Comments on: Twitter is something you’ll never understand, so stop trying

By: text messaging

text messaging — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:53:06 +0000

You are somehow correct. Twittering is like informing the “public” of your what, how and when in a jiffy: meaning in short term just like in text messaging. Keeping in touch should not be hard to understand but somehow, twitter has this “secret” way of mingling with its followers.

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Twitter: Making Stories of Identity « Scrawled in Wax — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:27:30 +0000

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Thu, 01 May 2008 22:09:52 +0000

[...] I’ve blogged here before, I’ve given up on trying to explain Twitter. I know how I use it and why I like it. But, as [...]

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Iciou Week 7 « Unique-Frequency — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:51:18 +0000

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By: Marina Martin

Marina Martin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:32:15 +0000

Great post!

I agree, Twitter’s hard to explain in general terms, but I’m having more and more success when I can give individuals a specific example of how Twitter would be useful to them. If you work at a non-profit, I tell you about the Frozen Pea Fund. If you’re a programmer, I point out that you can slap your problem PHP code up on PasteBin.com, tweet the link, and get at least a few other PHP gurus to take a peek. If you’re new to town, Twitter tracking is a great way to meet locals. And so on.

I combined a number of these examples into a blog post here: http://ohtwitter.com/blog/just-what-is-twitter/

Just today, someone in Seattle needed a ride to the tow truck yard, and I saw their tweet and was able to help out. Didn’t quite save a life, but I agree, it’s only a matter of time — if it hasn’t happened already.

By: Christian Grantham

Christian Grantham — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:19:13 +0000

OK, what’s a Twitter in 140 characters or less? I just can’t read more than a tweet’s worth. Tweet!

By: chantelle oliver

chantelle oliver — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:21:29 +0000

Thank you all day for this post. I need a category of ultimate tweet for it.

By: Holiday Grinch

Holiday Grinch — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:04:33 +0000

I like twitter, but it took me a while to get it. It would be great to be able to tweet separately with multiple “groups” (for lack of a better word). Maybe you can and I haven’t figured it out. I guess you could use different names, but that’s not the best option.