Auto-Updating Twitter Account

[Dazz]

Hey guys,

A week or so ago, me and Pete created a Twitter account that automatically tweets every time a new piece of trivia is accepted onto the site. This is a great way of keeping updated while you're just using the web, and will save you having to constantly double-check trivia. It also means that you can see more than just the last 10 things uploaded, a serious benefit. We'll look into way in which we can use this on the site itself in the next few weeks, but for now;

Click here to check out @VGFactsUpdates!

Let us know what you think, and we'll take any criticism or suggestions on board! :)

Take it easy,
Dazz

[gamemaster1991]

I think it's a good idea. It allows people to see when a new piece of trivia is added without having to check the site every two minutes. However I think it could get, as someone else put it, "Spamy." DYKG updates 1-3 times a day compared to VGFacts being know to update 3-10 facts a day. Still you really can't fix it unless you do very few trivia acceptances a day or send out a newsletter to people at the end of the week, which still sounds like a lot to read and would probably be more work for you guys.

I'm for the new VGFactsUpdates twitter. Even though I don't use twitter.

[JiraiyaSennin]

Maybe for VGFacts we could have a sort of subscription button for each game we're into, so we don't get destroyed by a thousand updates from games we don't care about. Just an idea.

[Petie]

That's not really possible as it isn't how twitter works unfortunately.

[Lazlo Falconi]

I think it's a good idea. It allows people to see when a new piece of trivia is added without having to check the site every two minutes. However I think it could get, as someone else put it, "Spamy."

But isn't that the nature of Twitter? Even 20 updates a day wouldn't be out of the norm on that site, so I think it's a good idea.

The newsletter is a good idea, but if you're going to do that, why not just check the Recent Updates once a day?