tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618140029778209269.post1054583127178247857..comments2022-11-29T10:17:49.068+00:00Comments on National Police Web Managers Group: Twitter - who's following who?Sasha Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14941803798562384590noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618140029778209269.post-31201326999061957702010-09-03T09:06:55.101+01:002010-09-03T09:06:55.101+01:00Interesting article David.
I think the problem wi...Interesting article David.<br /><br />I think the problem with many police forces (and I include ours with this...) is that social media is used as a broadcasting tool rather than for two way communication - this can only restrict the number of local people willing to follow.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422833657031575743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618140029778209269.post-6236973998963132282010-09-03T08:44:41.820+01:002010-09-03T08:44:41.820+01:00Surely the whole purpose of Twitter is to build a ...Surely the whole purpose of Twitter is to build a relationship, and you can only do that by following people back. The analysis above is really good, and a follow back shouldn't be automatic, but where there are local people with interesting views, then build that relationship - after all you would speak back to people in the local shop/pub/street...wouldn't you?<br /><br />There may be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618140029778209269.post-7830954638460740092010-09-02T22:43:08.317+01:002010-09-02T22:43:08.317+01:00Interesting breakdown David. It really illustrates...Interesting breakdown David. It really illustrates the potetntial of Twitter for community policing. Totally agree with your take on the "to follow or not to follow" debate. I take it one step further and suggest that not following actually serves to isolate police forces (and other public bodies) from their core constituencies.Massimo Bergaminihttp://twitter.com/interchangepanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618140029778209269.post-62551499340692911952010-09-02T20:23:54.573+01:002010-09-02T20:23:54.573+01:00Would just like to add a comment about @replies vs...Would just like to add a comment about @replies vs. Direct Messages. We follow about 95% of our followers and so far we have had 33 direct messages in 4 months, none of which have required a reply. However, we have received many more @mentions of which at least 10 have required replies. Interestingly, many of those people have chosen to use Direct Message to say 'thank you' for the David Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982105564708853812noreply@blogger.com