@Julie – Thank you.

I like how your thought-process works. Most importantly, how you get humour in every post.

Nonchalantly. Subtly. Cleverly.

Do keep updating this often.

I am yet on the fence regarding using hashtags and twitter handles in news related tweets. For instance, I follow many international music and movie sites and rarely do they tag the account of the person about whom the news is. Even rarer is the sight of them using hashtags.

People might say Twitter is a new medium and hashtags are the way you get around here; it’s easier to find stuff, but Hindustan Times adding #ht at the end of every tweet irritates the hell out of me. HT even tags those whom the news is about.

Maybe I’ve just not caught up with trends. But such gimmicks just because you want people to RT you when your content isn’t up to the mark; it’s plain ridiculous.

Also, about FirstPost and ESPN Cricinfo offering opinions in their tweets: Well, I’ve never viewed Cricinfo as pure news, for some reason. Always thought they were opinionated; and having an opinion isn’t a bad thing per se, as long as you are presenting different sides to an issue. And Cricinfo comes across as quite sensible that way. Firstpost, on the other hand, goes along with the tide. It just sees which direction the folks on Twitter are flowing and goes along with that.

P.S.: When Firstpost tweeted about the news-dry day, I thought one of the many stand up comedians on Twitter had taken over their account.

“Jay is on a sermon & all the disciplines including appi & narco walk away … except me”