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Following Lecturers on twitter ok?
I'm on a taught Masters course, and I followed four of my lecturers on twitter about six months ago. On is my dissertation supervisor, one is my personal tutor, and the other ones I know to talk to although it must be said we are not close. I quite often favourite or re-tweet stuff they post. They haven't followed me back, but I just thought they must have a policy on not following students. Anyway a friends of mine is saying it's an invasion of their privacy and I shouldn't follow them, or at least shouldn't be liking or re-tweeting their stuff. She says I should 'take the hint' that they haven't followed me back. They have their professions listed in their bio, 'researcher, lecturer' etc, it's not like they are personal twitter accounts, although not everything is to do with work either. I don't see the issue, but wondering what others think?
Reply 1
I don't see a problem with it, personally, unless the accounts are clearly personal ones. I wouldn't put too much thought into their not 'following you back'!
Reply 2
The real question I think is, "What could lecturers be saying to make you favourite and retweet their posts"?
Reply 3
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Well a mix of stuff, anything I like! One was a comment about how much they had enjoyed that evening's lecture on xyz. Another was just a funny news report about penguins. Then there was an amusing cartoon about scientists, and a myth-busting article about the subject I study. All quite harmless I think?
Reply 4
If their accounts are public (not private) it is absolutely ok. They tweet for the public and you are one of them.
If their accounts are private, it depends on the lecturer himself. But any ways, if it is not ok with them, they should not accept you as a follower. As simple as this.
It is not necessarily that they should follow back.
If their accounts are private, it depends on the lecturer himself. But any ways, if it is not ok with them, they should not accept you as a follower. As simple as this.
It is not necessarily that they should follow back.
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