TAS on Twitter

[Thanos]

Just sayin' that TAS should have a presence on Twitter. Pass that along to someone who can make it happen. Good way to spread the word. Promote the game.

 

[Ackehece]

Twitter is fragile, failing, and a social cesspool just shy of 4chan proportions. Engaging with twitter hurts brands and authors more often then it helps.
And that is speaking as a person with 20,000+ followers.

 

[Thanos]

Please post links to studies supporting this.

There is tons of anecdotal, click bait articles out there but I've yet to see reports that actually support this.

 

[Blue Ghost]

I think Twitter, last I heard, requires you to use your real name.

I'm out for that alone. I got enough problems, and have been the victim of fraud and ID theft in years past.

 

[SanDragon]

Glad I got a fake name in, then...

 

[Highorbit_drifter]

Maybe I'm out of the loop, and in fact I am out of the loop, but what do you mean by TAS?

Traveller's Aid Society, sure, but who do you mean? Is there a TAS staff here, or otherwise associated with FFE? I missed seeing Imperiallines as a zine/house-organ for FFE so maybe there is something else I'm missing?

But to have TAS on Twitter, or other social platforms, whether they work or not, is going to require FFE involvement, oversight, or at least licensing. Some volunteer that just takes up the TAS title is going to be a no-win situation, and an erosion of FFE's trademark at the very least.

 

[Ackehece]

Please post links to studies supporting this.

There is tons of anecdotal, click bait articles out there but I've yet to see reports that actually support this.

twitter themselves.



Harvard

harvard business review

cnbc

as for cesspool - many studies on gender violence and swearing (twitter is 2x more likely then normal for verbal abuse and swear words. Gender verbal violence is 30x more likely.
as for brands....

 

[mike wightman]

Maybe I'm out of the loop, and in fact I am out of the loop, but what do you mean by TAS?

Traveller's Aid Society, sure, but who do you mean? Is there a TAS staff here, or otherwise associated with FFE? I missed seeing Imperiallines as a zine/house-organ for FFE so maybe there is something else I'm missing?

But to have TAS on Twitter, or other social platforms, whether they work or not, is going to require FFE involvement, oversight, or at least licensing. Some volunteer that just takes up the TAS title is going to be a no-win situation, and an erosion of FFE's trademark at the very least.

I think he means the TAS News bulletins that were in JTAS etc.

I personally will never have either a twitter or facebook or any other social media account.

 

[Enoki]

Twitter is fragile, failing, and a social cesspool just shy of 4chan proportions. Engaging with twitter hurts brands and authors more often then it helps.
And that is speaking as a person with 20,000+ followers.

I agree. 14 words at a time is how 16 year olds may talk, but it hardly is how adults should communicate...

I personally will never have either a twitter or facebook or any other social media account.

I wholeheartedly agree there!

 

[aramis]

I think Twitter, last I heard, requires you to use your real name.

I'm out for that alone. I got enough problems, and have been the victim of fraud and ID theft in years past.

Not recently.

Even facebook has given up on that.
G+ requires a real name, but doesn't enforce it.
Linked-In expects real name.

I've seen several authors of games note that twitter is a bigger drain than it used to be - too many people are trying to use it in lieu of email.

 

[Highorbit_drifter]

I think he means the TAS News bulletins that were in JTAS etc.

I personally will never have either a twitter or facebook or any other social media account.

I see. Still, those were 'official' and helped drive the articles in JTAS, iirc. It would take someone from FFE to write them, tie them to Imperiallines article, etc. No exactly back breaking work, but I don't see a big return on the investment.

Not the least of which is the attitude you've so eloquently tapped there

I'm less concerned about identify theft than time theft. Facebook is a great way to waste time. I have an account but use it only to keep up with several writers and artists that occasionally post to it, or more rarely family and friends that use it. Or if I feel the urge to see endless images of cats or pandas or read meaningless dribble *cough* inspirational messages.

Really, I already have a place online to waste my time. :rofl:

 

[ovka]

I'm less concerned about identify theft than time theft. Facebook is a great way to waste time. I have an account but use it only to keep up with several writers and artists that occasionally post to it, or more rarely family and friends that use it. Or if I feel the urge to see endless images of cats or pandas or read meaningless dribble *cough* inspirational messages.

Really, I already have a place online to waste my time. :rofl:

LOL! That's exactly what *I* was thinking as I was reading your post. :rofl:

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[Blue Ghost]

Not recently.

Even facebook has given up on that.
G+ requires a real name, but doesn't enforce it.
Linked-In expects real name.

I've seen several authors of games note that twitter is a bigger drain than it used to be - too many people are trying to use it in lieu of email.

Even so, I think this is a really bad idea. Unless Traveller was a household name brand in the gaming industry, and had the people and money to police abuse.

Besides, we have our own fictional News' Feed here ... I haven't posted on it in forever, but there's no reason other people can't. Doesn't the COTI or FFE have a FB account? I was signed up for some other Traveller FB group, but left it when I left FB.

 

[Blue Ghost]

Many apologies, I didn't mean to shut down the conversations in the Lone Star Section.

I know I've shot my mouth off more than once, and over the last five years have posted an awful lot.

If Traveller becomes a big property from the upcoming series and new iteration of the game, then maybe a Twitter feed won't be such a bad idea for it.

But I've had very negative experiences with putting small amounts of my personal info out on the net for professional purposes.

If mister Miller decides Twitter is good for Traveller, then would there be a way to put my anonymous account forward towards a Twitter feed? I really do not want to put any more info out there about myself.