Comments on: SA Newspapers and their no sense approach to Twitter http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/01/sa-newspapers-and-their-no-sense-approach-to-twitter/ Media, marketing, design and advertising translated for the rest of us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:29:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Art2 http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/01/sa-newspapers-and-their-no-sense-approach-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Art2 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:56:18 +0000 http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-280 Great tracking data. Thanks. Arthur Great tracking data. Thanks.

Arthur

]]> By: matt http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/01/sa-newspapers-and-their-no-sense-approach-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-274 matt Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:12:27 +0000 http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-274 Here is a pretty good site that gives the low-down on corporates in Twitter: http://www.howtousetwitterformarketingandpr.com/ ;-) Here is a pretty good site that gives the low-down on corporates in Twitter: http://www.howtousetwitterformarketingandpr.com/

;-)

]]> By: Mark http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/01/sa-newspapers-and-their-no-sense-approach-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Mark Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:16:49 +0000 http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-273 Thanks for the heads up on the email account clean-up underway at Twitter. I'm sure it would have an impact, but I'm not discounting hundreds of posts leaving Twitter followers agro, and unsubscribing, and I would include myself in that number. Re: newspapers/news services. I used the word services because although all the sites listed have a newspaper parent, some like News24 and IOL, represent numerous newspaper brands, and create their own content generation unique from their paper parents. I would suggest Muti is a news aggregator since it does not generate unique content. Thanks for the heads up on the email account clean-up underway at Twitter. I’m sure it would have an impact, but I’m not discounting hundreds of posts leaving Twitter followers agro, and unsubscribing, and I would include myself in that number.

Re: newspapers/news services. I used the word services because although all the sites listed have a newspaper parent, some like News24 and IOL, represent numerous newspaper brands, and create their own content generation unique from their paper parents. I would suggest Muti is a news aggregator since it does not generate unique content.

]]> By: Neville Newey http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/01/sa-newspapers-and-their-no-sense-approach-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Neville Newey Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:05:25 +0000 http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-272 Hi Marklives Although your title uses the word "Newspapers", in the first paragraph you use the term "News Services". I bring this up because Muti (http://muti.co.za) is a "News Service" and it has more followers than any of those in your list with 372. Secondly the accross the board decline in followers has really got nothing to do with the decline in popularity. I have been tracking the Muti followers and they also have dropped by around the same percentage as the others at the same time. This was dew to a huge cleanout of spam accounts that twittter started a few months ago and continues to do on a regular basis. I take your point though about "dumping every story" into the stream, Muti is also guilty of this. There have been suggestions and it will be coming down the pipeline, to have multiple Muti twitter streams representing the popularity of posted items. The "muti5" stream for example would consist of only items which have garnered at least 5 votes. Users may then choose the level of detail they want to follow. There may be other ways of doing this as well, and any ideas you have too will be welcomed :) Regards Hi Marklives

Although your title uses the word “Newspapers”, in the first paragraph you use the term “News Services”. I bring this up because Muti (http://muti.co.za) is a “News Service” and it has more followers than any of those in your list with 372.

Secondly the accross the board decline in followers has really got nothing to do with the decline in popularity. I have been tracking the Muti followers and they also have dropped by around the same percentage as the others at the same time. This was dew to a huge cleanout of spam accounts that twittter started a few months ago and continues to do on a regular basis.

I take your point though about “dumping every story” into the stream, Muti is also guilty of this. There have been suggestions and it will be coming down the pipeline, to have multiple Muti twitter streams representing the popularity of posted items. The “muti5″ stream for example would consist of only items which have garnered at least 5 votes. Users may then choose the level of detail they want to follow. There may be other ways of doing this as well, and any ideas you have too will be welcomed :)

Regards

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