Comments on: UK Local Council Twitter Followers

By: alncl (Alastair Smith)

alncl (Alastair Smith) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:06:48 +0000

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@liz_azyan Can't seem to get the Twitterleague to work: [link to post] Is it borked?

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By: john bownas

john bownas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:01:51 +0000

We are new to the twitterverse, but trying hard to use it as a 2-way conversation tool.

Feedback is good after the first couple of weeks.

www.twitter.com/yourcroydon

Followers are a mix of locals and colleagues from other councils or similar bodies.

john bownas’s last blog post..yourcroydon: @nickwallis is there anywhere online that we can see your item from Croydon today?

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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:45:37 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:43:13 +0000

Hi John,
Thanks for your link. I’ve just added it onto the list. Using twitter for 2-way conversation tool has always been a challenge. But my tip is possibly start using #croydon on twitter search to find what people in croydon are talking about in croydon. Start using them with your tweets too like what @camdentalking is doing.

I find it does help to create the conversation with the council’s twitter account. Also start using other hashtags on related issues in Croydon like events and places. It would come really useful when people are actively talking about a subject, say #snowcroydon or #croydonschools. Then you can engage with citizens on the issues that matter to them.

Hope this helps!

Liz

By: john bownas

john bownas — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:10:26 +0000

We are new to the twitterverse, but trying hard to use it as a 2-way conversation tool.

Feedback is good after the first couple of weeks.

http://www.twitter.com/yourcroydon

Followers are a mix of locals and colleagues from other councils or similar bodies.

john bownas’s last blog post..yourcroydon: @nickwallis is there anywhere online that we can see your item from Croydon today?

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Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:03:21 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:21:46 +0000

Hi Graham, Glad to see you’ve found ur local council on the list. Investigating the followers in something I’ve def want to do. It just requires alot of man hours to do it and am waiting for time to free up so I can get to that. So please stay tuned and bear with me. It will come Thanks for your comment.

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:09:49 +0000

Cheers Liz, fantastic work! Very excited/intrigued/surprised to see my own council (Brighton & Hove) on the list…

Would be great to know who’s interacting as well, i.e. who are posting @replies, or maybe following people back, etc.