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#p2 Twitterchat<\/strong> Monday (2\/23), 6:30 PM Pacific\/9:30 PM Eastern.\u00c2\u00a0 Tentative agenda here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Feedback, please … and hope to see you then!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s been an encouraging first week for the new #p2 Twitter hashtag that Tracy Viselli and I proposed in <\/a>The Exception<\/a> <\/em>last Friday.\u00c2\u00a0 Usage has steadily increased (more people, more tweets), especially after Sarah Granger’s #p2 Takes on the Progressive Twitter Challenge<\/a> in techPresident <\/em>on Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 The quality of information is generally very high, the gender ratio has stayed fairly well-balanced, and their have been lots of posts on race, lgbtq, an women’s issues.<\/p>\n
We even have two of the candidates in the Democratic primary for Rahm Emmanuel IL-05 Congressional seat using it, with both @Quigley_Campaign and @Tom_Geoghan highlighting their progressive credentials.\u00c2\u00a0 A promising start!<\/p>\n
Also, we set up a Wetpaint wiki<\/a> last weekend, and while much of which is still in skeletal form, several people have already told me they’ve found the page discussing Twitter<\/a> useful. \u00c2\u00a0 It’s got getting started and accessibility information, including a link to Dennis Lembr\u00c3\u00a9e’s Accessible Twitter<\/a>; and a list of hashtags that are potentially useful for progressives.\u00c2\u00a0 Check it out at http:\/\/p2pt0.wetpaint.com\/page\/Twitter<\/a> — and as always, feedback welcome.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Of course, there are unsurprisingly some growing pains as well.<\/p>\n
While everybody agrees that there are synergies between #p2 and the two other active progressive hashtags (#rebelleft and #topprog), we’re all groping with how best to handle the interactions.\u00c2\u00a0 When to cross-post?\u00c2\u00a0 When to forward?\u00c2\u00a0 It’s something we’ll work out as we move forward, and one of the topics for Monday’s Twitterchat<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 If you’ve got thoughts, please leave them in the comments or tweet them — I’m @jdp23<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Another challenge is one that has already come up with other hashtags on Twitter, and for that matter occurs in pretty much every online environment: how to keep people from disrupting the discussion.\u00c2\u00a0 Last night, for example, useful content was almost completely drowned out by a series of debates with people from #tcot.<\/p>\n
This is a meaty enough subject that I went into detail shift it to a separate post.\u00c2\u00a0 One important thing to mention here:\u00c2\u00a0 the #bipart hashtag<\/a> that @martinschechter and @txvoodoo proposed last Friday; Martin’s A modest proposal<\/a> on Common Mistakes<\/em> for more.\u00c2\u00a0 See Dealing with trolls on Twitter<\/a> for a lengthier discussion.\u00c2\u00a0 Once again, this is a topic we’ll cover in the Twitter chat.<\/p>\n
Still, these kinds of things are only to be expected.\u00c2\u00a0 Like I said, growing pains.<\/p>\n
So to summarize: off to a good start, some growing pains, stay tuned for more.\u00c2\u00a0 Have a great weekend, and hopefully see you Monday at the Twitter chat!<\/p>\n
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