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I just seem a little lost on it myself. Can't really work out exactly what it's for. Used Mr. Tweet to find afew people worth following (I'm not in the whole IM/MMO niche, so it's quite a small number), so hopefully I'd find it useful eventually!
I just seem a little lost on it myself. Can't really work out exactly what it's for. Used Mr. Tweet to find afew people worth following (I'm not in the whole IM/MMO niche, so it's quite a small number), so hopefully I'd find it useful eventually!
I'd really suggest trying it out, and mainly because it is so easy to make it whatever you want it to be.
Whether you follow a few people or thousands, only your friends or news sites, you can make it your own.
As to the burning out, I'm probably not 100% sincere in my post on that score. It's been around for years, and it seems to be doing fine in terms of growth. My real worry is new people joining, not really figuring out the benefit, and then abandoning it.
Cheers.
I'd really suggest trying it out, and mainly because it is so easy to make it whatever you want it to be.
Whether you follow a few people or thousands, only your friends or news sites, you can make it your own.
As to the burning out, I'm probably not 100% sincere in my post on that score. It's been around for years, and it seems to be doing fine in terms of growth. My real worry is new people joining, not really figuring out the benefit, and then abandoning it.
Cheers.
Depending on what you might be interested in, you can search google for lists of news sites, businesses, hobbies, or interests which have twitter accounts, and see what looks interesting from there.
A lot of the people I follow came from finding a few interesting people, and then seeing who they send messages to.
Cheers.
Depending on what you might be interested in, you can search google for lists of news sites, businesses, hobbies, or interests which have twitter accounts, and see what looks interesting from there.
A lot of the people I follow came from finding a few interesting people, and then seeing who they send messages to.
Cheers.
On the other hand, one of the great things about Twitter is that there is no particularly "there" where you have to live.
Thanks for the comment.
On the other hand, one of the great things about Twitter is that there is no particularly "there" where you have to live.
Thanks for the comment.
Damn. Burned by that whole interactive part of interactive media. I have to keep reminding myself that my offhand snarky comments can be read by people I’m commenting about!
Mark, sorry if I came off as flip about your piece. It came last in a series of links I’d seen recently that were highly critical of Twitter and to be fair, yours was far and away the best of the lot (in that it’s clear you’ve actually spent time using it and thinking about it!).
Now that I’m shamed into giving something of a thoughtful critique, I’ll say I disagree with your premise — that Twitter can’t stay as it is now and succeed. What it is now may not be immediately evident to the uninitiated or may seem silly and pointless to many, but it has value all the same. Twitter is just a way of socializing. Asking what it’s “for” (not you, but those who do ask this question) is like asking what a cocktail party is “for.” The question is absurd. Twitter is for Twittering, and that has its own value.
I was at SXSW when they launched Twitter and I stood there in the beer tent chatting with my friends about what a dumb idea it seemed like and why was everyone so crazy about it? Now its a significant part of my low-level socializing on a daily basis. And if a numbskull like me can make that leap, a whole lot of other people can too, without much hand-holding.
As an aside, I find advice like Problogger’s about leveraging Twitter for marketing purposes to be missing the point almost as much as people who think it’s just a Facebook status rival, but that’s another thread.
Also, Let the Right One In was one of the best films last year. My review of it is here: http://www.vtiff.org/blog/let-the-right-one-in
Thanks for commenting!
Damn. Burned by that whole interactive part of interactive media. I have to keep reminding myself that my offhand snarky comments can be read by people I’m commenting about!
Mark, sorry if I came off as flip about your piece. It came last in a series of links I’d seen recently that were highly critical of Twitter and to be fair, yours was far and away the best of the lot (in that it’s clear you’ve actually spent time using it and thinking about it!).
Now that I’m shamed into giving something of a thoughtful critique, I’ll say I disagree with your premise — that Twitter can’t stay as it is now and succeed. What it is now may not be immediately evident to the uninitiated or may seem silly and pointless to many, but it has value all the same. Twitter is just a way of socializing. Asking what it’s “for” (not you, but those who do ask this question) is like asking what a cocktail party is “for.” The question is absurd. Twitter is for Twittering, and that has its own value.
