I would do.
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The first time you used the @ message, this would appear:
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Pretty cool right?
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Hey one last thing.
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I’m actually not all about people using this mechanic all the time.
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I would prefer that you just change the content up a little.
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The @Patriots haven’t won a Super Bowl since they were caught cheating. #Justsaying #Truth
Just find a different way to structure the sentence.!
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It looks and feels a lot more natural.
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But if you absolutely have to start a tweet with someone’s handle.
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Now you know what to do.
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;)