I'm On Twitter Now What?
I still don't really get the whole Twitter thing.
Twitter has been around a while but lately, it seems
to be mentioned by everyone. I've been hearing about it since it came out. OK, its instant messenger chat with only 140 characters. What is the appeal?
The last few weeks, everyone seems to be talking about it.
It seems like it has recently gained a lot of popularity. Everyone is pushing it.
I am still not sure how valuable it is.
I have wasted a lot of time over the past few days. Not making my own Tweets, but reading others and trying to figure it out.
Michael Kwan had a post recently about using Twitter to get traffic and Stumbles to your blog. Take a look at his post at:
Case Study: Twitter + StumbleUpon = Massive Traffic
Twitter seems a lot like some of the early Website chat rooms.
Twitter adds a user account, filtering, feeds and that phone update option. I am not sure I would want updates on my phone, but then again, I did not think I would join Twitter either and here I am.
I admit, I did learn something this week on Twitter.
A somewhat popular blogger and social networker had her father's blog hacked. The host did not have any back up. Not something I would have expected from that host. Maybe not a host I would want use.
Have you found Twitter valuable?
Who do you follow? Have you found some Twitters that are interesting? Have you learned anything that you might have missed unless you had Twitter?
Want to follow me on Twitter? My Twitter URL is http://twitter.com/shokthx
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Comments on I'm On Twitter Now What? »
yeh i dont know it seems very similar to many things running on the net but i think the popularity stems from the fact that it is the anti face book and seemingly there is more value in short conversation and shouts then big designed pages that people get to and say now what?…i for example liked facebook and myspace and friendster etc but those things reached a point where they changed and all became one in the same. twitter on the other hand allows for comedic and philosophical and networking banter shouts out to tons of people from one site that will actually listen to what im saying unlike the facebook where people ignore my profile because other people have explosive profiles…thats just my opinion though i dont know what im talking about and i agree with your blog post
I think you do know what your talking about joe and you have a good point about some of the other services becoming maybe too big?
Since it is a social networking site I tried to understand it from that angle. And then it made sense. For me Twitter means staying in touch with the pulse of what is happening on the Web. Is answers the questions "Dude, where's the party?" ( metaphorically ) speaking.