Ask Factolex via Twitter
February 9th, 2009 by AlexFactolex
- community powered fact lexicon
Facts
- Generally, a fact is defined as something that is true, something that actually exists, or something that can be verified according to an established standard of evaluation
Term
- a word or compound word used in a specific context
- is a popular micro-blogging service
User
- one who uses a product in economics and commerce
The short facts make Factolex a natural fit with Twitter. So you can now ask Factolex for explanations of terms.
The procedure looks like this:
- Go to http://twitter.com/factolex and follow the user factolex. This is so that we can reply to you via direct message.
- Send a term by sending a Twitter message like @factolex Term
- As quickly as possible, you will receive a direct message as reply.
During the process we will follow your Twitter user, so that from the first message on, you can ask Factolex via direct message as well: d factolex Term
In your user settings you can claim a Twitter user to your account, and also change a few settings:
You can configure Factolex in a way so that all terms that your search through Twitter will be saved to your lexicon, so that you can find it later when you’re back to your computer.
Give it a try! We use it internally a lot, in many situations this is the quickest way to ask Factolex for an explanation.