Tuesday night’s #Fitblog Chat on Twitter was…well, not on Twitter. Here’s a brief look into the panic that I felt as the clock counted down to 9 p.m.:
Ahhhh, the good ol’ Twitter fail whale. It’s been a long time since I’d been kicked off the site, but when TweetChat, TweetGrid, Twitter.com AND Tweetdeck started to break down, I knew it was time to come up with Plan B.
Quickly, I set up a chat room on TinyChat.com and started imploring people to join me there. I posted tweets, sent e-mails and then crossed my fingers.
And guess what?
THEY CAME. They came with smiles, patience and (thank GOODNESS) a sense of humor. And at 9 p.m., we kicked off the chat without a hitch. There were some definite issues…a tiny screen, no real way of replying to people, and a general sense of being in the wrong spot.
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But, in the end, I was…
Humbled, humbled, humbled…and very proud. We are a community that knows how to move, huh?
We talked about:
- Our blogging mission statements (including an AMAZING look at the keywords that best describe our blogs)
- School lunches and nutrition/pop culture’s new interest in the policies
- Time spent on social media (for work and not!)
- If you had to choose between blogging and Twitter — which would it be?
Remember to add your URL here if you’re a #Fitblog participant.
Stay tuned for details about how/where we will chat next week! And if you took part, let me know…do you prefer Twitter or an outside chat room for our discussions?
Also — stay tuned for a poll in the next few days about how things are going and what topics you’d like to see us tackle. Feedback is ALWAYS appreciated — leave a comment, hit me up on Twitter or e-mail me (kwidrick AT gmail DOT com).
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Fail whales and lolcats. Family stalkage. Twitter vs. Facebook vs. Blog. So many good ideas this week
Loved it. Thanks!
Sad I missed a great chat last night. Sounds like you guys talked about some good stuff! Are we going to be on this other site from now on?
so bummed I missed it! Is there a transcript somewhere?
i’m so bummed that I missed the chat, hopefully there is another one soon though. If i had to choose between twitter and blogging, I would definitely pick blogging, no question bout it =)
Loved chat last night! Thanks again.
Sorry I couldn’t keep up in the chat last night – my bro stopped over right as it was starting and I was having some tech issues. Can’t wait for next week – thanks again for organizing!
I had to leave the chat early boo. I’ll be there next week though!
I liked the more personal feeling of tinychat, but yeah, the screen was too small and it was harder to keep up. I like it better on Twitter.
I wasn’t a huge fan of it on tinychat – I like twitter better, as you can manage it better via tweetchat, tweetgrid, etc etc. It was way too hard for me to keep up last night, so I bailed.
(Tuesdays aren’t my fave either, but I’ll make it work as best I can to be with all those fab tweeps.)
sorry I missed the chat.
Since it wasn’t on Twitter, I guess there is no way for those that miss the chat to catch up on what was said?
That’s really too bad since it sounded like you guys had a really good chat.