Twitter

So, a comment or two about Twitter as social media. I would address other sites too, but then this would be way too long and tedious to read through. Although, I don't get "people buying" you on Facebook? What is that? Someone wanted to buy me the other day and I didn't know what to do with that?

Anyways....back to the subject at hand.

I have been trying to stay abreast of any and all newness on the web in relation to "new fangled" sites. I always try to surmise if there is any business use which could come from any of the social sites. All three mentioned above have provided tools and contacts that are becoming integral to how I do business and communicate.

Twitter--this could be an addiction if one is not careful. I have to limit myself to its exposure, because there are many fascinating people with fascinating links to all sorts of information out there. I wasn't sure what would happen after the election, it appears everyone has moved onto plenty of other topics.

I can Twitter from my phone, my car, my bathtub, I can Twitter anywhere at any time! Woohoo!

One thing that bugs are the people, who upon meeting them, do a lot of self-promotion: Check out my blog, try my products, eat my corn, fill out this survey, blah, blah, blah. I like the idea of getting to know people somewhat, try and establish a relationship before we go from "A to Z".

Another bug...
Others who think after two tweets and a common love of music that it is grounds for dating! I gave up internet dating when I realized how much I hate it and to do it based on 140 characters? Nah uh, no way!

Other than that, there are people who entertain me, in fact there is now a Chuck Obama, which has to be one of the funnier ones, to go with God, Santa Claus, Captain Obvious, Smartasshat, and some other comedians. There are people I learn from on Twitter too.

There are people with amazing blogs and shitty blogs. The ones with the crappy blogs, believe they have written the bible on what they are selling. They are someone who has obviously not been told they may want to investigate another way to communicate.

I enjoy the ones who post items to better my day, there are the poetic "good mornings and good evenings" from one such Twitterer, the positive affirmations throughout the day from another, the links to all sorts of fulfilling content for your mind and soul from yet another guy in New Zealand and the list goes on...

If I want anything right away politically or I am looking to improve my business, I don't have to look beyond Twitter. Plus so many people in all different industries are there. You have Al Gore, Lance Armstrong, Our newly elected president, news anchors, etc... all on board.

It is a cool community, except of course now the advertisers are starting to encroach in obvious ways, which are pissing lotsa people off. Hopefully, that will fail and we can go back to twittering away.

Although I am sure Twitter needs to find a good revenue stream to sustain itself in the long run.

I am glad to be a Twitterer meeting new people everyday, the only complaint as your list grows so many awesome messages get lost in the crowd. But, you can't stop its like being a kid in a candy store. I can't wait to see where it all leads!