aliza sherman rants and raves

Mobile post sent by alizasherman using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Mobile post sent by alizasherman using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Web not posting tweets from people I follow

Link: Web not posting tweets from people I follow.

While I'm bumming that Twitter is currently Tweetless - or at least the majority of the Tweets of people I'm following are not being seen - I'm excited to see a site like Get Satisfaction online.

How many times have I complained that customer service sux these days, especially since many companies have outsourced their customer service lines to fill-in-the-blank non-Native English speaking countries? Hey, I'm not being anti-other-countries-who-don't-speak-English here. I'm being anti-bad-customer-service.

I'm looking forward to exploring the Get Satisfaction site more when I have the time, however, just being able to go to it today to find out why Twitter is having its Tweetless moments this weekend is comforting somehow. Gives me that "oh, good, it isn't just me" feeling as well as shows me that Twitter cares, Twitter is listening, and Twitter is responding. They have a company rep monitoring their Twitterfeed on Get Satisfaction's site and responding to the feedback.

I encourage every company out there who relies on customers to get their feed on Get Satisfaction now and to monitor it diligently. (Wells Fargo, are you listening!?!?)

And all of you customers out there, sign up with your own account and participate. Our voices must be heard!

Who is Technorati Trying to Reach | chrisbrogan.com

Link: Who is Technorati Trying to Reach | chrisbrogan.com.

Chris Brogran poses questions about who Technorati is trying to reach in this brief but pointed post. A lot of folks have been commenting about their feelings about Technorati being "over." Ian Kallen from Technorati even posted with his email address looking for feedback.

Although I may be stretching a bit here, I think/hope that Chris' post was triggered by my Tweet yesterday (http://twitter.com/alizasherman/statuses/786589641) asking similar questions. If so, it once again goes to show the incredible power of Twitter. People who are following you are actually listening - although I know that anyone following over 100 people do end up catching only snippets of your conversation flow.

Still, to tweet about this one day and see a blog post from one of my new media heros (yes, Chris, it is true) and see a vibrant comment conversation ensue - well, it warms my heart. Of course, if his post wasn't inspired by my Tweet, then it just proves what an egomaniac I am thinking the whole world listens to and revolves around me. (Someday, people will get my sense of humor, but until then...I'm Just Kidding. I know that only PART of the world revolves around me.)

I revisited Technorati yesterday, claimed my Cybergrrl Oh blog, then sat puzzled for a moment because I just didn't know what to do next. I was confused (and no, it wasn't just my mommybrain). Still, I think I need to pay a little more attention to Technorati because they are still an ongoing concern in this Webby 2.0 social media bloggy space.

They may be forgotten, but they aren't gone...yet.