Coun. Kerry Diotte uses Twitter frequently during council meetings. (CBC)

To tweet or not to tweet, when to tweet and how often — some of the questions on the minds of Edmonton city councillors these days.

Twitter etiquette is becoming an issue at city hall as more councillors begin posting messages to their tech-savvy followers during meetings.

Twitter champ Coun. Kerry Diotte tweets most often — 10 posts during a recent meeting.

“This is a good way to keep the public informed directly and I've had a really good response to it.”

For example, during Monday's meeting on revitalizing the downtown, Diotte tweeted: “We had 65,000 jobs in the DT 10 years ago and number hasn't increased as businesses headed to 'burbs, city council told."

Coun. Don Iveson tweets too, but less often.

“If it's a meeting that I'm at in my official voting capacity, I might send out one or two notes here and there,” he said. “But generally I’m trying to stay focused on the debate.”

To suggestions he's not listening? Bull tweet, said Diotte.

“Usually I'm listening very hard to find that little bit, the tweet,” he said. “Actually I think that I listen more closely because I'm really trying to think, ‘Let’s break this down, so I can send it out there and share it with other people.'”

“As a former journalist I can write a story with the police scanner blaring in the background.”

His rapid-fire updates are the best way to get people engaged, Diotte said.

All of which means the debate is not likely to twitter away any time soon.