twitter-fest!

There seems to be a bit of a Twitter thing going on in Whitchurch. Of course depending on whether or not you use twitter you would have either noticed it…or not.

With the recent increased in social media activity I thought it would be a good chance to list all the local twitter users and explain a bit about twitter.

@mywhitchurch – Thats the twitter page for this site and obviously the posts are made by me but I often post on twitter little bits of info that don’t make it to the site such as traffic, bad weather or other things worth mentioning, usually that are happening right now or even ask a question.
@lockylive – my personal twitter account, subject to strong language and opinions!

@thomasandrose – Thomas & Rose estate agents. It’s not all about houses, these guys are very active online and in the community.

@AmandaMannas1 – Mannas Baguatte Shop (new to twitter)

@TopGunCdf – Top Gun Fish Bar

@VKBCardiff – Village Kitchen and Bar

@WhitchurchHS – Whitchurch High School

@wchurchdryclean – New Dry Cleaners in the village

@Shadesofcardiff – Hair salon on Old Church Road

@Villagebarbers0 – Village Barbers (new to twitter)

@JamesandJenkins Car Dealers in Llandaf North

@WhitchurchWeb – Web Design and Hosting

@DeliAGoGo

@ForestFarmUk – Forest Farm Nature reserve and Canal

@PJESolicitors

@TrendyTags

@CardiffButcher – Martin Player Butchers

@BodyClinicCdiff

@SOSEglwysNewydd

@WelshBockers – Jumping Stilts Club

@WhitSaintsHC – Whitchurch Hockey Club

@eggynewydd | @gwladrugby | @technetiumuk

@livingmags

@shinedramamusic | @shineparties

Politicians:

@JulieMorganLAB
@JonathanEvansMP
@JayneCowan – Rhiwbina councillor
@beyondthesenedd – Former AM Jonathan Morgan

Other Cardiff Useful Twits:

@cardiffcouncil
@CdfBlogs
@YourCardiff
@CardiffNHW – Cardiff Neighbourhood Watch
@swpolice
@helicops
@wearecardiff

Individuals:

@jonmogs
@adrianlock

Someone missing? Tweet @mywhitchurch and we’ll add them!

So what is Twitter?

Twitter is a way of sharing information with anyone. It could be your friends, people in your town or just someone you share an interest with or even a comment to a celebrity.
The difference between facebook and twitter is that you dont need to “befriend” people to have a discussion with them and facebook is more for sharing events in your life with your friends. Twitter is a bit more live. It’s what is happening right now.

Many people ask how do you find people on twitter. That’s a tricky one because there is no procedure. You just dive in head first and start to follow people you are interested in. You can alwasy “unfollow” them at any time.

Hashtags are a way of highlighting a word or topic. For example in this sentence I could put a hashtag on the word #twitter and if I posted that on twitter it would show up in searches so people could follow a topic. It is often used to discuss current news, tv shows or anything that is topical. Hashtags are just added to the words in a sentence, for example:
“I can’t believe Little Mix won the #XFactor”

Tweet. Simply put a tweet is every message on twitter. If you post up “oh no its raining” that would be a tweet. If you put “oh no its raining @mywhitchurch” then I’d be notified that you had included me in one of your tweets.
It sounds terribly complicated but it really isn’t.

That’s about it really. So we’ll see you out there in the twitiverse, you twits.