What should the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ do with @Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, already discussed
After this blog post titled the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Internet Blog also picked it up as new news.
Yes what should the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ do with its 19,000+ strong Twitter account? Provoke some debate is one thing but it would be good to see what thoughts and ideas have already come up beforehand?The issue at hand is that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has dozens, if not hundreds, of Twitter profiles for its many different departments, programmes and publications - from to to and goodness only knows what else. But there is no catch-all 'voice of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ' profile bringing the myriad aspects of the corporation together.
Clearly the - which already boasts over 19,000 followers and has been listed 864 times despite never having said a thing - would be the natural home for an over-arching Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ profile, but how on earth to meaningfully squeeze so much output into a single Twitter stream?
There must be other large companies out there in a similar situation, so I thought I'd share our over-dinner musings and my suggested solutions in the hope that they may be of use, or at least provoke some further debate on the subject.
Well to make it easier for people to find, this debate was had last year at BeebCamp2. We blogged the whole thing here. There's even a happening hosted by Jem and Arron. There's also a trail of comments off the back of that video from people suggesting ideas for what we should do with the twitter account. Some are more useful than others, the best one is maybe this one....
This discussion is really interesting. It's a shame that the sound quality is a bit off at times, but nevertheless there's some really good points made. It must be difficult for a major corporation like the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to decide how best to approach services like Twitter, YouTube etc, because there are totally different ways to convey messages. Like in the video, you mention should you come across like a Twitter user, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent and so-on.Seeking better ideas and comments, we put the , our open ideas platform.
James
The Top rated solution was actually Solution #1: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ should do nothing with it, the least popular was Solution #2: Create a aggregated view of the best Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ @replies. You can still sign up and vote for the one you prefer, or even suggest one yourself.
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