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Started 2 years ago by Walker
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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For those of you who use twitter (if you don't, feel free to move on to a different topic)...

I've been working on compiling some local lists using the new list function on Twitter. I've made the first four "public" today, and have around a dozen others still "private" as they're built up.

I'm looking for suggestions though both, on twitterers that need to be added to these lists, as well as other types of lists that you think could be of value to someone who wants to follow a specific local topic or specific group of local accounts.

Anyway, here's the first four:

- Columbus Events

- Columbus Music

- Columbus Shopping

- Columbus Restaurants

Three more added Nov 12th:

- Columbus Politics

- Columbus Media

- Columbus Nightlife

Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Input?

Posted 2 years ago #
joev
Merion Village
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Very nice! I would suggest pulling off the places that haven't tweeted in the last 60 days, though.

Posted 2 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Does that matter much? They won't appear in the list "feed" if they don't tweet, so it shouldn't hurt anything to be in there.

I imagine accounts like "Comfest" or "LatinoFest" lie dormant most of the year, but I don't know if removing them from the "events" list would be a great idea when those events do come back around... right?

Posted 2 years ago #
Bear
The woods
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I may be going out on a limb here but I think it might be safe to take Rosendales off of the restaurant list.

Posted 2 years ago #
thorne
Clintonville
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You can add @thelostrevival to the "Columbus Music" list.

Posted 2 years ago #
michaelcoyote
!seabus
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Columbus Government?

Ohio Government?

Posted 2 years ago #
tzt
Westgate
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Maybe a "Columbus voices" list of general bloviating/blogger type people?

Posted 2 years ago #
joev
Merion Village
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I guess it doesn't matter all that much, and definitely helps for festivals you don't expect to tweet year-round (though they should here and there.) I guess what I'm saying is I'd be more interested in a list of quality tweeters than an exhaustive list of local tweeters.

Posted 2 years ago #
JonMyers
HCMC ✈
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Walker, perfect example of how to use lists. I would just keep expanding the concept. Like Michael said, government lists would be great. I would also make some lists of Columbus based services companies on Twitter and segment via specialty. Interactive agencies, PR firms, cleaning services, etc.. There are a ton and they're active.

Nice.

Posted 2 years ago #
SusanB
Hungarian Village, Columbus' fastest growing Gayborhood!
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Could you add @chrisawards to events (it's the Columbus International Film + Video Festival, of course).

Posted 2 years ago #
Joseph L. Harris
Dublinish
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Columbus News
Columbus Arts?

I have a Columbus Photogs list, but that might be a bit specialized

Posted 2 years ago #
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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I don't know where I fit in. I usually tweet Pedal Instead stuff on my account, as well as theirs. Also Yay Bikes usually tweets any events they have. If you do anything transit specific, if these don't fit for events, you can add:

@pedalnstead, @yaybikes, @lifeontwowheels

Posted 2 years ago #
hungrywoolf
Victorian Village
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I think there might be enough bike specific ones for a cyclist (cycle-list)
Bike shops, bike orgs etc.
columbusrides, bike the cbus etc.

Posted 2 years ago #
jeff_r

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Never mind...what Joseph Harris said...Coulubus Arts (which I assume to artists, galleries, arts organizations, performance groups and spaces, festivals, and museums).

...or maybe two lists? One for performing arts and one for visual arts...

Posted 2 years ago #
lifeontwowheels
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hungrywoolf wrote >>
I think there might be enough bike specific ones for a cyclist (cycle-list)
Bike shops, bike orgs etc.
columbusrides, bike the cbus etc.

Probably. I know Cyclist Connection in Canal Winchester is on twitter; Jamie from Bike Commuting Columbus is on-both his personal account and his blog's; I'm pretty sure Paradise Garage is on-don't know about B1, although I know Casey is aware of it.

Posted 2 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Bear wrote >>
I may be going out on a limb here but I think it might be safe to take Rosendales off of the restaurant list.

Yeah, I noticed that I had Handke's in there by mistake too. :(

thorne wrote >>
You can add @thelostrevival to the "Columbus Music" list.

Added!

michaelcoyote wrote >>
Columbus Government?
Ohio Government?

I've got a "Columbus Politics" list in the works that includes both Gov't Services as well as local/state Political Tweeters. Might be worth separating.

SusanB wrote >>
Could you add @chrisawards to events (it's the Columbus International Film + Video Festival, of course).

Added!

lifeontwowheels wrote >>
I don't know where I fit in. I usually tweet Pedal Instead stuff on my account, as well as theirs. Also Yay Bikes usually tweets any events they have. If you do anything transit specific, if these don't fit for events, you can add:
@pedalnstead, @yaybikes, @lifeontwowheels

I do have a "Transportation" list in the works, so those are added. HungryWoolf may be right though that there's enough people for just a "Cycling" or "Biking" list by itself.

Joseph L. Harris wrote >>
Columbus News
Columbus Arts?
I have a Columbus Photogs list, but that might be a bit specialized

I also have an artists list in the works, but Jeff_R has a good point about potentially dividing that list as well. I try to have a few more of these fleshed out in the next few days and made public as well. I just didn't want to make them public right away with only 10 people in a list and 100 requests for additions if I can just get most of them added initially. ;)

Posted 2 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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JonMyers wrote >>
Walker, perfect example of how to use lists.

Thanks. I know they've been around for a little while now, but I only took the time to really play with them this weekend. I've seen some similar to what I've already done after starting on them, so I'm trying to diversify a bit and not recreate too much of what other people have already made.

Posted 2 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Oh, I almost forgot... I have to say that I was a bit torn about how inclusive/exclusive to make these. JoeV raises a good point that it's generally better to have a "quality" list rather than a "quantity" list if you want something that will be the most useful to as many people as possible.

For example, with the restaurant list, I assume it's pretty much expected to have a place like Rigsby's in there, but do people also care about tweets from Central Ohio McDonald's or the Graceland Qdoba? Should this list be all inclusive, or should it exclude specific chains or establishments?

Tough call. Thoughts?

Posted 2 years ago #
juliana

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Personally, I would be more apt to follow a CU list that had more underground-type postings rather than a list that was more of a catch-all. That said, there are quite a few chains with branches in Cbus that I've enjoyed following. I just like to see others' ideas of what twitter accounts are actually worth following.

Posted 2 years ago #
anillo
Marzipan City
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If you didn't have a Twitter account before you found out central ohio mcdonalds tweets, I don't know how you can resist making one now.

Posted 2 years ago #