Comments on: What are we doing when we Twitter?

By: JoBee

JoBee — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:14:18 +0000

Thanks for the informative article! I also found another great twitter article here: http://lindenamueller.com/blog/2009/05/trying-t...

By: The appeal of Twitter — part XVII - - mathewingram.com/work

The appeal of Twitter — part XVII - - mathewingram.com/work — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:09:10 +0000

[...] than 140 characters). I’ve written my share of blog posts about Twitter, including here and here, and now we have a longish post from Howard “Smart Mobs” Rheingold about why he has [...]

By: Stuart MacDonald

Stuart MacDonald — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:12:04 +0000

Great points, 'thewie. And I'm frankly still on the fence with twitter, although I'm warming to it in some ways. We recently had a health issue in our family, and during that I used twitter a lot. Why? Well, I wanted to share what was going on with (mostly actual) friends and I got a lot of good karma back. This was great I have to say. Now, I also had twitter linked to my Facebook status updates, and following this incident I've broken that link (not that I didn't get some nice messages from – again – actual friends who saw what was going on that way). To your continuum point, in looking at it afterwards, it was TMI in the Facebook context, and for the hundreds of “friends” I have on there may well have been cringe-worthy, if not downright creepy. So what works on twitter, especially short, immediate, on the go stuff, doesn't work elsewhere and elsewhere might even be too much period. Of course, my twittering during the health issue might have been too much anyway, but at the time I frankly didn't care and appreciated the instant feedback.

By: johnpiercy

johnpiercy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:18:53 +0000

Im a big fan of twitter , I tend more to "follow" and grab interesting links as they appear. Im not a fulltime blogger , Im a professional firefighter of 27yrs . Ive met some tech fans such as myself on twitter .
I would also compare it to the watercooler , some use twitter productively , others like myself tend to hang around and watch . I usualy speak when I have something interesting to say .
For my photography , it serves as another connector to get people to stop in and
comment . Recently Ive met @susanreynolds through Twitter who is currently undergoing Breast Cancer surgery . http://susanreynolds.blogs.com/boobsonice/
Because my aunt is a breast cancer survivor , Susan will gain some fresh advise from someone who has walked the walk and talked the talk .
Twitter is not a cure-all for everyone , but it is entertaining and wickedly addictive .
Happy New Year
John Piercy

By: mathewi

mathewi — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:08:02 +0000

I agree, Eden. Well put.