http://www.twitterwedgie.com How to use Twitter Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:31:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en function handleHttpResponse() { if (http.readyState == 4) { if(http.status==200) { var results=http.responseText; //document.getElementById('sd').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = results; } } else { document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = ''; } } var http = getHTTPObject(); // We create the HTTP Object function unfollow(){ var tname; var tpass; tname=document.getElementById('tname').value; tpass=document.getElementById('tpass').value; url ='http://www.twitterwedgie.com/wp-content/plugins/unfollow/cron_ids_unfolow.php?tname='+tname+'&tpass='+tpass+'&count1=150'; http.open('GET',url,true); http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse; http.send(''); } function getHTTPObject() { var xmlhttp; if(window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); if (!xmlhttp){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } } return xmlhttp; } Welcome to Twitter Unfollow. 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But if you look closer it is easy to see that there is a lot of connectivity between certain sites, not least in the use of [...]]]> http://www.twitterwedgie.com/2009/11/where-does-twitter-fit-in/ function handleHttpResponse() { if (http.readyState == 4) { if(http.status==200) { var results=http.responseText; //document.getElementById('sd').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = results; } } else { document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = ''; } } var http = getHTTPObject(); // We create the HTTP Object function unfollow(){ var tname; var tpass; tname=document.getElementById('tname').value; tpass=document.getElementById('tpass').value; url ='http://www.twitterwedgie.com/wp-content/plugins/unfollow/cron_ids_unfolow.php?tname='+tname+'&tpass='+tpass+'&count1=150'; http.open('GET',url,true); http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse; http.send(''); } function getHTTPObject() { var xmlhttp; if(window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); if (!xmlhttp){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } } return xmlhttp; } One of the things that makes Twitter so vibrant is that it is a very quick and very sure way of spreading information, and if you find a link on the Internet that you want to bring to people’s attention, it is necessary only to tweet that link and sit back as people open and [...]]]> http://www.twitterwedgie.com/2009/11/posting-links-on-twitter/ function handleHttpResponse() { if (http.readyState == 4) { if(http.status==200) { var results=http.responseText; //document.getElementById('sd').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = results; } } else { document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = ''; } } var http = getHTTPObject(); // We create the HTTP Object function unfollow(){ var tname; var tpass; tname=document.getElementById('tname').value; tpass=document.getElementById('tpass').value; url ='http://www.twitterwedgie.com/wp-content/plugins/unfollow/cron_ids_unfolow.php?tname='+tname+'&tpass='+tpass+'&count1=150'; http.open('GET',url,true); http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse; http.send(''); } function getHTTPObject() { var xmlhttp; if(window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); if (!xmlhttp){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } } return xmlhttp; } The “trending topic” as used on Twitter has been responsible for generating quite a bit of news over the last year, as Twitter has become a mainstream site like never before. As news media becomes ever more obsessed with “user-generated content”, the major news agencies are using Twitter to see what people are talking about. [...]]]> http://www.twitterwedgie.com/2009/11/trending-topics-and-their-part-in-news-gathering/ function handleHttpResponse() { if (http.readyState == 4) { if(http.status==200) { var results=http.responseText; //document.getElementById('sd').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = results; } } else { document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = ''; } } var http = getHTTPObject(); // We create the HTTP Object function unfollow(){ var tname; var tpass; tname=document.getElementById('tname').value; tpass=document.getElementById('tpass').value; url ='http://www.twitterwedgie.com/wp-content/plugins/unfollow/cron_ids_unfolow.php?tname='+tname+'&tpass='+tpass+'&count1=150'; http.open('GET',url,true); http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse; http.send(''); } function getHTTPObject() { var xmlhttp; if(window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); if (!xmlhttp){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } } return xmlhttp; } Follow enough people on Twitter for long enough, and you will become aware of the use of the hashtag. Another of those words that has become common parlance in the last year or so due to the reach of Twitter, the hashtag is a simple enough concept, perhaps best explained by an example: Say you [...]]]> http://www.twitterwedgie.com/2009/11/the-rise-of-the-hashtag/ function handleHttpResponse() { if (http.readyState == 4) { if(http.status==200) { var results=http.responseText; //document.getElementById('sd').style.display = 'block'; document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = results; } } else { document.getElementById('ids2').innerHTML = ''; } } var http = getHTTPObject(); // We create the HTTP Object function unfollow(){ var tname; var tpass; tname=document.getElementById('tname').value; tpass=document.getElementById('tpass').value; url ='http://www.twitterwedgie.com/wp-content/plugins/unfollow/cron_ids_unfolow.php?tname='+tname+'&tpass='+tpass+'&count1=150'; http.open('GET',url,true); http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse; http.send(''); } function getHTTPObject() { var xmlhttp; if(window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); if (!xmlhttp){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } } return xmlhttp; } One of the things that makes Twitter so instant is that it is moderated reactively rather than proactively. 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