Tweep

Or, maybe you have experienced the brunt of a cyber-dis by having been relegated to the position of a limited access "friend" on another's FB page, unfollowed by a Tweep, made the subject of someone's Google+ status update, or better yet caught in the crossfire of a cyber-squabble that someone else sparked on your FB page in response to something you wrote that had nothing to do with the other person at all?

Darnell L. Moore: Techno-Affect: Feeling in the Age of New Media Darnell L. Moore 2011

Am I the only person who has ever shockingly discovered -- without ever having set out to do so -- that I had been defriended by a Facebook acquaintance or blocked by a Tweep shorthand for "Twitter Peep" in savvy new media-ese?

Darnell L. Moore: Techno-Affect: Feeling in the Age of New Media Darnell L. Moore 2011

Likewise, if you're a Tweep, it's the RIGHT one because you can pay attention to anyone you want to unlike Facebook that requires them to follow you back, and because it's concise, immediate and engaging, unlike the LinkedIn business rolodex and resume focus.

Social Media as Religion 2010

And hey, if you don't do Twitter, maybe you ought to give it a try ... and if you are already a Tweep, well cool!

Jeff Goldstein: The Remarkable Power of Twitter: A Water Cooler for the 21st Century 2010

Likewise, if you're a Tweep, it's the RIGHT one because you can pay attention to anyone you want to unlike Facebook that requires them to follow you back, and because it's concise, immediate and engaging, unlike the LinkedIn business rolodex and resume focus.

Archive 2010-03-01 2010

For example, if you follow CNN and the New York Times on Twitter, and most people who follow CNN and the New York Times also tend to follow TIME, we'll suggest TIME as a “Tweep you might like.”

Google Follow Finder: Find some sweet tweeps 2010

And hey, if you don't do Twitter, maybe you ought to give it a try ... and if you are already a Tweep, well cool!

Jeff Goldstein: The Remarkable Power of Twitter: A Water Cooler for the 21st Century 2010

I guess that makes me a Tweep, and if you aren't, I've got something to tell you.

Jeff Goldstein: The Remarkable Power of Twitter: A Water Cooler for the 21st Century 2010

I guess that makes me a Tweep, and if you aren't, I've got something to tell you.

Jeff Goldstein: The Remarkable Power of Twitter: A Water Cooler for the 21st Century 2010

I guess that makes me a Tweep, and if you aren't, I've got something to tell you.

Jeff Goldstein: The Remarkable Power of Twitter: A Water Cooler for the 21st Century 2010