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Sunday, July 01, 2007

I Am Twittering

How many of you have heard of Twitter? I'm sure some of you have but most of you probably have not.

From Twitter's own site, "Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what you're doing. For some friends you might want instant mobile updates - for others, you can just check the web. Invite your friends to Twitter and decide how connected you want you to be."

First of all, Twitter is free for everybody to use. You can access my Twitter page here. My latest Twitter messages (aka tweets) will also show up here over in my sidebar (right below the links).

Now you're asking yourself, why in the world would anybody want to do this and what can it be used for in the Big Brother world?

I want to incorporate my tweets along with the Silly Hamsters blog as a way of communicating with you short takes on how I feel about what's going on in the house at the moment, a way to let you know when something is happening or about to happen (POV about to happen, back from HOH comp), and to just have a little Big Brother fun with my readers and fellow Big Brother fans.

I also want to use Twitter on Silly Hamsters to set up a sort of mini Big Brother network with all of you. How might that work? Well if you decide to sign up for a Twitter account, you can twitter about Big Brother as well. If you choose to add me as a friend then you can read your tweets along with mine. I'll then add you to my friends and I'll see your tweets then too! As more of us sign up and tweet about Big Brother concerning whatever, I hope that we can build our own little hamster network. :)

You can receive tweets via IM as well as the web. You can also decide to receive tweets from your friends as text messages on your cell phone, but I don't recommend you doing that unless you have an unlimited text messaging plan. If you go over your texts for a month, don't hit me up for the dough! LOL

Check out the Twitter FAQ and the Twitter help if you need to. Also, just so that it's known, I am in no way affiliated with Twitter other than being a user of their service.

If all of this sounds confusing, the easiest way to understand all of this is to just sign up and test it out for yourself. If you have any questions about Twitter, post in the comments and I'll help you out the best I can.

One warning though: Twitter can be addictive.

ETA - For a great list of Twitter tools, check this out!

Posted by HamsterDame at July 1, 2007 01:32 PM

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