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“Twitter sucks; Tweetdeck is better”: Assessing Third-Party Clients for Users of Social Media Dave Jones Old Dominion University [email protected]

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“Twitter sucks; Tweetdeck is better”: Assessing Third-Party Clients for Users of Social Media

Dave JonesOld Dominion University

[email protected]

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Use of SM

Fan Communities

Social Connection

COMMUNICATION

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Activity Theory

Subject

Rules

Instruments

Object

CommunityDivision of Labor

Outcome

From Engström (1987; 2000).

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Operations

ActionsActivity

Operation . Action . Activity

Motive-driven and dynamic tasks that extend beyond immediate work

Goal-oriented, specific tasks

Behaviors that combine to complete specific tasks

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What are you doing?

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How are you doing it?

Built-in Streams

User-createdStreams

Happenings

Enter Text

Avatar/Icon

Tweet Conventions

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Can it be done better?

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Visual Organization Notifications

Hashtags

Streams

Community Trends

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Operations

ActionsActivity

Data . Information . Knowledge

Social ConnectionFACILITATE KNOWLEDGE

LinkingRetweeting@ repliesDirect MessagesORGANIZING INFORMATION

UI functionsDrag/DropREPRESENTING DATA

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Knowledge needs connectivity/flexibility

Let user visually configure streams via drag function.

More connectivity among SM systems.

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Thank you!

Dave JonesOld Dominion University

[email protected]