{"id":364,"date":"2014-07-20T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2014\/07\/do-you-twitter.html"},"modified":"2014-07-20T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T21:43:00","slug":"do-you-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2014\/07\/do-you-twitter.html","title":{"rendered":"Do you twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I set up a twitter account (yay, me!) just now, but I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll use it. \u00a0In any event, I\u2019ve at least \u201ccalled dibs\u201d on the name (yeah, \u201cjanetheactuary\u201d of course). \u00a0If I find it to be useful, I\u2019ll follow the instructions for putting a twitter-feed widget on the blog, but not yet.<\/p>\n

Is it useful? \u00a0A time-suck? \u00a0An addictive time-waster? \u00a0Are there people I should follow? \u00a0Tricks I should know?<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t really see myself tweeting a lot myself. \u00a0Is Twitter useful for inviting people to send useful article to my attention? \u00a0How does that work? \u00a0Or is it really just for seeing what others have tweeted? \u00a0(Apparently, instapundit tweets incessantly.)<\/p>\n

Your thoughts, please!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I set up a twitter account (yay, me!) just now, but I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll use it. \u00a0In any event, I\u2019ve at least \u201ccalled dibs\u201d on the name (yeah, \u201cjanetheactuary\u201d of course). \u00a0If I find it to be useful, I\u2019ll follow the instructions for putting a twitter-feed widget on the blog, but not yet. 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