When I first discovered FourSquare, I was very excited. It seemed to resonate with my addictive/competitive personality and need to ‘collect’. I had already become a huge fan of the TripAdvisor app on Facebook and looked at it as some sort of virtual diary of where I had been – the more places, the better. The fact that… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
I was delivering training one day to a group of Neighbourhood Policing Officers and I received a Tweet from Sean O’Neill, Crime Editor of The Times (@timescrime). Here’s how the short conversation went; @sc2221 Christine Smith: Currently explaining @mentions and retweeting on Twitter#training #sussexpolice #socialmedia @TimesCrime Sean O’Neill: @sc2221 you are joking? No? It’s kids stuff –… [Read more…]
April 11, 2011
This was originally written as training material for police officers and staff. A hash tag is simply a way for people to search for tweets that have a common topic.For example, if you search on #sussexpolice (or #SussexPolice or #sussexPolice, because it’s not case-sensitive), you’ll get a list of tweets related to Sussex Police. What… [Read more…]
March 22, 2011
One of the most common questions I get asked once neighbourhood policing teams get on to Twitter is how they can increase their followers. Whilst I understand it’s not about the number of followers anyone has (and am keen to explain this to anyone who will listen), it does harbour a fun sense of competition… [Read more…]
June 5, 2011
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