I don’t know about you, but for me, I love quotes. I’m not sure who it is that makes me do it, but I do it. As a matter of fact, I’m going to be taking a break from this blog for the next several weeks, so I’m going to be taking lots of time to re-read this post to remind myself of these ideas.
To the extent that you can get, your quotes will be the ones that most captivate you, but sometimes they just get stuck in your head. They start to morph into a whole new thing and start to make you miss what was there only yesterday. These quotes will also be a bit of a stretch, of course, but there really is no other way to put this.
Just like with most quotes, it is in the quotes themselves that the value lies. So, I’m going to start you off with a few of my favorite quotes. I’ll explain why later in this post.
The most important thing to understand about quotes, as it applies to quotes on Twitter, is that they are not to be confused with a stock piece of text. A quote is not a stock piece of text, and that is why you can use it in a tweet without causing a Twitter fire. A stock piece of text is what you would put in a tweet (which you can also use as a quote). A Twitter quote is an original piece of your own original quote.
Twitter’s system of quoting is built around the idea of “tweeting as you would ordinarily”. That is, if we say something, we expect to hear it in the form of a tweet. In Twitter, we can do that by hitting the Twitter button inside the Tweet box, and it will create a tweet from your original original quote. The “original” part of the quote is where we get our quotes from.
We first hear from a mysterious new character in our Tweet box when we hit the Tweet button. Then, when we are typing a text message, we put a hashtag in the tweet box as well. The hashtag is a searchable field that we can search for quotes by. When we come across something we like, we can put it into the text box under the hashtag and we will see it in quotes.
Our Tweet box has a field that allows you to insert your own original quote. The most recent tweet we put in is from Matt Fraction, who asks us to tweet that he’s been in a car accident and needs a ride. We also added some quotes from our favorite bloggers. And if you hit the Send button, we will retweet your post on Twitter, where you can find it.
For those who don’t know, Twitter is a great way to connect with the people you follow. Although we don’t use it for that purpose, we are an active member of the Twitterverse. So if you ever need a ride, we’re right there.
Actually, we are too.
We are actually very active on Twitter. In fact, with most of our Twitter pages we are active for the entire year. One of our sites, the Geekly.com site, is actually built around tweets. We usually post about 10 tweets a day, but we have been known to tweet at different times throughout the year. So far this year, we’ve posted almost 150 tweets.
