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I mix friends who I know IRL and whose whereabouts and doings interest me, people who are amusing</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">, people who are knowledgeable about a field that interests me</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">, people who regularly produce URLs that prove useful </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">, extraordinary educators</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">When it comes to feeding my network, that comes down to putting out the right mixture of personal tweets</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">, informational tidbits</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">, self promotion</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/08/08/tuning-and-feeding-my-best-practices-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/">, socializing, and answering questions. 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Tuning and Feeding: My best practices for getting the most out of Twitter

by Howard Rheingold

I think successful use of Twitter means knowing how to tune the network of people you follow, and how to feed the network of people who follow you.

You have to tune who you follow. I mix friends who I know IRL and whose whereabouts and doings interest me, people who are amusing

, people who are knowledgeable about a field that interests me

, people who regularly produce URLs that prove useful

, extraordinary educators

When it comes to feeding my network, that comes down to putting out the right mixture of personal tweets

, informational tidbits

, self promotion

, socializing, and answering questions. It’s particularly important to respond to people

I also try to be a little entertaining once in a while

you have to spend some time tuning and feeding if Twitter is going to be more than an idle amusement to you and your followers (and idle amusement is a perfectly legit use of the medium).

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