Comments on: Science on Twitter http://masonposner.com/afisheyeview/2010/03/science-on-twitter/ blogging about comparative physiology with some marine and regional flavor Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:41:16 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christie http://masonposner.com/afisheyeview/2010/03/science-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-8294 Christie Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:55:47 +0000 http://masonposner.com/afisheyeview/?p=351#comment-8294 I think the key is to be willing to miss things. Unless I'm watching something specific (a live-tweet of something, or a conversation), I just look at the most recent posts on twitter and those that mention me whenever I have time to peruse - there's way too much to actually try to keep up with it all, and you'll drive yourself crazy if you try. At least it's too much for me to keep up with... I follow just over 300 people, and there's just no way I can pay attention to everything that each one says in a day. This is especially true if people like me live-tweet tsunamis. That had to be hundreds of posts in an hour or two! I think the key is to be willing to miss things. Unless I’m watching something specific (a live-tweet of something, or a conversation), I just look at the most recent posts on twitter and those that mention me whenever I have time to peruse – there’s way too much to actually try to keep up with it all, and you’ll drive yourself crazy if you try. At least it’s too much for me to keep up with… I follow just over 300 people, and there’s just no way I can pay attention to everything that each one says in a day.

This is especially true if people like me live-tweet tsunamis. That had to be hundreds of posts in an hour or two!

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