Comments on: “Twitter Favorites As Social Bookmarking Tool”

By: When was the last time you favorited a tweet? | Ryan Price and the Media

When was the last time you favorited a tweet? | Ryan Price and the Media — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:05:51 +0000

[...] Looks like I’m not the only person thinking about the utility of Twitter Favorites. This post by Christopher Lynn is about the same subject. [...]

By: Mari Smith

Mari Smith — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:06:38 +0000

Aha!! Nevermind – I figured it out. My Twitter faves URL = http://twitter.com/marismith/favorites & I’m now importing to FriendFeed. Love it~!

By: Mari Smith

Mari Smith — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:56:39 +0000

Hi Peeps – found your post on a Google search. Great job! Do you know the process of making an RSS feed for your Favorites?? @ or DM me on Twitter if you would be so kind!! Thx

@marismith

By: Musings of a Housewife

Musings of a Housewife — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:07:30 +0000

I love Twitter. I’m trying to figure out how to use favorites. I was hoping it was a way to mark my favorite Twitterers, not specific tweets. Is that possible? I follow many people on Twitter but I’d love to have a list of just my favorites for times when I’m too busy to read them all.

By: Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:09:47 +0000

Hi Rich:

Thanks for your comment!

I do share different things on different networks, and I think it’s totally ok.

Since my “network” of followers on Twitter is PR/Marketing/Social Media, those links are more focused on those subjects. I rarely use email to communicate with the bulk of my friends, instead Facebook’s easy plug-in that allows quick sharing makes it the perfect network to share “viral” videos or news to friends/colleagues.

By: Richard Becker

Richard Becker — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:25:03 +0000

Hey Chris,

Great followup questions; I look forward to seeing what other folks might add.

I don’t really used del.icio.us though I’ve been frequently told that I should. Twitter is one of the reasons I don’t because I do save some favorites as a temporary bookmarks (or bookmark with my browser). Sometimes I look at other people’s favorites. However, since favorites seem to be easy to forget, I don’t know that it could replace del.icio.us as a shared bookmarking tool.

I don’t think Twitter could replace my RSS feeds or Digg account. I use the former for my most read blogs. The latter, at least for me, has an entirely different social network with only about 5 percent crossover between the two. And then there are several other networks that are different too.

Of course, I’d probably advise someone else to have a completely different approach to their social network setup that I do.

Best,
Rich