Comments on: Shrink Your Tweets http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/ The World of Twitter and Microblogging Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:12:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ajit D'Sa http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Ajit D'Sa Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:13:39 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-501 Howard Yermish has it exactly right! Tweetshrink is not meant as a way of life or something that you should constantly do. It is just a useful helper there when you need it: <a href="http://tweetshrink.com/about" target="_blank">http://tweetshrink.com/about</a> Howard Yermish has it exactly right! Tweetshrink is not meant as a way of life or something that you should constantly do. It is just a useful helper there when you need it: http://tweetshrink.com/about

]]> By: Howard Yermish http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Howard Yermish Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:57:04 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-351 If you are using TweetDeck, TweetShrink is already built in for you. What is nice is that if you do have a post that is just a little bit too long, a quick click might just save you from pulling out words and losing the intended meaning. If you are using TweetDeck, TweetShrink is already built in for you. What is nice is that if you do have a post that is just a little bit too long, a quick click might just save you from pulling out words and losing the intended meaning.

]]> By: Joke My Twitt » What’s Hot #3, Le Blog http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Joke My Twitt » What’s Hot #3, Le Blog Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:50:06 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-341 [...] Shrink your Tweets (EN) [...] [...] Shrink your Tweets (EN) [...]

]]> By: Moody834 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Moody834 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:00:42 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-328 Thing I thought right away was: Don't people know how to do this on their own already? I mean, it's adding a time-consuming step to accomplish something I already know how to do. And surely, you can't have too much more to say in a tweet than the 140 char. w/ abbr. allows for, right? Thing I thought right away was: Don’t people know how to do this on their own already? I mean, it’s adding a time-consuming step to accomplish something I already know how to do. And surely, you can’t have too much more to say in a tweet than the 140 char. w/ abbr. allows for, right?

]]> By: Dinah http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Dinah Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:49:55 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-331 "Shrink Your Tweets" actually brought to mind a service that would psychoanalyze your tweets. Does such a thing exist yet? Could be fun. As for squeezing more into twitter -- defeats the purpose. "Shrink Your Tweets" actually brought to mind a service that would psychoanalyze your tweets. Does such a thing exist yet? Could be fun. As for squeezing more into twitter — defeats the purpose.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Vicki Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:13:55 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-329 Yuck. As chris24 says "and mangled, at that". One of the points in my Twitter "follow policy: "If u r cnstntly abbrvtng I wont folow u." Yuck. As chris24 says "and mangled, at that". One of the points in my Twitter "follow policy: "If u r cnstntly abbrvtng I wont folow u."

]]> By: chris24 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-312 chris24 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:01:22 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2008/12/30/shrink-your-tweets/#comment-312 Interesting service. Tantek (<a href="http://twitter.com/t" target="_blank">@t</a>) has <a href="http://tantek.pbwiki.com/TxtShorthands" target="_blank">some notes on his personal wiki</a> for other suggested 'txt shorthands', which could also apply to tweets. Although, I do feel the same way as you: why would anyone want to put more into a tweet? Being able to fit more into a tweet would encourage more words to be put into a tweet (and mangled, at that), which would take a little bit longer to comprehend, making Twitter less of a on-the-side/always-there social network, and more of an independent social network (like Facebook, where you can't multi-task as easily). Interesting service. Tantek (@t) has some notes on his personal wiki for other suggested 'txt shorthands', which could also apply to tweets.

Although, I do feel the same way as you: why would anyone want to put more into a tweet? Being able to fit more into a tweet would encourage more words to be put into a tweet (and mangled, at that), which would take a little bit longer to comprehend, making Twitter less of a on-the-side/always-there social network, and more of an independent social network (like Facebook, where you can't multi-task as easily).

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