Twitter

[Alex]

Open two accounts and use one for public activities and one for more private with a select list of people allowed to read. A hassle, sure (my phone twitter app handles multiple accounts pretty well since it can keep multiple instances open at the same time) but would allow you a venue for saying "Head Librarian Bob Jones can go blow himself" as well as "Oh, @Wil, you're so dreamy and geeky!"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

Open two accounts and use one for public activities and one for more private with a select list of people allowed to read. A hassle, sure (my phone twitter app handles multiple accounts pretty well since it can keep multiple instances open at the same time) but would allow you a venue for saying "Head Librarian Bob Jones can go blow himself" as well as "Oh, @Wil, you're so dreamy and geeky!"

Yeah, I could do that, but just considering it gives me a headache. Already I have a distinction between Twitter and Facebook, as FB includes family and acquaintances and has my real name attached....which means I post very little there. I know I would just use the "real me" one and not have enough energy for the "public me" one. Plus, would my friends have to follow both, or do I have to cross post everything "public"? Wouldn't demanding that my friends follow both seem douchebaggy?

Perhaps a good app would make me feel better about it. Next phone, perhaps.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Plus, would my friends have to follow both, or do I have to cross post everything "public"? Wouldn't demanding that my friends follow both seem douchebaggy?

Demanding they do certainly would be douchebagery. Simply saying "some topics I'll discuss under this name, some under this one, follow if you'd like" isn't really. Any more than it is douchebagery for you to post some things on Twitter and somethings on Facebook and some things on LoT. It isn't like following two accounts for creates some great Twitter burden for them.

As for the pain in the butt of separating your speaking between two accounts that certainly is a hurdle (though some good apps will make it much easier).

I would like it if Twitter added some level of finesses privacy control, and it should be relatively simple. Perhaps just if you are set public you can limit to followers only by starting your tweet with @f and if you are followers only you can display a tweet public with @p.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

I would like it if Twitter added some level of finesses privacy control, and it should be relatively simple. Perhaps just if you are set public you can limit to followers only by starting your tweet with @f and if you are followers only you can display a tweet public with @p.

I think the individual tweet privacy setting is inevitable. If they did it that way we'd lose two (three, with the space) characters per tweet, which sucks.