How to use Twemes.com
Sending Twemes
From the Twitter website or your favorite widget or desktop client you can start "using" Twemes.com by adding a # symbol to key words in the tweets (messages) that you write. Here is an example message that you might write if you want to start a conversation about the SoCon conference:
Twitter #socon08 to add to this weekends tweets - http://twemes.com/socon08
People that follow you on Twitter will see this and those that are interested in the conference can now know that can go to http://twemes.com/socon08 to follow the activities around the conference. You don't need to follow @twemes to have your tweets included, just include a #tag and you are in business!
Allowed Characters in a Tweme
Twemes.com will recognize twemes made up of letters, numbers and the - + _ (minus, plus and underscore) characters. The tweme must be at least 2 characters long, not including the # character. Case is not important other than the case of the first instance found will be used for a specific tweme in Twemes.com.
Adding a Comment to a Tweme
When viewing twemes on Twemes.com, you can add a comment to the same tweme by clicking on the comment link to the right of the tweme name. That will open a page to the twitter website with the tweme already in the update box.
Replying to a Tweme
You can @reply to a specific tweet by clicking on the reply link below that tweet. This will take you to the twitter website with the update box already filled with the tweme and the @name of the twitterer that wrote the tweme.
Blocking Annoying Twitterers
Under each tweet, there is a link to block the user that posted that link. Clicking this link will permanently block that user from your view on the Twemes.com website. Currently there is no way to unblock so use with care.
Sorry but we only have limited internationalization support in recognizing twemes.
Troubleshooting
If your tweets don't seem to be getting into the Twemes.com website, there are a couple of issues that you might be running into.
- Your Twitter account is private. We don't scan for tweets in Twitter accounts that are private. Open up and join the fun!
- You have to upload a picture before Twitter will make your tweets available through the feeds that we get from them. This sounds a bit odd but it seems to be a small anti-spam feature of Twitter.
- Messages might just be dropped along the way. Both Twitter and Twemes are growing and the nature of their interaction is very much a work in progress. There maybe statbility or overloading issues at either the Twitter or Twemes ends. Let us know if think that messages are going astray and we will see if we can track down the issue.