I was at SXSW when they launched Twitter and I stood there in the beer tent chatting with my friends about what a dumb idea it seemed like and why was everyone so crazy about it? Now its a significant part of my low-level socializing on a daily basis. And if a numbskull like me can make that leap, a whole lot of other people can too, without much hand-holding.
As an aside, I find advice like Problogger’s about leveraging Twitter for marketing purposes to be missing the point almost as much as people who think it’s just a Facebook status rival, but that’s another thread.
Also, Let the Right One In was one of the best films last year. My review of it is here: http://www.vtiff.org/blog/let-the-right-one-in
Thanks for commenting!
First, I didn't take you as being flip really. I only thought, "agh... that's not what I mean."
I think I'm with you very much insofar as people asking what it's "for" except in this sense...
Asking what a cocktail party is for is absurd largely because you already know what a cocktail party is for, if you catch my meaning. But, try and imagine getting people to your cocktail party when instead of saying cocktail party you're saying Twitter, or Jutenhoop, or Gifletesnog, or anything else that means nothing at all to them.
I completely agree that Twitter not only has value, but it also has use and real power. Hell, Neil Gaiman @ed me today... how cool is that?
What I mean by it not being able to go on, is that it uses resources and has no revenue stream, and doesn't have a real good way to get the uninitiated into the fold.
A whole lot of people can make the leap, and it honestly isn't difficult, but there needs to be someway to get more people to care about making the leap.
It's growing, and it is doing fine (in some sense), but it seems to be growing in a way that taxes resources without adding to revenue potential.
I humbly suggest that I mean that Twitter is doomed to failure in perhaps much the same way that Jonathan Swift meant we should eat babies.
I don't think it is going to fail, but I think it is in for some hard times ahead if more people somewhere don't try to give people an idea of what there is to get out of it.
Also, I rather agree about Problogger and similar. Although, at the same time, part of what I think is great about Twitter is that you can make your own world out of it, and there are a lot of different ways to get your own personal value out of it.
And, yes, it was a great movie... that's why I picked it!
If you wanted to do me a great favor, you could put me on some manner of reminder list for next year's festival. As I'm actually relatively close, I'd love to attend.
I greatly appreciate the time you took commenting.
Cheers.
First, I didn't take you as being flip really. I only thought, "agh... that's not what I mean."
I think I'm with you very much insofar as people asking what it's "for" except in this sense...
Asking what a cocktail party is for is absurd largely because you already know what a cocktail party is for, if you catch my meaning. But, try and imagine getting people to your cocktail party when instead of saying cocktail party you're saying Twitter, or Jutenhoop, or Gifletesnog, or anything else that means nothing at all to them.
I completely agree that Twitter not only has value, but it also has use and real power. Hell, Neil Gaiman @ed me today... how cool is that?
What I mean by it not being able to go on, is that it uses resources and has no revenue stream, and doesn't have a real good way to get the uninitiated into the fold.
A whole lot of people can make the leap, and it honestly isn't difficult, but there needs to be someway to get more people to care about making the leap.
It's growing, and it is doing fine (in some sense), but it seems to be growing in a way that taxes resources without adding to revenue potential.
I humbly suggest that I mean that Twitter is doomed to failure in perhaps much the same way that Jonathan Swift meant we should eat babies.
I don't think it is going to fail, but I think it is in for some hard times ahead if more people somewhere don't try to give people an idea of what there is to get out of it.
Also, I rather agree about Problogger and similar. Although, at the same time, part of what I think is great about Twitter is that you can make your own world out of it, and there are a lot of different ways to get your own personal value out of it.
And, yes, it was a great movie... that's why I picked it!
If you wanted to do me a great favor, you could put me on some manner of reminder list for next year's festival. As I'm actually relatively close, I'd love to attend.
I greatly appreciate the time you took commenting.
Cheers.
I guess I am a "do nothing".
I use Twitter mostly to promote my posts and see what other people are writing about. I don't go around adding everybody like a tool-bag. There is actually a plug-in or program where you plug in parameters and it will actually befriend people that meet your criteria on Twitter. I've never used it but I have the site and the program saved...just in chance.
I guess I am a "do nothing".
I use Twitter mostly to promote my posts and see what other people are writing about. I don't go around adding everybody like a tool-bag. There is actually a plug-in or program where you plug in parameters and it will actually befriend people that meet your criteria on Twitter. I've never used it but I have the site and the program saved...just in chance.
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