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By: Geniaus

Geniaus — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:38:55 +0000

A thoughtful post, Shauna.

I have been on Twitter as glumball since Jun 3rd, 2008 and as geniaus since Nov 17th, 2008. I have given up on using the two accounts and tend to follow everyone through the one account, geniaus.

I am still in a quandary as to when I should use Twitter and when I should use other tools eg my blog.I certainly find Twitter most useful for learning about new resources and hearing of events.

I think your suggestion that Twitter should be “used ‘in moderation’” is most important. A couple of weeks ago I posted “Methinks some people tweet too much” at http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2010/06/methinks-some-people-tweet-too-much.html where I tried to outline some etiquette pointers for genealogists who use Twitter.

Twitter annoys me sometimes – perhaps it’s because I’m getting old and narky!

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Using Twitter for Genealogy « Entwined Roots — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:05:50 +0000

[...] one of them alerted me to a great post by Shauna Hicks, a genealogist blogging in Australia – Using Twitter for Genealogy. So now I follow several more! I’m glad of the link, because Shauna’s other blog posts [...]

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:31:52 +0000

As Infolass – a Local and family history Librarian for a large Regional library service, I too have embraced Twitter the last 12 months. I enjoy the aspect of making new discoveries and reporting what the library is up to in the department of family and local history and in particular promoting local history which compared to family history has a fairly low profile on twitter for Australia. Conicidentally today, before reading your blog post Shauna, I have now created a personal account after thinking about it for some time and hope to twitter about more personal research etc. Follow me @Genelass Regards Liz

By: genebrarian

genebrarian — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:19:19 +0000

Great blog Shauna! Looking forward to meeting you when you visit the Auckland Research Centre (Auckland City Library) very soon. Also excited about the NZ Family History Fair in July – we have a great spot, right next to the New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG) and right by the entrance to the exhibition hall! How cool is that!

The urls posted on Twitter have been invaluable to my learning – I’ve learned heaps too!

Happy tweeting, see you IRL soon!

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Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:53:00 +0000

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