#PredictingKanyeTweets: “Yo, Twitter! Imma let you finish…”
Kanye West, the man that spontaneously generated his own Internet meme with his infamous “Imma let you finish..” moment at last year’s VMAs, is now on Twitter.
Sponsored Tweets: Are you selling out?
SponsoredTweets is a new Twitter advertising platform that connects advertisers with Tweeters. Advertisers can create sponsored conversations on Twitter. Tweeters can earn money for spreading the word. I can earn Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns using Twitter?! Oh, boy! I always knew that the day would arrive when I could got paid to send out snippets [...]
The 6 Dumbest Things You Have (Probably) Done on Twitter
Since 2006, Twitter has witnessed an incredible rate of growth in popularity. Unfortunately, things weren’t always so pleasant as foolish acts of stupidity are performed on a regular basis at a global scale. In this post, I spotlight six of the most infamous atrocities to ever occur on Twitter. Let’s hope that you had nothing [...]
8 Twitter Problems and How You Can Solve Them
What the hell?! After arguing why I shouldn’t use Twitter, you decide to write an article about how I can solve some problems with Twitter? Does this moment of glory deserve enshrinement in the FailBlog website? Say what you want about Twitter, but it is an revolutionary tool for communicating with people across the world [...]
5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Use Twitter Anytime Soon
Awhile back, I wrote a tremendously unpopular post titled, “5 Reasons Why You Should Ditch Facebook and Use Twitter Instead.” In the aftermath of the debacle that ensued, people took revenge by adding me on Facebook, granting them the power to write nasty things on my wall like, “Facebook traitor!”,“Twitter loves you… But nobody else” [...]
The Secret to Finding Better People to Follow on Twitter
How many people do you follow on Twitter? 50? 100? 1000? More? I currently follow 97 people and let me tell you, it’s quite exhausting. Keeping up with everyone’s latest tweets sometimes feels like trying to treat patients in two hospitals located on opposite sides of a city. No one ever told me how stressful [...]
The Twitterfication of Facebook
In my recent post “Six Reasons to Ditch Facebook and Use Twitter Instead“, I tried desperately to convince the legions of unconverted Facebook-holics to adopt the far more formidable addiction called Twitter. I went to far lengths to deliver my message – photoshopping images of fake Facebook status updates- and received a lukewarm response. I [...]
How to Track the Number of Clicks on Your Bit.ly Links on Twitter
With so many URL shorteners flooding the Internet these days, it’s hard to see a clear favorite stand above this chaotic crowd. Twitter stands to change all of that, by enforcing Bit.ly as its default link shortening service. So, how can you track the number of clicks you receive from bit.ly links in your tweets? [...]