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Twitter Tuesday: Mind your (bio) language
Recently I noticed something funny about Finnish users' Twitter bios. Bio is that short, less than 160 characters long description on a Twitter profile. The thing I noticed about the Finns' bios was they often had a description on English, while they were tweeting (mostly) in Finnish.
It doesn't seem like biggie, but actually the bio is kind of a business card of a Twitter user. Or a handshake.
A good bio isn't just a description of the person, but it also tells what to expect from their Tweets. If a person writes on their bio they are a social media something, I expect them to tweet about social media. Or if they say they like cats, I know to expect cat Tweets and photos. If your bio is in English, one can expect you to Tweet usually in English as well.
The bio language thing is actually rather common mistake. I've noticed that many of those who Tweet in other language are describing themselves in English. I find it very confusing.
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