I've heard about this new thing called Twitter which allows you to write short posts of what you're doing so that others who subscribe to you, can message you back, and you can show the things you are doing publicly. Kind of like what Facebook does when you login, you can see the status of people and what they are doing.
It seems that everyone is Twittering, Leo Laporte, who is the host of This Week in Tech, which I listen to the podcasts, Father Roderick from the Daily Breakfast, AccordionGuy (Joey DeVilla), it seems everyone is getting into Twitter. But what is so good about Twitter? I just see as a simple chat/blog, it's nothing really new, and just see it as another distraction. What's the value of using Twitter? I suppose if I want to let people know what I am doing or what I did, instead of writing it on a blog where everyone would read it, I can only have a network of my friends see it, rather than messaging, where I have to have everyone connect to MSN.
Can someone explain to me what exactly is Twitter and how it differs than other technologies that we have? What's the value with Twitter?
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2 comments:
To me it's a very bizzare thing Alvin. Why would I want people to know what I am doing all the time. Blogging is transparent enough, why would I twittr?? bgj
Well, apparently, some people have a very short attention span, and so want to know what people are doing all the time. It's all part of the new social Web 2.0 that the new generation of internet users want and are lukewarm about. They don't care too much about privacy, they care more about how many friends I have on Facebook.
That being said, many people love Twitter. Leo Laporte uses it, even a Catholic priest by the name of Father Roderick also uses it. Can you believe a Catholic priest using this, as if he already is busy enough as a priest. Well, it seems to work for him and he loves to communicate with others, and so that's quite alright with me.
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