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Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Cleo J — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:20:19 -0000

OK. this is cute, but you know what? Everyone's mom (or grandmom) ISN'T one of "The Golden Girls".
All grandmothers aren't afraid of computers. Some grandmothers have been online since online came to be. Some moms have been using computers since BEFORE the 1984 Machintosh ad.
This stereotype of older women (whatever the hell "old" is) is kind of obnoxious.
Just wanted to ad my little two cents.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

mary — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:55:58 -0000

im a mom and im on face book and twitter and im loving every moment i have meet people from all around the world its crazy but im thrilled to be a part of it all. I met a guy from Australia and we have been corresponding for 3 years now so you just never no were twitter will take you

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

abby stokes — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:16:09 -0000

If it helps, have just written a blog to intro Twitter to the twuly curious. My area of expertise is our silver surfers. Author, "Is This Thing On?"

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Jose — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:13:27 -0000

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Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Sally Bowers — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:34:53 -0000

*ahem* you wrote this and didn't tell ME??? too funny! Great article!!!

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

reba — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:45:40 -0000

I'm a mom, on twitter, and that has made it totally uncool to my kids....but my sis and brother think it's H O T!

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Jason Silva — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:30:17 -0000

@Lionhart - I think the title is just being funny. If you read the article, it's about getting anyone on Twitter, not just mom and dad.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Alex Sicre — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:56:35 -0000

Thanks Cory. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Lionheart — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:44:36 -0000

I have to say this is a weird article. Who cares if your mom or dad uses twitter?.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

max — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:50:39 -0000

could be the most useless article ever. congrats! time to move up to writing more "the 25 best..." articles about obvious crap.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Kerri. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:56:15 -0000

This has to be one of the best titles I've seen in a while. :) And my mom is set with the email crap, so looks like Twitter is the next online space she should conquer.

Thanks for the tips!

- @sixuntilme

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:24:47 -0000

You're mom's already on MY twitter. ;-P

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

cory huff — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:06:40 -0000

@Alex OH means OverHeard - you heard someone say something. FYI.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:09:18 -0000

Twitter Moms FTW! :)

(Thanks for the link love!)

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

RW — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:38:00 -0000

I remember I got invited, posted a couple of things, nobody answered. Then I tried following a couple of people, again nobody answered. So I closed my account because twitter was the most boring site I'd ever seen!

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Barce — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:25:40 -0000

There's also all these friendly NBC4i.com news anchors on twitter, too: http://www.nbc4i.com/midwes...

These guys are so ahead of the curve.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

saranicole — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:24:17 -0000

My mom's on twitter - in fact she has two accounts, a personal one and one for her horse website http://www.equi-works.com. She gets really excited every time someone follows her. She's the type of person who spends time looking for new sites on Stumbleupon and scours twitter posts for new sites to try out - she tweeted about Cuil just the other day and told me I should try it. So there's a least one mom who's making great use of twitter.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Melissa Daniels — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:12:07 -0000

My boyfriend's mom just found me on Twitter... cute and endearing

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

debdebtig — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:10:12 -0000

I had to get my daughter on Twitter... she's still not a huge fan, but she posts on occasion usually about school or her cats.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Sharon Rosen — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:08:22 -0000

This is pretty much how I got my entire family on Twitter - though it did take a while! Showing people why it matters to THEM usually works :)

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Anna G — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:57:30 -0000

Very cute article!

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Sharon R — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:57:19 -0000

Great post! My mother is on Facebook and Second Life. I never thought of getting her on Twitter, but I'll definitely help her try it out now.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Derek — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:15:25 -0000

As the creator of the twittering dads list, I'd just like to say that if your dad (or if you are a dad) joins twitter, send me a tweet or comment on the post in order to be added to the list. It is a great way to find and connect with like-minded people.

@dereksemmler

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

WayneSutton — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:12:17 -0000

Lol, great post, my mom is on twitter too as @gwensutton http://twitter.com/gwensutton , she's on plurk & youtube also.

Re: Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter

Alex Sicre — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:02:31 -0000

Great post. My mother actually emailed me about Twitter in January, but she never joined or looked at my account. On the topic of #4 - is there a good reference to Twingo? I keep seeing OH, and am wondering if it means something more than, Oh?

Thanks!

@knightsicre