Twitter and Tumblr, or Things Wot I Don't Understand

[flaming_muse]

I've been using Twitter for a while now to follow various famous people, because I got really annoyed reading them through RSS through LJ. I've been using the Twitter web interface, but for some reason it doesn't show @replies on the main page, which kind of defeats the purpose if you want to read, say, their responses to people's questions when

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[yasminke]

I use the sidebar of Flock (a browser) but it's not being supported anymore.

Mashable suggests Twitterrific (which is for the Mac, I think). There's also Tweetdeck.

Don't you see what your friends have posted on Tumblr's dashboard? If not, then I'm doing something really wrong. Which would not surprise me, 'cuz I don't get Tumblr.

[flaming_muse]

I was thinking Twitterific, since I'm doing this stuff on my laptop, which is a Mac; I've seen people using it. I also downloaded a different one for my iPhone, can't remember the name, but I've seen people posting with it,too. The @replies thing is so frustrating to me.

[yasminke]

Yeah. Since you're on a Mac, you can probably still get Flock and use the sidebar. I can see replies of people I'm following even if I don't follow the addressee. It is kind of awkward to follow however.

[flaming_muse]

Hmm. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks! :)

[flaming_muse]

I don't have any friends yet on Tumblr, but I'm trying to follow tags, and they're not showing up on my dashboard. I really don't get it. *cry*

[yasminke]

As far as I understand it, you can't follow tags, only people. The tags are just there for easier searching. Again, I may be wrong and if I am, I would love someone to tell me how to follow tags.

[flaming_muse]

I couldn't even get my tags to show up before, but maybe the system was slow or something (Sunday am maintenance?), because they're there now. So that's at least something.

[yasminke]

Make sure you're in dashboard. They don't show up on the "your" site, just your dashboard.

[flaming_muse]

Thank you! :)