Comments on: eBay UK joins Twitter

By: Mark Classic

Mark Classic — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:42:14 +0000

You are right Whirly, that should be top, surely!

On a serious note, I wonder which ones will survive, mans creativity never ceases to amaze me

By: Moriarty

Moriarty — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:09:15 +0000

And off ebay boards – there are loads of them not exclusively for ebayers. Then there are even more niche hobby boards etc etc

By: whirly

whirly — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:27:40 +0000

You forgot WIVES Mark

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:13:35 +0000

Email?

I don’t think anyone does all of that all the time, Mark. e.g. me:
PS Boards ~ read twice a day, almost never post. Looking for relevence doesn’t take long
Facebook ~ check twice a week, almost everything I post on there is automated from blog feeds, Stumbleupon etc.
Twitter ~ TB feed is automated largely, Biddy feed is just what I’m doing, it takes seconds: I post from Skype.
Messaging ~ don’t do. Never turn it on, coz people only message me…
Texting ~ only when urgent
Phone calls ~ get back to the 20th century
Skype ~ do quite a lot, chat and phone.

Can one be obsessive about all the above? Probably not, not if one wants to sleep.

By: Mark Classic

Mark Classic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:05:43 +0000

How does anyone get any work done?

PS boards.
Facebook (whatever that is)
Tamebay (with rss of course)
Twitter
Messaging
Texting
Phone Calls
Skype

Have I missed anything?

By: Store Your Stuff aka Jade

Store Your Stuff aka Jade — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:57:45 +0000

I thought of a great name for an idiot who tweets – “Twatter”

By: Max Leisten

Max Leisten — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:24:41 +0000

Would be cool to see success stories and best practices highlighted. Just small posts that brings the message home “hey, eBay is still a cool and valuable channel to sell your products on”.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:34:26 +0000

Dan, I think it’ll be sad if they just plug the Announcements Board feed into Twitter, but at least it’ll be a start. And maybe better than getting a professional PR person to tweet for them

By: Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:21:59 +0000

This is quite an interesting read re Twitter and the notion of the ‘Twittering CEO’.

http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9930654-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

It’s a shame that eBay UK’s foray looks like a simple Announcements Twitter thing. I’d live a bit of ‘radical transparency’ about what’s going on etc. But still, it’s a start.