Hahah, my twitter tags are automated in my own head. I just typed the wrong one on a Tweet. *sigh* That’s what happens when you use Twitter when you should be sleeping or writing. Karma.

Definitely some good advice. Without realizing it our Triberr roll out could look very spammy. So the automation warning is great. However, I’m sitting here slightly questioning the creation of a Tribble. Not that I don’t see how it could happen. I understand the concept, but I’m not sure if using a hash tag in a blog title would always have that effect. Other variables might make it slighly more okay.

I’m thinking of two things: using a very popular hash tag with a variety of triberrmates. To illustrate: I use the hash tag #Follow in one of our regular features (once a week if I’m on top of it). Very rarely (if ever) do I get a whole mess of triberrmates to tweet it out within a short time frame. On the contrary, it takes days to roll out. Plus, everyone else and their dog is using the same hash tag, so in a panel or in a Twitter search, my blog post will only come up once in a while as intended.

I do see the problem if you use a lesser known hash tag within a smaller community. In any case, it’s best to be careful no matter what you use.

I’m thinking of two things: using a very popular hash tag with a variety of triberrmates. To illustrate: I use the hash tag #Follow in one of our regular features (once a week if I’m on top of it). Very rarely (if ever) do I get a whole mess of triberrmates to tweet it out within a short time frame. On the contrary, it takes days to roll out. Plus, everyone else and their dog is using the same hash tag, so in a panel or in a Twitter search, my blog post will only come up once in a while as intended.

I do see the problem if you use a lesser known hash tag within a smaller community. In any case, it’s best to be careful no matter what you use.