The last installment of my “getting to know Twitter” posts….

There doesn’t seem to be any hard and fast rules for using Twitter.  The obvious courtesies should apply…no inappropriate language or obscene content, don’t twam (Twitter spam) other users, etc.  Twitter does offer a site where questions can be asked, problems reported or suggestions made.  These issues are handled through http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter.   It would appear from the time I’ve spent using Twitter that the site is pretty much policed by its users.

One problem that can arise with Twitter, especially when a use follows a large group is simply the overwhelming number of messages that are received.  Even though each tweet is relatively short, sorting through hundreds of message can become frustrating.  The potential for using Twitter to send spam messages (or in this case “twam” messages) is a distinct risk.  In fact, most users consider broadcasting the same message twice to be twam.