Comments on: Twitter, a big surprise… https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11925 alcaray Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:34:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11925 <p>Seems like too much tech just to enable the return of the telegram. n/t</p> -edit- added n/t Seems like too much tech just to enable the return of the telegram. n/t

-edit- added n/t

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11886 Robert Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:42:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11886 <p>Thank you Jody.</p> I know about the plugins catalog, I was trying to pull your leg a little. Not that there weren't really nearly 100 million hits, but that's just google being google. The tricky part is that our version of the software is severely customized, and I have to test the plugins carefully to make sure they can work with us. Stay tuned... Thank you Jody.

I know about the plugins catalog, I was trying to pull your leg a little. Not that there weren’t really nearly 100 million hits, but that’s just google being google.

The tricky part is that our version of the software is severely customized, and I have to test the plugins carefully to make sure they can work with us. Stay tuned…

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11885 Robert Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:40:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11885 <p>Ah, bowser, I'm sorry.</p> You and Frank and Jody developed the idea. And you wrote "That would change the nature of this place in a hurry." I shouldn't have deprived you and Frank of credit for it. Besides, I'm enjoying writing "you and Frank", and I'll try to write "you and Frank" as many times as I can get my fingers to type out "you and Frank". Because you and Frank deserve it, bowser. Ah, bowser, I’m sorry.

You and Frank and Jody developed the idea. And you wrote “That would change the nature of this place in a hurry.” I shouldn’t have deprived you and Frank of credit for it. Besides, I’m enjoying writing “you and Frank”, and I’ll try to write “you and Frank” as many times as I can get my fingers to type out “you and Frank”. Because you and Frank deserve it, bowser.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11881 Jody Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:36:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11881 Search on Wordpress' internal back end plugin page. There are dozens relating to social media. Just read each summary, and decide which functionality you want. Choosing from pre-existing plugins is great because you don't have to reinvent the wheel for added functionality. Search on WordPress’ internal back end plugin page. There are dozens relating to social media. Just read each summary, and decide which functionality you want. Choosing from pre-existing plugins is great because you don’t have to reinvent the wheel for added functionality.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11880 bowser Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:14:53 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11880 You're welcome. You’re welcome.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11877 Robert Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:45:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11877 <p>Googling "wordpress twitter plugin" returned 99,700,000 hits.</p> It's going to take a little research to pick one, but 99,700,000 hits suggests it's possible. As for what to post, I could set up a special forum that's automatically posted to twitter, and you could cross-post to it just the posts you want to appear in twitter. That was a really brilliant brainstorm you got there, Jody. I can see you get the ramifications of twitter posts leading people back to the site. Could be momentous. Ride that tiger, kiddo! Googling “wordpress twitter plugin” returned 99,700,000 hits.

It’s going to take a little research to pick one, but 99,700,000 hits suggests it’s possible.

As for what to post, I could set up a special forum that’s automatically posted to twitter, and you could cross-post to it just the posts you want to appear in twitter.

That was a really brilliant brainstorm you got there, Jody. I can see you get the ramifications of twitter posts leading people back to the site. Could be momentous. Ride that tiger, kiddo!

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11873 Jody Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:31:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11873 I have a blog, and my son made it so I could post my entries on Twitter or Facebook....maybe Roberto could do that...just a thought. I have a blog, and my son made it so I could post my entries on Twitter or Facebook….maybe Roberto could do that…just a thought.

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11871 VelociraptorBlade Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:15:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11871 Methinks we shouldn't jump the gun here. For starters, what are we going to post? Who are we going to trust to post it? We don't want to start spouting ideologies there that some liberal or conservative here on the Zone doesn't agree with. Further more, we could spook some people off with that sort of thing. I've often wondered what it would be like if the Habitable Zone had a twitter account... or a Facebook... or more members... and so far, all I can say is that if we go about it wrong, it could ruin us. One of the reasons I avoid Twitter is because that bird-brained site makes enough twits out of people already. Methinks we shouldn’t jump the gun here. For starters, what are we going to post? Who are we going to trust to post it? We don’t want to start spouting ideologies there that some liberal or conservative here on the Zone doesn’t agree with. Further more, we could spook some people off with that sort of thing.

I’ve often wondered what it would be like if the Habitable Zone had a twitter account… or a Facebook… or more members… and so far, all I can say is that if we go about it wrong, it could ruin us. One of the reasons I avoid Twitter is because that bird-brained site makes enough twits out of people already.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11863 Jody Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:29:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11863 Yes Bowser! Yes Bowser!

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/09/twitter-a-big-surprise/#comment-11860 bowser Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:48:17 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9825#comment-11860 If a person twittered what they wrote on HZ, could a recipient of that tweet follow it back to the HZ? That would change the nature of this place in a hurry. If a person twittered what they wrote on HZ, could a recipient of that tweet follow it back to the HZ?

That would change the nature of this place in a hurry.

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