Bootstrapping SQL Server bloggers and blog readers with Twitter!

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Adam Machanic — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:30:53 GMT

Jamie, why waste two characters on the "ed"? Won't #blog be sufficient?

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Sam Vanga — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:47:59 GMT

Great idea, Jamie! But instead of two hashtags #sqlserver and #blogged, how about using just one, #sqlblogs for example or coin a new hasgtag?

And bloggers can still use #sqlserver and/or other hashtags to define the subject.

@SamuelVanga

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@spaghettidba — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:29:48 GMT

Great idea! I find #sqlblog to be a great synthesis. Usually I add #sqlserver too, because lots of people have this set up as a saved search and/or tweetdeck column.

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Mike Fal — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:32:42 GMT

Jamie-

Good stuff. I absolutely agree with the premise of using Twitter to promote blogs and writing. However, I find the #sqlserver hash tag gets a lot of spam. As with @spaghettidba, I use #sqlblog as well as #sqlpass. This helps focus my audience and I've gotten a lot of response because of it.

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Dan English — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:00:19 GMT

Sounds like a good idea and I would okay with just #sqlblog as well, either way works. With a lot of my posts I don't like to spam the #sqlserver list though, so I try to be sensitive and target the specific topic area.

The feed includes the RT as well though, so if you include a -rt you can filter those out to get a nice clean list if you don't want those. http://search.twitter.com/search.rss?q=%23sqlserver%20%23blogged%20%23en%20-rt

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Valentino Vranken — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:00:42 GMT

Hey Jamie, as the pingback indicates, I'm spreading the word! I do have to say though that I like the #blogged and #sqlserver concatenation into #sqlblog, so I'll be using that one! Of course, if sufficient characters remain I'll also add #sqlserver.

Regards,

Valentino.

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@MarlonRibunal — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:11:51 GMT

I agree with the others about using #sqlblog. Let's all agree to one hash tag and if we want to use singular or plural.

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Allan Hirt — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:55:30 GMT

Many of us have been using #sqlblog (no plural) for years. I will also use #sqlserver, or if specifically relevant, #sqlserver2012 or #sql2012 (forget the "official one"), #sqlpass, etc. Depends what my post is about.

So welcome to the party.

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jamiet — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:37:28 GMT

"welcome to the party".

I find that comment rather derogatory, especially given that I have advocated the use of tags for years - its not like I've written this blog post after some personal epiphany as to the value of hashtags.

The main point here is that (a) people can coalesce around a hashtag, or collection of hashtags, that can then be distributed via RSS feeds and (b) it levels the playing field as anyone can contribute if they so wish. I didn't expect this to descend into a dull and utterly pointless conversation about why one hashtag is better than another.