Comments on: Tweet Yourself Like the Person You Want to Be http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/ aligning identity, action and purpose Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DaveMurr http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-365 DaveMurr Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-365 Hi CV, I have to apologize your reply to my blog post was caught in my spam filter and I just saw it this morning. Your insight to how Twitter reflects who we are and leave footprints is intriguing to me. I am fascinated how all these social media toys reflect deep rooted behavior that has existed in our DNA since we hung out in caves. In my opinion, nothing has changed. We are just now able to communicate how we've always wanted to. I don't necessarily agree that one should be picky about who they follow. In my anti auto DM post, I shared how I go about deciding who to follow. For me the more the merrier, though I will immediately state that I don't see followers/followees as a number game. It is a personal preference. If you want to only follow 50 people fine, 30,000 great. Its your account, do what you want. I will share that the more people I connect with, the greater the experience and the opportunities. Thanks for stopping by my blog, I've enjoyed reading yours and you have a new subscriber. Hi CV,

I have to apologize your reply to my blog post was caught in my spam filter and I just saw it this morning.

Your insight to how Twitter reflects who we are and leave footprints is intriguing to me. I am fascinated how all these social media toys reflect deep rooted behavior that has existed in our DNA since we hung out in caves. In my opinion, nothing has changed. We are just now able to communicate how we’ve always wanted to.

I don’t necessarily agree that one should be picky about who they follow. In my anti auto DM post, I shared how I go about deciding who to follow. For me the more the merrier, though I will immediately state that I don’t see followers/followees as a number game. It is a personal preference. If you want to only follow 50 people fine, 30,000 great. Its your account, do what you want. I will share that the more people I connect with, the greater the experience and the opportunities.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I’ve enjoyed reading yours and you have a new subscriber.

]]> By: Hesham http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-345 Hesham Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:56:08 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-345 Twitter came with new mening for the internet , media, and communications. Very nice post! Twitter came with new mening for the internet , media, and communications.
Very nice post!

]]> By: Alina Popescu http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-338 Alina Popescu Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:14:12 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-338 Never mind that last suggestion! Your comments got caught by Akismet, it's been sorted out :) Never mind that last suggestion! Your comments got caught by Akismet, it’s been sorted out :)

]]> By: Alina Popescu http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-336 Alina Popescu Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:12:33 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-336 I have to agree with Joanna, it's a perspective on Twitter that I have to still think about to be able to express an articulate opinion. But if I stop and think about the people I follow, you might be right, they sometimes remind me of everything I am and everything I could be. Thank you for joining the competition! Don't forget to also comment on the announcement post, to make it all official :) Alina I have to agree with Joanna, it’s a perspective on Twitter that I have to still think about to be able to express an articulate opinion. But if I stop and think about the people I follow, you might be right, they sometimes remind me of everything I am and everything I could be.

Thank you for joining the competition! Don’t forget to also comment on the announcement post, to make it all official :)

Alina

]]> By: Joanna Young http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-335 Joanna Young Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:32:59 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-335 Interesting stuff. I'm going to have to think about it a bit. I love Twitter and am totally hooked on it. I wouldn't necessarily have identified these reasons though - for me I enjoy exprsessing myself in 140 characters, and having rapid fire conversations that are still thoughtful, creative, kind, funny, engaging... I enjoy following people who are in turn thoughtful but maybe also funny, different, slightly challenging, quirky... probably they are people who I watch in my stream, but don't regularly engage with. Not sure if that's a very articulate response... still mulling it over :-) Interesting stuff. I’m going to have to think about it a bit. I love Twitter and am totally hooked on it. I wouldn’t necessarily have identified these reasons though – for me I enjoy exprsessing myself in 140 characters, and having rapid fire conversations that are still thoughtful, creative, kind, funny, engaging… I enjoy following people who are in turn thoughtful but maybe also funny, different, slightly challenging, quirky… probably they are people who I watch in my stream, but don’t regularly engage with.

Not sure if that’s a very articulate response… still mulling it over :-)

]]> By: Ken Colen http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-333 Ken Colen Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:49:47 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-333 By the way, I was lead to this essay by your husband's status update on Facebook. Finally, a worthwhile post! (Please excuse the few typos in the above comment.) By the way, I was lead to this essay by your husband’s status update on Facebook. Finally, a worthwhile post!

(Please excuse the few typos in the above comment.)

