social networking and twitter

[Filiz Telek]

hi all!

what I find interesting about the conversation around social networking and
twitter is the synchronicity with which these mediums leap to greater masses
of people.
It was only last week that twitter came to my attention (and I am a regular
internet user, a regular on facebook too) and as I was wondering about it,
it popped up in this email list. and I joined the other day.
perhaps a little tipping point is happening for twitter?? :)
and for many of these tools which are connecting us  more and more across
the planet.

filiz

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Viv McWaters <viv at thereef.com.au> wrote:

> HI Raffi and others
>
> I've been using Twitter for a couple of years now
> (www.twitter.com/vivmcw) and before using it I could see no real
> purpose. Now that I 'follow' the tweets (updates) of 100+ people (some
> of whom I know - Hi Chris - and many that I don't) I can see real
> benefits.
>
> 1. I work at home, mostly alone. Tweets are like the background hum
> you would hear in an office. Most of it you ignore. Occasionally
> there's something that interests me so I follow up
>
> 2. People post lots of links to articles, blogs etc that I would never
> find otherwise.
>
> 3. It helps me feel closer and connected to the people I actually know who
> tweet
>
> 4. I can ask a question (especially a tech question) and nearly always
> get an immediate response
>
> 5. Southern Australia is a long way from the rest of the world. Mostly
> that's good. Twitter is an easy way for me to stay up-to-date with
> global news (and, yes, I also read newspapers and am finding that they
> are usually about 24 hours behind, but they do provide a lot more than
> 140 characters!)
>
> 6. Tweeting helps with my writing. The limit of 140 characters means I
> have to choose my words carefully and can't rabbit on (like in this
> email ;-)
>
> 7. I get to 'know' some new people through their tweets and learn of
> some really cool ways of doing things (eg a woman here in Melbourne is
> raising money for a micro-finance  scheme for women in the
> Philippines, a company gave $100 per blog post about the project as
> part of the fund raising effort. I learnt about this via her tweets)
>
> And what annoys me about twitter?
>
> 1. It can be boring sometimes.
>
> 2. I get sick of so many tech people tweeting in shorthand tech
> language that I don't understand - that's probably more of a
> reflection of the main users of twitter and the people I follow - I
> would LOVE to have a whole heap of OST people to follow.
>
> Cheers
>
> Viv
>
>
>
> --
> Viv McWaters
> Beyond the Edge Pty Ltd
> PO Box 665 Torquay Victoria 3228
> Australia
> + 614 1713 5406
>
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