Comments on: Writer Doesn’t Get Twitter

By: Harrisburg Web Design

Harrisburg Web Design — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:55:59 +0000

I see three things happening in that space right now.

1) People only posting the mundane details of their life – I don’t care if they are eating a bagel either.

2) People that think social networking is re-iterating the news, posting retweets and links to their PR clients websites. Boring.

3) People that tweet more about Twitter than anything else. Many are still in the ‘enamored’ phase. I find myself doing it. Remember when bloggers blogged about blogging more than most other subjects? Now it has matured and you don’t see that much. Twitter will get to that place when the medium matures.

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By: Meryl

Meryl — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:01:40 +0000

@Stephanie, I’ve learn that people use twitter in many ways. It’s just those like Mr. Pitts who don’t yet realize it.

@George, ya got that right my feller Texan!

@Karen, that’s right — my deaf accent disappears and I can enjoy a Texas accent instead

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:39:13 +0000

Meryl, you point out something very valuable that many miss about Twitter. It is an equal access communications platform. Yes it is a social networking medium but one that allows everyone to participate. On twitter, accents are wiped away as we chatter away in 140 characters. Unlike face to face networking it does not matter what you look like, what you’re wearing or any of the other superficial judgments we make – it’s all about the content. Yes, some of that comment is chatter but small talk is a part of human interaction. I am not sure why people find that so distasteful when it’s the water cooler chatter about weather, what we had for dinner or what happened at the gas station that allows us to build relationship through connecting on shared experiences.

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By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:25:26 +0000

Meryl,

I do like this post a lot because I can completely relate. I joined Twitter last fall, but I didn’t use it, didn’t get it. (Who the heck cares that I’m eating breakfast?)

Ultimately I did decide to give it a go after the account languished for a couple of months. Once I decided to give it an honest go, I found benefit immediately.

Now, I’m following about 850 and have about 875 following with almost 3,400 updates! I’ve met fantastic people and the referrals to my web site build every month.

It is so worth whatever effort is put into it.

Cheers

George

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By: StephanieInCA

StephanieInCA — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:17:40 +0000

I completely agree that most folks who like to dump on Twitter are, basically, using it wrong. It’s not social networking; it was never meant to be.

http://urbzen.com/2009/03/30/in-defense-of-twitter/