]]> By: Ken Colen http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-332 Ken Colen Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:45:08 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-332 CV, A wonderfully written essay (wow you're good!) and very interesting content. I've been struck by this new phenomenon of "Facebook narcissism." I never realized how many narcissists are out there! To put a curmudgeonly bent on things for a minute: 'I don't f-ing care that you're making banana bread!' and, you, the one who posts every 'clver; thought that enters your self-involved head : 'You're not nearly as funny as you think you are.' Having said that, I'm absolutely addicted to reading all of the status updates on Facebook and I even let my own narcissism shine from time to time. (I'm sure no one cared that I was delayed at the airport for 4 hours last night or even that I was reliving my childhood via old pictures and letters for the past 2 days (I posted both of those things). Why, you ask? I really don't know, but your piece does shed some light on the subject. I guess it's because I think I'm more clever than I am (I put the word "flight" in quotes when posting about the air travel delay) and/or that people actually care about what's happening in my little life. I realize that my commentary is more about Facebook, or "social tweets," and less about Twitter, which is meant to be more professionally based. Somehow, while I have a Twitter account I just never got into the habit of checking and my network is still very small. I'm in enough meetings in which people love to hear themselves talk to show how smart they are. I'll stick to banana bread and bad puns... and then roll my eyes when they come. Once again, bravo on your very thought-provoking and wonderfully written commentary. -Ken "tweets can present us the way we’d like to be seen" CV,
A wonderfully written essay (wow you’re good!) and very interesting content. I’ve been struck by this new phenomenon of “Facebook narcissism.” I never realized how many narcissists are out there! To put a curmudgeonly bent on things for a minute: ‘I don’t f-ing care that you’re making banana bread!’ and, you, the one who posts every ‘clver; thought that enters your self-involved head : ‘You’re not nearly as funny as you think you are.’ Having said that, I’m absolutely addicted to reading all of the status updates on Facebook and I even let my own narcissism shine from time to time. (I’m sure no one cared that I was delayed at the airport for 4 hours last night or even that I was reliving my childhood via old pictures and letters for the past 2 days (I posted both of those things). Why, you ask? I really don’t know, but your piece does shed some light on the subject. I guess it’s because I think I’m more clever than I am (I put the word “flight” in quotes when posting about the air travel delay) and/or that people actually care about what’s happening in my little life. I realize that my commentary is more about Facebook, or “social tweets,” and less about Twitter, which is meant to be more professionally based. Somehow, while I have a Twitter account I just never got into the habit of checking and my network is still very small. I’m in enough meetings in which people love to hear themselves talk to show how smart they are. I’ll stick to banana bread and bad puns… and then roll my eyes when they come. Once again, bravo on your very thought-provoking and wonderfully written commentary. -Ken

“tweets can present us the way we’d like to be seen”

]]> By: Lisa http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-331 Lisa Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:11:05 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-331 oh and p.s.--- we need to see ourselves, all of ourselves, through others. It is impossible to be human without this---- oh and p.s.— we need to see ourselves, all of ourselves, through others. It is impossible to be human without this—-

]]> By: Lisa http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-330 Lisa Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:09:44 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-330 I really like this CV---- and it resonates with me in the following way. When I first went on facebook I found it a bit overwhelming to see everyone (or almost everyone) from (almost) every period in my life in the same place. I found that there was stuff to remember and to process from every time, or, if I may be a touch dramatic, every era, of my life. Now it is an intricate part of my day and all of my selves, or almost all of them---- are awakened, touched and shared daily. My best friend from next door growing up, who thinks college was a waste of her time (she is a painter), tells me the best reality TV show. I can talk trivia for hours with the people I spent time traveling with---- because that is what we did on long bus rides in Africa and China, etc. we got into very creative conversations about who was the best Beatle (John) and why (edge), etc. And I have my genius intellectual friends keeping me plugged into all that is happening in lower and upper Manhattan. I feel, well, revitalized. Happy to have so many authentic selves. I really like this CV—- and it resonates with me in the following way. When I first went on facebook I found it a bit overwhelming to see everyone (or almost everyone) from (almost) every period in my life in the same place. I found that there was stuff to remember and to process from every time, or, if I may be a touch dramatic, every era, of my life. Now it is an intricate part of my day and all of my selves, or almost all of them—- are awakened, touched and shared daily. My best friend from next door growing up, who thinks college was a waste of her time (she is a painter), tells me the best reality TV show. I can talk trivia for hours with the people I spent time traveling with—- because that is what we did on long bus rides in Africa and China, etc. we got into very creative conversations about who was the best Beatle (John) and why (edge), etc. And I have my genius intellectual friends keeping me plugged into all that is happening in lower and upper Manhattan. I feel, well, revitalized. Happy to have so many authentic selves.

]]> By: Elana Bowman http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2009/02/18/tweet-yourself-like-the-person-you-want-to-be/#comment-329 Elana Bowman Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:15:31 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=1067#comment-329 I love Twitter, I follow publishing houses, charities and people who inspire me. I am trying to learn about marketing and social networking so follow others to read their blogs and listen to what they have to Tweet. If people find me, I follow them as well and if someone Tweets something I comment on it or Retweet it. For me it is both a genuine business tool and for me as @ebbye to have my say and talk about life, work, books or Sydney. There are some incredible people all over the world and I am glad we are finding each other on Twitter I love Twitter, I follow publishing houses, charities and people who inspire me. I am trying to learn about marketing and social networking so follow others to read their blogs and listen to what they have to Tweet. If people find me, I follow them as well and if someone Tweets something I comment on it or Retweet it. For me it is both a genuine business tool and for me as @ebbye to have my say and talk about life, work, books or Sydney. There are some incredible people all over the world and I am glad we are finding each other on Twitter

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