[amsat-bb] To Tweet or Not to Tweet

[Jerry Buxton]

On 10/7/2020 16:59, Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I have fundamentally opposed to TWITTER doe to the NONSENSE on it!  However, I see many references posted here.
>
> I am having second thoughts about signing up.  PLEASE, will someone direct me to WHO I should follow regarding AMSAT and possibly others.
>
>
Hi Jerry,

I would suggest that it's not who but what, in the sense of AMSAT vs. a
single AMSAT volunteer.  My recommendation is to follow AMSAT (the
organization) tweets only.  Even tweets from individuals that are of
satellite ops interest get retweeted by AMSAT, so it's a simple way to
get what you might be looking for without following a clutter of
tweeters.  They even retweet me if I tweet something about Engineering
that is intelligent and useful information.  There is an audience
looking for AMSAT information via Twitter, so I'm glad to share news on
their preferred platform.  It would be foolish not to do so and somewhat
un-hamlike, given that we're building stuff that is/will be available
for satellite users worldwide.  That's why I started using Twitter.

There are other worthy organizations, corporations, and government
agencies to follow too for your space (and other) interests that are
about news and information and not random nonsense.  I follow various
NASA branches, and other space/satellite related stuff like Spaceflight,
SpaceX, Virgin Orbit to name a few, the
corporations/agencies/organizations that are AMSAT "job" related as well
as related space hobby interests.  I follow only a handful individuals,
some who are AMSAT officers and a few friends/acquaintances who know how
to tweet useful or interesting info and then be quiet again, for a spell. 

And let me add AMSAT-UK as a suggestion, they share in a way similar to
what AMSAT does here with useful info as it comes up. 

Give Twitter a try, I'd say it's worth a look.  You can ease in and add
more over time.  I'd also suggest that you don't jump in and follow a
bunch right off because it might be information overload rather than
informative.

And if you don't like it you can blame me, in a Tweet!  I'm a popular
"public figure" for that type of stuff. 
Then just close your Twitter account, and move on...

Jerry Buxton, NØJY