Comments on: Why @DowningStreet is better than @HMGov

By: terry

terry — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:53:57 +0000

Just to state that the P.M is a total txxt, he has lost the economy,

the confidance of the people,and also the rest of the world.

He inherited shed loads of money and blew it.

but not my fault “gov” it’s every body else’s fault probably the Yanks!

HOPEFULLY GOODBY BROWN !!!!!!!!

By: NathanaelB

NathanaelB — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:48:48 +0000

So … do we know why @DowningStreet reciprocates all it’s followers?

By: Paul Webster

Paul Webster — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:30:37 +0000

Taken 4 good press release stories from HMGOV feed today. It works for me !

Doesn’t it depend what you are looking for and anyway its not comparing like for like.

HMGOV is a feed stream, DowningStreet is a pseudo-conversational Twitterer.

Anyway – and on my current hobby horse – can you honestly say that DowningStreet is having meaningful interactions with all the 585 people it is following ?

Quality not quantity !

By: jkerrstevens

jkerrstevens — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:24:16 +0000

Simon/Nick/Jeremy

Thanks.

If playing around with these tools encourages early adoption then I’m all for it . It will be interesting to see how the conversation develops…

By: Simon Dickson

Simon Dickson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:16:10 +0000

Hear hear. /hmgov proved an important concept, and it makes people feel more comfortable when they see familiar content coming through. Journey of a thousand miles, and all that. Sheer numbers don’t mean much. My own onepolitics site isn’t drawing much in the way of traffic, but it proved a few points and earned me some visibility. It’s also a site I find personally useful. Result all round.

By: Podnosh Blog : High Fibre Podcasting » Archive » Downing Tweet: is this about the personal, celebrity or patronage?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:09:49 +0000

[...] no equivalent rush to follow HMGOV. (Update – his was set up on the personal initiative of Justin as a personal tool for tracking news updates using twitter) It is clear that Downing Street is [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:52:36 +0000

Don’t do yourself a disservice! Part of playing with this stuff is simply that – playing with it to see if it works. Your stuff may well have persuaded number 10 to give it a go in the first place. But of course their ‘brand awareness’ is significant higher which is probably why their followers numbers have rocketed so quickly. The fact that its official doesn’t necessarily make it better. Time will tell…