Some of you maybe had the chance to read my post about the Digital Cleanse, and knows about what I was trying to do by following the roles of not to use any social network or even twitter for one week, so I can concentrate on blogging a few post during this week to my blogs with out any interruption, but what happened to me was something very strange, I didn’t expect it at all.I was experiencing a very strange feelings, specially after writing a new post and recheck it a few times before hitting the publish button, so.. what comes latter is a feeling of addiction.. I guess!
The Need to Tweet!
Yes, I was suffering from the “Need to tweet”, this happened after each post I have published, and it was a very hard feeling that I can not resist it and forget about it, because usually what comes after publishing a post is sharing it, but being controlled by Digital Cleanse put me under pressure, I could hold my nerve system for only two days, and today I got a strong feeling that I want to break the cleanse because I need to tweet! I really need to tweet and socialize!
Can you handle the Digital Cleanse and control yourself when you feel the need to tweet?
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my opinion twitter is great! u shouldnt just use twitter to promote your blog you actually need to interact with your followers and get on a personal level with them, once you do that your blog traffic will soar out the sky! TRUST ME
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(24 comments) January 9, 2010 at 12:30 am
I’m a tweet addict. Is there a support group anywhere?
Rose´s last blog ..Blog Post Ideas
(2768 comments) January 9, 2010 at 1:56 am
We can create our own, I will let you know if there is one
(56 comments) January 8, 2010 at 5:20 am
hehe… that is a big disease that all the bloggers have! i also had it once… i was used to publish my posts to about 10 social networks as soon as i publish them… actually publishing to social media like that is not a good idea, so it took me several days to get out of that addiction!
Pubudu Kodikara´s last blog ..Tech Hamlet : A new Name, A New Address and A New Look
(2768 comments) January 8, 2010 at 5:37 am
LOL! yeah I can imagine that it need time to get red of addiction, but why you think it’s not a good idea? is it for a technical reason! or you think it’s a waste of time?
(14 comments) January 7, 2010 at 9:58 pm
It’s important to purge yourself of obsessions now and then, to place yourself in the greater scheme of things. In February 2009, I ceased blogging about Twitter; and as you can see in my below rant, I’ve opted to take a Twitter sabbatical for an undetermined amount of time.
Ari Herzog´s last blog ..Ranting and Deciding Something About Twitter
(2768 comments) January 8, 2010 at 5:41 am
You know Ari, I don’t spend lots of time on social networks by nature, I just feel the need to promote my blog posts and other posts from here and there when ever I find some interesting that deserve to be shared!
Thanks a lot for your support!
(244 comments) January 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Some peoples gots some issues. lol
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(2768 comments) January 7, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Yeah!
(2 comments) January 7, 2010 at 11:24 am
*stands up – My name is Dasche and I suffer from social networks addiction*
No, no, no. I cannot deny the ‘need’. I’ll try and I will post something and walk away, but I feel the need to run back and make sure I tweet, reddit, facebook and all that. Just tweeting isn’t good enough for me. I feel like if I don’t submit them to all my places I’ve gathered it just won’t be good. Of course it will be fine, but yes I bite into the addiction too.
(2768 comments) January 7, 2010 at 8:27 pm
LOL! I agree that just tweeting is not enough, it still eating me to find more places to share my posts, it’s just a time problem!
Thanks Dasche for the nice visit, I like your comment!
(2 comments) January 8, 2010 at 2:00 am
Well thank you. I know! Imagine how happy we’d be if we could just grow a couple of arms
(63 comments) January 7, 2010 at 1:31 am
Its a must to share articles in social networks. I like to tweet a lot when i find a great content. As soon as i saw good content, my hand automatically move to tweet button only.
I am also using twitterfeed but i subscribed only to world news and tech news… Apart from that i like to tweet my favourite articles on my own… I think it will be more effective than auto tweets…What do you say friend?
As karl said above, me too will join in that and help in sharing your post
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(2768 comments) January 7, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Yes! it’s an automatic thing LOL! very automatic!
Manual Tweet in my opinion is better, I like to control my tweets as much as I can!
Thanks a lot for the great help!
(63 comments) January 8, 2010 at 2:59 am
I have written a post regarding twitter today.. This is regarding do’s and dont’s in twitter. I will be happy if you check that post http://www.novicebloggers.com/dos-and-donts-to-get-more-followers-in-twitter/
I think it will be helpful for others too…
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(26 comments) January 6, 2010 at 8:00 pm
I have that addictive personality trait as well, but my digital drug is Facebook …………lol. I am making it my mission to not tweet for FB anything for one day, I can quit anytime, really I can:)
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(2768 comments) January 6, 2010 at 8:07 pm
LOL! good to know that you can quit anytime
(236 comments) January 6, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Some form of addiction a website owner once said you know you are a true marketer when your wife ask the question honey are you coming to bed? and you reply i just found a great money making tips your goals are to succeed you tried the cleanse well keep on tweeting
lawmacs´s last blog ..Website Promotion Tips Part 2
(2768 comments) January 6, 2010 at 5:09 pm
LOL! let me tell you about this one! yesterday I went to be after she asked me
and then after a few minutes I was talking with her about my blogs and websites LOL! then she told me you can go to your laptop 
I say no no I will sleep.. and I actually couldn’t reset because I was having an email that I should reply to, so I told her let’s go to the office room, thanks God she was nice enough to go with me and enjoy replying to this email together!
Ah! life is funny some times, but the good thing is when you have someone who really love you and support you!
(27 comments) January 6, 2010 at 4:00 pm
One way to get around that is to set your posts up to automaticlaly Tweetout once they are published using the Word Press plugin. Give that a try
Ms. Freeman´s last blog ..Ode to Akismet
(52 comments) January 6, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Another great tool is http://twitterfeed.com/ . Saves you from having another plugin on your blog.
Karl Foxley´s last blog ..Happy New Year And Welcome To 2010
(2768 comments) January 6, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I actually try to stay a way from automatic tweets, I think it’s better to control it manually not to annoy or having too much duplicated tweets, as I some times re-tweet the same thing 3 or 4 times with out knowing LOL!
Thanks MS. Freeman!
(52 comments) January 6, 2010 at 3:20 pm
I’ll help you out Hesham by sharing your post for you.
I know exactly what you are talking about though. Sharing a new post on Twitter is a great way to get some instant eyes on your work and start receiving feedback.
Regards,
Karl
P.s. Good luck with your digital cleanse.
Karl Foxley´s last blog ..My Number 1 Tip For Achieving Your Blogging Goals
(2768 comments) January 6, 2010 at 3:31 pm
LOL! Thanks Karl, I am really involved in middle of something, just thought to post about this before I forgot
and yes twitter is a very nice way.. you don’ know the real need unless you stop to tweet 
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