I have been on Twitter (@actuary21c) for just over a year now and find it very useful.
Why? Please see the excellent article by Eddie Smith (@Eddie_Smith) on page 11 of the Society of Actuaries October issue of CompAct magazine: http://soa.org/library/newsletters/compact/2009/october/com-2009-iss33.pdf
I am also finding the Actuarial Outpost (AO) increasingly useful – as stated in this previous post it really is the 500 pound gorilla in the world of actuarial discussion forums.
To register on the AO, please be aware that there are some rules that you need to follow to prevent spammers, as per the following from the AO administrator Tom Troceen (userid Tom on the AO):
If you add “THANKS TOM” to the end of any ID, it will always be approved. If you use a work or ISP email address, you will be approved. If you use an anonymous/free email address like aol.com, yahoo.com, gmail.com, freemail.com, it will be rejected. We do this because spammers use these types of email addresses to spam forums, and this helps us prevent vandalism in the types of discussions you would like to join.
If you add “THANKS TOM” to the end of any ID, it will always be approved. If you use a work or ISP email address, you will be approved. If you use an anonymous/free email address like aol.com, yahoo.com, gmail.com, freemail.com, it will be rejected. We do this because spammers use these types of email addresses to spam forums, and this helps us prevent vandalism in the types of discussions you would like to join.
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