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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Twitter is not for every nonprofit. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. If your nonprofit has a Twitterer on staff, then set them free to tweet.

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Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of #Hashtag Spamming?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A recent study concluded that only about one-third of tweets are worth reading and with Twitter now generating 340 million tweets per day, that’s approximately 266 millions tweets that would have been better left untweeted. You tell us if you think the Twitterer is guilty of hashtag spamming: Tweet #1 :: Hashtag Spammer or Not?

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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Follow More on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

How nonprofits choose to follow on Twitter varies widely. Some nonprofits only follow a small of amount of Twitterers, others follow hundreds or thousands, and a few follow more (sometimes a lot more) than they are being followed themselves. Strategic following is covered in more detail in #4 below.

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Facebook fake status spam alert

Judi Sohn

So even though tons are folks are getting hit by Facebook and Twitter viruses and spam and information for combatting them is widely out there (I hope), I thought I'd share this as a public service. It started when I logged in and reviewed recent notifications: Which one of these is not like the other?

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Newest Changes to Twitter and Facebook

NCE Social Media

Twitter recently announced that they were going to start allowing people who follow your account on Twitter, regardless if you follow them back, to send you direct messages on Twitter. It’s also been reported that you cannot have and weblinks in your Twitter direct messages. What about Facebook?

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Elon Musk says Twitter deal on hold as spam account report is investigated

TechSpot

Twitter claimed that false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users during the first quarter. Musk tweeted the announcement earlier today along with a link to a Reuters report from May 2. The article revealed the statistic was in a company filing made to financial regulators.

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Twitter CEO addresses recent spam account concerns

Digital Trends

The question of how many spam accounts are actually on Twitter is more complex than we thought. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal issued an explanation via tweets.

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