For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Gwynne Monahan. Gwynne is best known by her Twitter handle @econwriter5. She has written several articles on open source applications for lawyers and legal professionals, and has presented on open source as well as issues surrounding social media. She is currently Community Manager for Clio and is spearheading Small Firm Innovation.
Last year, I wrote about some social media applications you can use to help manage your social media presence. Chris asked for an update, and other than my switching to HootSuite on my Mac and Plume on my Android device, I’ve been stumped on what to write.
And then I remembered this tweet:
Twitter, at times, seems to have a case of hashtag diarrhea. Anyone and everyone starts using a tag or two. Twitter MeMes. Twitter chats. Even nouns, like #random, get tagged. Simply put: hashtags get overused.
Overuse leads to fatigue. Twitter fatigue. There’s plenty of noise on Twitter as it is. Mix in a few hashtags for Twitter Chats, conferences and world events, and it gets overwhelming. Even for a seasoned Twitter veteran like myself, it can be overwhelming. So what is one to do?
