What’s the @#?
Several people have asked me the difference between tags on Twitter, so I’m offering a brief explanation.
@wiltsie is a direct reference to an individual. I think of it like shouting someone’s name from across the room. Twitter makes it easy to give credit where credit is due. All @wiltsie gets filed within Twitter on its own, as well as in the main feed. RT means ReTweet. I thought at first it meant Right, like, I agree with you.
#dollhouse is a reference to a larger conversation. This is the equivalent of walking into a room for a specific conversation. Clicking on #dollhouse will take you to a list of all the tweets that use the #dollhouse tag. This is a great way to log your part of a larger conversation without referencing a specific person.
The third way is to just talk about issues/ideas/products. The people interested in those opinions can do a Twitter Search and find your tweets.
