Outdoor-related Twitter Chats

[Jeff H]

Have you participated in an Twitter chat or tweet-chat?

They are live events that take place entirely via Twitter. Typically there are a couple of moderators who host the chat, and most last for one hour, with a regular weekly schedule.

If you’re on Twitter, it’s a great way to meet other like-minded folk, share your knowledge and learn a thing or two from everyone else. The way that they work is by using a specific hashtag — a keyword preceded by the hash or pound symbol (#). You can use Twitter to search for discussions with the appropriate hashtag, and join the discussion.

Twitter Chat Etiquette
Typically the moderator will have a series of prepared questions. They will pose the questions with a tweet that includes “Q1” (for question number one) and the hashtag. To reply, you would use “A1” (for answer one) with your answer and repeat the hashtag.

Here’s an example:

A6: It's less whether the unexpected will happen (it will). It's more about how you respond. #ATQA @themorningfresh

— Jeff Hester (@TheSoCalHiker) August 14, 2013

Outdoor Twitter Chats

Here’s a list of the outdoor-related Twitter chats I know of.

• Adventure Travel Q&A – #ATQA – Wednesdays at 2pm Pacific
• Explorer Chat #ExplorerChat – Thursdays at Noon Pacific
• Sierra Trading Post Live #STPLive – Thursdays at 3pm Pacific
• HikerChat #hikerchat – Fridays at 9am

If you know of others, please add a reply!

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