Competitions Discussion Thread Part 11

madmonster

I'm @dezebel

Barnabysue

@Barnabysue (I'm a creature of habit)

aggie

www.twitter.com/abcaggie


Thanks timmers:)

josie301

timmmers wrote: »

Lists sort the tweetdeck out. You don't have to see everything if you don't feel like it.
Companies can't tell who buys from tweets very well...I think I'm about the only one using my real name in twitter on this list, and twitter is all about spreading via tweets to gain more eyes on affers for them anyway...comps are a loss leader or a way to pay us to advertise for them. i Do buy stuff from companies who I comp with anyway.. especially the ones that do things well....if a prize arrives quickly etc, it's good omen to me for shopping too.

Facebook apps...that's different, they can be intrusive, twitter isn't bad like that.

yeah but being listed under eg 'MSE compers' or anything comping related does put off some companies
There was recently a tweet from a person running a comp saying they would only enter 'genuine' (read non comping) followers :mad:

Other people can check what lists you follow etc so be careful what you name them!!!

missielizzie

Hmmm. Not much activity on comp board today.

Guess everyone's over on Twitter. I've certainly got a whole load of new followers

Hello everyone, come and say 'Hi' @missielizzieb

srn

Hi I'm @srnorth, I been twittering for a week and am blundering around. How do you keep tabs on whcih competitions you have entered?

CoxeeFoxy

I'm @CoxeeFoxy

timmmers

srn wrote: »

Hi I'm @srnorth, I been twittering for a week and am blundering around. How do you keep tabs on whcih competitions you have entered?

You don't really need to as long as you're entered as none have entry limits like normal comps that dQ you...in fact the more you tweet the more most places like it.

Anything regular like daily prizes...I have a notepad file with tweets to copy paste each day or a few times a day..and notes about the comp maybe.

A lot are ReTweets anyway..just find the page of the comp, click follow, and the click retweet and it's done.

I notice a lot of people entering US and other foreign comps, I'm not sure that's always wise but it's worth checking the location just in case the prize is going to be a problem if they aren't UK based. It's usually on their page ...or unlike most comps, you can just tweet them and ask and get a reply pretty fast.

t

PS.the twitter list is up to date now I hope...if I missed anyone or cocked your name up please tell me and I'll fix it ;0

timmmers

Bladebaby wrote: »

Definately Matryoshka
All I have on mine is my name and a profile pic of my cat. I have my profile completely private so people can only access it if I have added them as a friend you just have to skip the "invite your friends" steps

bear in mind that a lot of competitions require you to have their stuff on your wall ..if you are totally private you're not going to get anywhere with that.

Easy way set up an comping account same for twitter if privacy bothers you that much.
Personally I can't see the worry since we control what's on there we can delete or now show as much of it as we like...except in the case of kids who could be targets for creepy folk. I have my phone number on mine, i have yet to have a single problem with FB or any social networking site...it's mainly media garbage making us paranoid for no real reason IMO...if the same was applied to cars no-one would drive. "Man KILLED in CAR!!!" ....happens a lot more often than anything untoward on FB and it doesn't put anyone off because people see the likelyhood of harm and that they also have control of most situations driving just like FB etc.

I wasn't around much yesterday but since the folk here got more MSE twitter names it seemed like a MSE hive to me ..or a big chat room.
Never seen so many people screaming out for free sex toys :eek: :rotfl::rotfl:

Mamzie

Just a thought Timmers, but I wonder if you asked the BGs, maybe you could have a seperate twitter thread in the Reg comps section? I know that we are allowed no chat/misc thread on the main comps board, but sometimes we can have other ones in the other sections. That way at least people could subscribe if they wanted to get twitter names.

I just clicked through from your links, and twitter still completely confuddles me, lol..