Comments on: “Twitter for poets”: poetry and conversation in Identica http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-870964 Matthew Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:21 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-870964 Thanks, Dave! Right now, Ping.fm is working pretty well for me. I've simply set it up so I can post to one or more of the three services from there, so I can choose what particular combination suits the status/micropost/whatever each time. Maybe that will get old, I don't know, but right now it makes as much sense to me as anything else I've considered. And as far as reading what other people are doing, I've already got @ovpaul Tweets going to my Google Reader, and TweetDeck works nicely for following Twitter and Facebook. Identi.ca, then, remains the one I have to login to once a day or so to see what's going on, and I'm ok with that. It helps, too, that I enjoy the site's layout & functionality much more than that of Twitter. Thanks, Dave! Right now, Ping.fm is working pretty well for me. I’ve simply set it up so I can post to one or more of the three services from there, so I can choose what particular combination suits the status/micropost/whatever each time. Maybe that will get old, I don’t know, but right now it makes as much sense to me as anything else I’ve considered.

And as far as reading what other people are doing, I’ve already got @ovpaul Tweets going to my Google Reader, and TweetDeck works nicely for following Twitter and Facebook. Identi.ca, then, remains the one I have to login to once a day or so to see what’s going on, and I’m ok with that. It helps, too, that I enjoy the site’s layout & functionality much more than that of Twitter.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-870810 Dave Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:16:01 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-870810 Hi Matthew. Good question. First, Facebook: I'm wary of spamming all my FB frineds with everything I do, so I no longer route my Friendfeed (bascially everything I do online) into my status updates, nor do send tweets or dents there. I only auto-post from Morning Porch (the blog) and Moving Poems at this point, and manually link most Via Neg posts as well. Twitter: I use the Identica-Twitter bridge to send my main posts there, but not my @-replies (which would be mostly meaningless to folks on Twitter who can't follow the conversation). I do have to remember to log into twitter every day or two to see if I've gotten any @-relpies there, since unlike Identica it doesn't email them to me. Anyway, I think you're right to give this some careful thought, and try to figure out which things would be interesting to subscribers/followers/friends. For me, Identica is more for conversation; Twitter is mostly for broadcasting; and Facebook is a mixture of both. Hi Matthew. Good question. First, Facebook: I’m wary of spamming all my FB frineds with everything I do, so I no longer route my Friendfeed (bascially everything I do online) into my status updates, nor do send tweets or dents there. I only auto-post from Morning Porch (the blog) and Moving Poems at this point, and manually link most Via Neg posts as well. Twitter: I use the Identica-Twitter bridge to send my main posts there, but not my @-replies (which would be mostly meaningless to folks on Twitter who can’t follow the conversation). I do have to remember to log into twitter every day or two to see if I’ve gotten any @-relpies there, since unlike Identica it doesn’t email them to me. Anyway, I think you’re right to give this some careful thought, and try to figure out which things would be interesting to subscribers/followers/friends. For me, Identica is more for conversation; Twitter is mostly for broadcasting; and Facebook is a mixture of both.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-870713 Matthew Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:37:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-870713 Ok, I'll bite. This post has been in the back of my mind since I read it in July, and I finally took the plunge a few minutes ago. My question: since I know you use Identi.ca, Twitter, and Facebook, what apps/sites do you use to keep them separate and/or merged? That is, I have the feeling I will want to decide on a per-post basis, whether I want the post to go just to Identi.ca, Twitter, Facebook or some combination of the three, and I can't yet see how I'll best manage that desire. I have the nagging feeling I'm overthinking this whole thing, compartmentalizing beyond reasonable necessity, but I can't help it. I think of each service as fulfilling a unique role; otherwise, well, I wouldn't use it. Any ideas? Ok, I’ll bite. This post has been in the back of my mind since I read it in July, and I finally took the plunge a few minutes ago.

My question: since I know you use Identi.ca, Twitter, and Facebook, what apps/sites do you use to keep them separate and/or merged? That is, I have the feeling I will want to decide on a per-post basis, whether I want the post to go just to Identi.ca, Twitter, Facebook or some combination of the three, and I can’t yet see how I’ll best manage that desire.

I have the nagging feeling I’m overthinking this whole thing, compartmentalizing beyond reasonable necessity, but I can’t help it. I think of each service as fulfilling a unique role; otherwise, well, I wouldn’t use it.

Any ideas?

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-848891 Dave Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:08:30 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-848891 No problem. Identica's biggest user base is computer geeks, so I actually wasn't too surprised to find that. No problem. Identica’s biggest user base is computer geeks, so I actually wasn’t too surprised to find that.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-848822 Brenda Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:18:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-848822 Dave, your internet re/search skills enter miracle. I use TwitterGadget on my iGoogle page - who'd have thought a client called BeTwittered Identica would host a module on an iGoogle home page. Thank you. Dave, your internet re/search skills enter miracle. I use TwitterGadget on my iGoogle page – who’d have thought a client called BeTwittered Identica would host a module on an iGoogle home page. Thank you.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-848810 Dave Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:10:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-848810 I hadn't heard of iGoogle, but a quick Google search turned up <a href="http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/106092714974714025177/IdenticaGadget.xml&source=imag" rel="nofollow">this</a>. I hadn’t heard of iGoogle, but a quick Google search turned up this.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-848759 Brenda Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:21:46 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-848759 Probably the main reason I use Twitter rather than Identi.ca is that I use an iGoogle page. If someone created whatever is needed to host an Identi.ca feed on an iGoogle page, I'd be happy to switch. Dave, my iGoogle page boasts a Moving Poems box that has links to your latest three videos, which is cool, and which keeps me up-to-date. Along with a lot of other neat stuff- I use the page constantly (yes it has a live Facebook widget & it's how I get into fb usually). Probably the main reason I use Twitter rather than Identi.ca is that I use an iGoogle page. If someone created whatever is needed to host an Identi.ca feed on an iGoogle page, I’d be happy to switch. Dave, my iGoogle page boasts a Moving Poems box that has links to your latest three videos, which is cool, and which keeps me up-to-date. Along with a lot of other neat stuff- I use the page constantly (yes it has a live Facebook widget & it’s how I get into fb usually).

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/twitter-for-poets-poetry-and-conversation-in-identica/#comment-848649 Dave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:31:07 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5183#comment-848649 I don't mind being called evangelical here. It can be challenging to explore new places, I agree. Especially if the inhabitants have their own strange customs and there are only a few mule paths, no superhighways. I don’t mind being called evangelical here.

It can be challenging to explore new places, I agree. Especially if the inhabitants have their own strange customs and there are only a few mule paths, no superhighways.

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