[nabs-l] Twitter list

[Justin Salisbury]

Hi Darian,

I can give it my best shot at explaining.

When I go onto a Twitter page, such as the one for @NFB_voice, the National Federation of the Blind's Twitter handle, I can choose to look at the list that the admins of @NFB_voice maintain. There is one for affiliates and divisions, and it allows me, the end user, to go down the list and find Twitter accounts. I got on there from time to time. I try to make sure I'm following all of them, but people who don't want to do that can use it as a reference when trying to include the right handles in a Tweet or something like that. 

This isn't a major game-changer; it's just a nice little thing that we could do that could help outsiders who are looking at us and current members to learn about us and navigate our resources more easily.

I run a handful of Twitter accounts, and I find lists useful.

It takes very little work to set up, and there are some positive payoffs.

That's how I see it.

Take care,

Justin

Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
Graduate Student
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
Twitter: @SalisburyJustin

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist. 

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— 
Because I was not a Trade Unionist. 

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— 
Because I was not a Jew. 

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. 

Martin Niemöller

-----Original Message-----
From: Darian [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 7:45 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: Justin Salisbury
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Twitter list

Hi Justin,
Would you mind explaining further what a Twitter list is? Why people use it? Why it might be useful to others? How exactly it works? 
I don't know how many people do or do not use Twitter and how regularly they do or do not use it.
Thanks so much! Darian.

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 5, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey everybody,
> 
> Does anyone think it would be useful if we created a list on the NABS link Twitter account of all the state student division Twitter accounts?
> 
> The @NFB_voice Account does something similar, and I find that useful.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Justin
> 
> Sent from the iPhone of
> 
> Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix Graduate Student 
> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana 
> Tech University
> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>
> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
> 
> 
> First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I 
> was not a Socialist.
> 
> Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— 
> Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
> 
> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was 
> not a Jew.
> 
> Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
> 
> Martin Niemöller
> 
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