Slick Twitter feature : Notification of favorited tweets
Harrison Weber (@harrisonweber) of The Next Web shared this morning that Twitter has expanded its alerts to notify you when someone favorites a tweet you’re mentioned in. Until now you received an alert only when someone favorited one of your tweets.
Yes, this may seem like a minor change, but it expands Twitter’s existing notification system and gives users a deeper understanding of what’s happening beyond their direct connections.
Getting notified of your tweets being favorited, and now, tweets with you mentioned being favorited is pretty slick for networking and situational awareness.
I never knew such a feature existed until last year. I stumbled onto a setting in the Twitter settings where I could receive an email or Twitter notification when someone favorited a tweet of mine. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but now I really like.
I am able to see who’s following me closely, what people like (even those not following me who noticed what I shared via a retweet), and what people’s business strategies may be. You can learn a lot when you can see what others are favoriting — without them even knowing.
On occasion, I’ve reached out to a person who favorited one of my tweets to connect with them further via something we now have a common interest in.
If you’re not using this feature, try it. Just go into your Twitter settings, and under email notifications you will see various options for receiving notifications for activity related to you or your tweets.
I have opted to get notifications for all activity related to me, my tweets, and my retweets. I’ve also opted to receive notification when anyone on Twitter, not just those I am following, takes an action triggering notification.
This way I get a complete picture of the activity surrounding me on Twitter. I have not found the notifications a nuisance, I enjoy getting them. Twitter gets its notification to you in a very unobtrusive way.
Start using Twitter notifications, on favorites and more. You’ll find Twitter all the more powerful as a networking and business development tool.