Comments on: Confessions of a selfish conference tweeter

By: September 2012: TLAs » Danegeld

September 2012: TLAs » Danegeld — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:12:26 +0000

[…] I wonder, in particular after the event? Suspect most rely on their network, and are primarily selfish conference tweeters. Perhaps more should be made of other media which can better tell a story/capture an event – see […]

By: Eric Mazur – Confusion is Good | Christina’s JISC CETIS blog

Eric Mazur – Confusion is Good | Christina’s JISC CETIS blog — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:59:38 +0000

[…] activity data that Eric opened his presentation with, and Sheila MacNeill has been thinking about conference tweeting. I’d like to mention some of the research Eric has carried out with students in his Harvard […]

By: Sheilamacneill

Sheilamacneill — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:20:22 +0000

Hi Lynn

Absolutely! I think we all just need to (and are) get better at filtering (ou and in) and recognising that we can’t keep up with everything. The twitter backchannel has been a really important addition to conferences and post conference communication/networking, and I would hate to lose it. I just get tired of some people moaning about tweets instead of just ignoring them, and doing whatever it is they do.

By: Lynn Boyle

Lynn Boyle — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:07:09 +0000

Hi Sheila,
I really wish I was there with you and I usually skip between the hashtag and my own stream. It seems like my whole stream is actually there anyway. Yesterday the spamming made watching the hashtag impossible so I relied in chums to give me the lowdown as I couldn’t watch the live stream. I guess its all good we are all talking even in whispers and sometimes shouting
x

By: ‘Activity’ in the Twitter backchannel at #altc2012 day 1 JISC CETIS MASHe

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:56:38 +0000

[…] I’m adjusting my expectation of the backchannel and taking a leaf out of Sheila MacNeill’s Confessions of a selfish conference tweeter. I still think there are opportunities unpick the discourse from Twitter communities, but just […]

By: Sheilamacneill

Sheilamacneill — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:15:47 +0000

Thanks Lorna and Bex – glad you are on my wave length

By: drbexl

drbexl — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:57:03 +0000

No need for forgiveness/absolution – live tweeting truly makes an event – whether I’m there (I often spend more time concentrating on Twitter than the speaker, unless the speaker has drawn me in) and I wholeheartedly support ” so I think it is part of my role in publicly funded service to share my experiences/ relevant information and links etc.” – especially as it’s getting more & more difficult to get funding for conferences!

By: Lorna M. Campbell

Lorna M. Campbell — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:27:57 +0000

I’m afraid I can not offer you absolution, as I do exactly the same thing! Personally I think twitter is god send for those of us are unable to travel to conferences and events as much as we would like to. I also think the twitter backchannel adds a very welcome community dimension to many events even if you do have to tune out the spam, and some of the rather loud voices