I can remember the first twitter chat I tried to be a part of, I was on Twitter where I thought I should be participating, it was for goodness sakes a "Twitter Chat". I understood the question/answer structure in general and between trying to find the question in my stream and shorten my thought process to 140 characters (now its 280) I was always three steps behind. I wasn't able to respond or really interact with anyone else. I had moved from being a lurker to a participant, so there was progress. It was a frustrating experience though!
Then I discovered TweetDeck and everything began to make sense. I could organize my content, responses and see the questions all in individual feeds. TweetDeck is a web interface that allows you to view tweets in real time. TweetDeck has many features you won’t find within the standard Twitter interface, but we will focus on what it specifically does for Twitter chats. In short, you can create a specialized column that will auto update with tweets containing a specific hashtag or user. When you open TweetDeck, you will see your version of the following screen. 3 or 4 columns with a menu bar on the left. This page is completely customizable. Click on the sliders at the top right corner of any column and a options appear. You can sort a column, clear its contents, change the size of previews, filter by keyword, even remove the column completely.
How to get started with Tweetdeck:
Then I discovered TweetDeck and everything began to make sense. I could organize my content, responses and see the questions all in individual feeds. TweetDeck is a web interface that allows you to view tweets in real time. TweetDeck has many features you won’t find within the standard Twitter interface, but we will focus on what it specifically does for Twitter chats. In short, you can create a specialized column that will auto update with tweets containing a specific hashtag or user. When you open TweetDeck, you will see your version of the following screen. 3 or 4 columns with a menu bar on the left. This page is completely customizable. Click on the sliders at the top right corner of any column and a options appear. You can sort a column, clear its contents, change the size of previews, filter by keyword, even remove the column completely.
How to get started with Tweetdeck:
- Go to Tweetdeck.com
- Log in with your twitter credentials
- You will be able to customize the columns.
Watch below for step by step instructions on getting Tweetdeck set up and how to participate in a chat once your columns are set up.
Once you are logged in and set up, you are ready to participate in a twitter chat the easy way. If you have questions send me a DM and I'll be happy to help you.
Good luck learning and sharing your thoughts in your next Twitter Chat!
Good luck learning and sharing your thoughts in your next Twitter Chat!
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