Twitter Tracking - Twitter does More

Posted in Attention, Instant Messenger, Personal Privacy, Security, Twitter, Web 2.0, iPhone by wayne.porter on October 8th, 2007

There is nothing worse then having one/half hand to type with- (My left hand is practically paralyzed, but have regained some back in my right- so I am hopeful). It can be described as pure frustration. I will have to bore readers with just calling attention to things I find interesting, critical or poignant- then again maybe I won’t bore them. I admit I am behind on reading after four (FOUR) days of being unplugged completely and until the 30th, save for occasional game or writing that is the doc’s orders which I decided to heed. Forgive me for becoming an echo chamber, then again perhaps I am too verbose and it is better that way.

From Twitter- twitter tracking- a bit annoying as you must do it via SMS from what I read.

(Some edits per me)

track YOURKEYWORD

When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions “YOUKEYWORD,” you’ll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send “whois username” to find out more about that person, or “follow username” to follow his or her updates. Don’t want to receive anymore about YOURKEYWORD? Toggle it off with:

untrack YOURKEYWORD

*Note the word can also be a phrase.

You can create as many of these as you want, so send “track drinking tea”, “track iphone”, “track walking san francisco” and you’ll receive matches for all. Want to get a list of what you’re currently tracking? Send “track” alone (or “stats”). Turn them all off by sending “track off”.

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