Loudtwitter thoughts?

[charmian]

Poll #1737 What do you think about Loudtwitter digests in LJ or DW?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 61

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Do you use Twitter?

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I use Twitter frequently
34 (55.7%)

I have an account, but use it infrequently
17 (27.9%)

I only use my account to read
2 (3.3%)

I don't have a Twitter account
8 (13.1%)

Other (write in comments)
0 (0.0%)

What do you think of Loudtwitter digests in LJ or DW?

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I use Loudtwitter myself to post my tweets
2 (3.3%)

I don't use it, but I like it
3 (5.0%)

Indifferent; I don't care one way or the other
14 (23.3%)

Dislike because I use Twitter and so it's something I already see
16 (26.7%)

Dislike because I don't like to read tweets
12 (20.0%)

Dislike for some other reason (comment on your own)
8 (13.3%)

Other (write in comments)
5 (8.3%)

This question was vaguely inspired by the new LJ account on... Facebook, where they seem to be asking people about such issues. I'm actually kind of surprised that there wasn't an official page already.

Comments

[afuna]

I post my tweets to my LJ, as a more permanent archive, in case I need to look back for a particular link or tidbit of information. I used to backdate the entries so they would be in my journal but not on anyone's friendspage, but I had a couple of friends grumble about having to visit my journal to catch up with those entries so, uh, I stopped backdating.

I sometimes read tweet digests if I don't follow the person on Twitter, but I skip over those I follow since I've already read them as they were tweeted (in context, too).

Uhhh I guess I'm not sure where I fall in the like/dislike of the digests.

[azurelunatic]

I also archive.

I don't use LoudTwitter to do it; a friend wrote and hosts a custom script that does it for a handful of people.

Unlike LoudTwitter, it's not all-or-nothing; it's got the first five tweets uncut and the rest cut, so it's actually useful to me as a summary.

I loathe it when a Twitter archive doesn't link back to the original Twitter entries, because if it does link back, then I can follow the 'in reply to' links and get context. (If someone's client breaks the 'in reply to', or if someone breaks them on purpose, I get WRATHFUL.)

If I could not feed Twitter into LJ/DW, I would not use Twitter.