{"id":539,"date":"2009-03-27T09:06:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T16:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=539"},"modified":"2009-03-27T09:06:50","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T16:06:50","slug":"pxfridays-tweetleft-and-followfriday-connecting-progressives-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2009\/03\/27\/pxfridays-tweetleft-and-followfriday-connecting-progressives-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"#pxfridays, TweetLeft and #followfriday: connecting progressives on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"twitterIn Strategies for progressives on Twitter<\/a>, Tracy Viselli and I talked about the importance of tools and techniques for flash actions on Twitter.\u00c2\u00a0 Conservatives have been organizing longer and have the early lead, but I think progressives and bipartisans are starting to catch up.<\/p>\n

PxFridays<\/h2>\n

PxFridays<\/a> is a project being led by Kelley Graham to connect progressives on Twitter.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a simple idea: if you’re a progressive’er on Twitter, please tweet about what you’re working on, and include the #pxfridays<\/strong> hashtag.\u00c2\u00a0 Hashtags help organize information on Twitter and also can be useful abbreviations. For example, here’s what I tweeted:<\/p>\n

#pxfridays: i’m finishing up an article on #askpres and thinking about #CA10, #EFCA , and next steps for #p2 and #topprog<\/em><\/p>\n

In English, #askpres stands for “Ask the President”, #CA10 is information about the special election for Ellen Tauscher’s seat, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s like a different langauge and takes some getting used to.\u00c2\u00a0 The Twitter page on the #p2 (“progressives 2.0”) wiki has more information about hashtags.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, 21 people took part; last week, it was 23.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 So PxFriday’s off to a pretty good start.\u00c2\u00a0 The information’s a useful snapshot — and it’s great to put faces to the names.\u00c2\u00a0 Please get involved!<\/p>\n

TweetLeft<\/h2>\n

You can see what others are tweeting about PxFridays on Chris Meserole’s TweetLeft<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 TweetLeft also lets you select other progressive, bipartisan, and non-partisan hashtags including #rebelleft, #bipart, #fem2, #woc, #efca and many more. \u00c2\u00a0 You can also browse the “merged feed” of all of them.<\/p>\n

TweetLeft’s in its very early stages.\u00c2\u00a0 The idea came up at a #p2 Twitter chat about a month ago and it’s been a spare-time project for Chris.\u00c2\u00a0 Even so it’s remarkable how useful it is.\u00c2\u00a0 The feel of the UI is very clean; stripping the http:\/\/<\/strong> off the visual display of links makes a huge difference.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Being able to switch between hashtags so easily gives a feel almost like switching channels on the radio.<\/p>\n

Tweetleft made a big difference in #p2’s work with #askpres<\/a> and it’ll be equally valuable in a lot of other situations.\u00c2\u00a0 Strongly strongly recommended.<\/p>\n

#followfriday<\/h2>\n

Fridays on Twitter are also “Follow Fridays”, a tradition of peer-to-peer recommendations that’s been going on for a while.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It’s simple: tweet the names of some people you recommend and why.\u00c2\u00a0 Micah Baldwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s #FollowFriday: The Anatomy of a Twitter Trend<\/a> has some great background and analysis and is well worth reading.*<\/p>\n

#followfridays work well with other hashtags too.\u00c2\u00a0 For example here’s a tweet from @seasonothebitch:<\/p>\n

#followfriday #EFCA action: @price_laborecon @EFCANOW @matttbastard @myrnatheminx @jdp23<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A combined search for #followfriday AND #efca<\/a> makes it a lot easier for people interested in EFCA to be aware of the people and organizations involved.\u00c2\u00a0 Tweetleft doesn’t support this functionality yet … I suspect it won’t take too long.<\/p>\n

Putting it together<\/h2>\n

Chris, Kelley, and I (and hopefully others) are going to be talking about sites like the p2 wiki, TweetLeft, and PxFridays can complement each other.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve also been talking with Allyson Kapin and Jen Nedeau about ideas for doing more with the #women2follow hashtag.\u00c2\u00a0 There are clearly a lot of synergies here.<\/p>\n

Details TBD; stay tuned for more.<\/p>\n

jon<\/p>\n

* The excellent graphs were created using Twopular, a very useful site with information about hashtags that make it into the top 10 list.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to @Micah for the info.\u00c2\u00a0 He also pointed me to rrtrends for tracking hashtag information, which seems like a good tool as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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