Put in "Twitter Time Out" for Excessive Tweeting! Really!
Oh yeah! This is a badge of honor if ever I created one myself. Let me explain…
I’m a bit chatty… I was never the girl to get in trouble for talking in class, oh no! I was a very well-behaved student. This is the first time that I can remember getting “in trouble” – we’ll call it “Twitter Trouble” for ‘talking’.
It was “The Big Call” with Alex Mandossian and the pre-kick-off party of sorts for the 2009-2010 Teleseminar Secrets season. Last year was the first time I took the class and it has changed my business. (go to TaraRecommendsAlex.com here for those details)
What was so cool was that not only did I learn all these amazing skills for my business, but I could interact and ‘meet’ other students on Twitter as long as I used the #tss hash tag. (That’s how I could find them.)
Well on December 3rd, I was having a great time talking to everyone! Such a great time apparently, that I was told I was shut down for “Excessive Tweeting” and to “check back in a few hours”. HUH? Sounds like social discrimination! Just because I’m a fast tweeter with a circle of friends I’m done!
At first, it was quite stressful. But I had an alternate account – as @MarianSparks said, “no one puts baby in a corner!” and Twitter can try and put me in time out but it wasn’t going to stick! 
Now I’m so enjoying sharing the story! I’m beaming with pride! This is fabulous! I think one other person got put in time out too – I’ll have to confirm that with @NewThoughts.
I decided to make a badge, start a club and revel in my ability to out-tweet Twitter. (the rule, it seems, is no more than 150 tweets an hour…)
Feel free to DM me on Twitter if you ever get put in “Twitter Time Out” – you can put the badge on your website or blog and if you ask nice, I’ll send you a button. I’ll also put you on the list of club members.
Here’s to connecting and turning lemons into lemonade! (The lemon being “Twitter Time Out” and lemonade being my “club”)
EXCESSIVE TWEET CLUB ROSTER
@ArtistTaraReed (founding member)
@NewThoughts
@KimBeasley
And here’s a video of my dad’s reaction to my mischief…
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Tara,
You’ve got me laughing! I just read this post and watched the two videos. Your father’s reaction was a hoot! Something about your name and the dog (heehee) and calculating the rate of your tweeting.
Way to go with creating the twitter badge. Although I do not have the honors to join the Excessive Tweet Club (sigh), I have a virtual badge of “Friend of Excessive Tweet Club Member”!
My dad is a hoot – that is for sure! Still cracks me up thinking about that conversation. If you ever get put in time out, do let me know and I’ll send you a button!