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563,456 Top Twitter Tools Reviewed

2009 February 11
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by Lyndon Antcliff

Have you noticed there is a fashion to blog about twitter tools these days, but instead of including 3 or 4, you have to wade through 50 or 60. Most in a list fashion with no real indicator of the usefulness of the tool.

You would have more chance getting links to the post if you demonstrated your use and knowledge of these tools, perhaps giving a score out of ten.

I realise when a new tool hits town ( although some of us have been using it for over a year ) it’s common for a bunch of duplicate posts to come to the fore. But it’s getting a little ridiculous.

And don’t get me started about all these Twitter “experts” who seem to have cropped up like mildew on a cold wet wall.

All I say to that is, “don’t ask a fat man for dieting tips”.

And if you have just joined Twitter, don’t call yourself a Social Media Expert”. You are more likely to be seen as a twat, than a twit.

10 Responses
  1. February 11, 2009

    LOL! Reminds me of all the people who call themselves SEO experts. (Not including you in that)

    :)

  2. February 11, 2009

    Great post! haha :-)
    “don’t ask a fat man for dieting tips”<- nice one! :-)

  3. Lyndoman permalink*
    February 11, 2009

    I’m not an expert, I just do what I do.

    But I know what you mean. Of course there are ways to tell if someone knows their stuff other than taking their word for it.

  4. February 11, 2009

    A twat or a twit. Not sure which is worse.

  5. February 11, 2009

    What’s funny is that it’s blindingly obvious that some of these self-proclaimed “experts” have not used twitter at all. It’s out there in plain sight (vs. SEO where they could at least shroud themselves in some mystery).

    It’s easy to tell a twitter newbie. Just look at their profile.

  6. February 12, 2009

    LOL! That was funny. The truth is the noise to sound ratio makes it difficult to find useful tools that do what you want.

  7. February 20, 2009

    Very true and very funny! So what about a fat man who is twittering about diets and offering twitter advise.

    when in doubt there is aways the DMOZ twitter directory http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Online_Communities/Social_Networking/Twitter/

    a way to avoid tubby twatters

  8. @NameSugar permalink
    March 10, 2009

    My line to “Social Media Experts” is if you really were, you would know what a joke that is.

  9. March 10, 2009

    Here here. I’m a fairly new user of Twitter and see a lot of this already. As something that develops so quickly, is it possible to be an ‘expert’?

  10. March 18, 2009

    Hilarious post!! I thought for sure you would list them all! =)

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