How to Track and Extract Replies on Twitter

Chris Pirillo — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:22:32 +0000

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I’ve been blogging since January of 2002, and the archives are still there. Years later, I’ve begun to participate in other places, such as Twitter. Sometimes, I get excellent replies on Twitter, and I wanted a way to be able to extract those replies for my blog. I tweeted about ten days ago that I was looking for a way to do this. Alex, otherwise known as Whozman on Twitter, pinged me to ask what exactly I wanted. And now, without further ado, I introduce you to Twickie!

It honestly is simple. Log in and get a list of your 50 most recent tweets. Or, you can find a specific tweet of yours, and enter the ID number (in red at the end of the twee URL) into the box under the Search tab. Once your replies are display, you can click the Get @ button… and voila! The code is displayed for you. Copy the CSS, HTML or “Full” code and paste it into your blog. If you’re not very familiar with either CSS or HTML, then copy the “Full” code. It will place everything for you on your blog page with nothing additional needed from you!

You can get an idea of how this looks. Earlier today, I tweeted about my favorite Weird Al song. I then took all of those @ replies and extracted them using Twickie. I then created a blog post using that information. How cool looking is that? It’s so easy, and takes literally only minutes. You don’t have to be a code genius to figure it out, even!

That’s pretty much the bottom line. You can now quickly and easily incorporate Twitter responses into your blog. Bwana has done it, as well as Robert Scoble. Why dont you give it a try?

Jorin_Cowley: My Friend that is amazing, thanks for all your work you do, your Twickie is awesome! http://tinyurl.com/bywbh4 VERY NICE!

about 23 hours ago

Sat Feb 14 17:44:44 +0000 2009

kven: re:Twickie. How you track the conversation? Do you parse for the XML in-reply-to? If I may ask.. Thanks kevin

about 23 hours ago

Sat Feb 14 17:13:44 +0000 2009

LukeBro: Chris Twickie is great! The copy feature doesn't work if you have something in your clipboard already.

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 15:55:06 +0000 2009

TehUberMatt: great chris i just figured out how to reply to a tweet :P great link though , if i get more followers ill be using it!!!!!!!!!

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 13:38:10 +0000 2009

Wallace_Reid: checking it out…sounds like what I need…

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 12:17:52 +0000 2009

zachlandes: you should try using @ginx. Its an awesome replacement for the twitter site that makes tracking and more much easier.

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 10:55:18 +0000 2009

Susan_SwanJames: thx 4 this. Im a newbie (so wont need it yet) and just figured out how 2 reply. next tweetdeck, wotever that is! LOL

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 10:02:02 +0000 2009

the_real_r2d2: Very cool. I will try it soon

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 09:37:07 +0000 2009

Wzzy: Thank you for the “extract replies” primer- very helpful!

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 09:29:56 +0000 2009

henkvaness: chris, nice, can y make reverse version? You post question in blog, people respond -> question and replies are twittered?

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 09:22:53 +0000 2009

bjmcknight: Great program Chris. This will make alot of people happy.

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 09:17:00 +0000 2009

robwatts: How to Track and Extract Replies on Twitter http://bit.ly/3wiyp (via @chrispirillo)

about a day ago

Sat Feb 14 09:13:38 +0000 2009

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