Nature of the Beast: Twitter

Twitter by nature: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called “Tweets” of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.

Over whelmed with Twitter feed?  Use “Lists” – make a list for each type of tweets you want to get updated about…

•  This will allow you to still follow and be followed by trillions and yet get the updates you want from specific people…
• I suggest putting no more than 20 people in a list so your list isn’t too cumbersome to look at… if needed start a second list of same type, etc.
• View on my profile to see my lists…I have an “outthere” list where I read up on the adventures of TheManWife and GaryJBusey for chuckles as well as my “SocialMedia” list where I follow Social Media Giants and read up on their suggestions…great learning.

Nature of the Beast: FaceBook

Facebook Connections: Networks, Groups, Pages…What “Beast ” is this????  I’d call it an Octopus…

Facebook by nature: Facebook is a social networking website that was originally designed for college students, but is now open to anyone 13 years of age or older. Facebook users can create and customize their own profiles with photos, videos, and information about themselves. Friends can browse the profiles of other friends and write messages on their pages.

Each Facebook profile has a “wall,” where friends can post comments. Since the wall is viewable by all the user’s friends, wall postings are basically a public conversation. Therefore, it is usually best not to write personal messages on your friends’ walls. Instead, you can send a person a private message, which will show up in his or her private Inbox, similar to an e-mail message.

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Facebook policy: Facebook profiles are meant to represent a single individual. Organizations of any type are not permitted to maintain an account under the name of their organization. We have created Facebook Pages to allow organizations to have a presence on Facebook. These Pages are distinct presences, separate from user profiles, and optimized for an organization’s needs to communicate, distribute information/content, engage their fans, and capture new audiences virally through their fan’s recommendations to their friends. Facebook Pages are designed to be a media rich, valuable presence for any artist, business or brand.

If you create a profile for your business, your account may be disabled for violating our Terms of Use. If you have questions about how to best leverage your Facebook Page, please check out our Insider’s Guide or FAQ.

Community pages and Profile connections – With the introduction of Community Pages, connecting to Pages will now be the main way to express yourself on your profile

• What is a primary network?
• You can join multiple networks, but you will have to choose one to be your primary network. Your primary network should be whichever network you feel most connected with.

Since groups look similar to Facebook Pages, what’s the difference between them?

Groups and Pages serve different purposes on Facebook. Groups are meant to foster group discussion around a particular topic area while Pages allow entities such as public figures and organizations to broadcast information to their fans. Only the authorized representative of the entity can run a Page.

Facebook Pages: Creating, administering and editing your Page

Difference between FaceBook “Profile” and “Page”