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Originally Posted by jamestl2  So are you saying this is why most people join? Because it's a fun and social experience for them?
I agree about the blogs, lengthy and valuable are usually better in the long run, depending on the subject, but Twitter seems even shorter than short blog posts. It's just a sentence of random thoughts (which you would have to be near a computer, log into it, and type away anyways) So it's not like you can record every single cool thought you have every our of the day.
Now I'm not a big fan of criticizing social tools I've never used before, as I don't know everything about it before trying it out, but I just don't see the point behind telling total strangers what I had for breakfast this morning.
I suppose if others could convince me why or persuade me with a practical reason to use it, it wouldn't sound so dumb, and there's more to the concept than just what's been presented to me. |
I couldn't speak for other people, I am only me. However, being the bit of a hedonist that I am, I don't usually do things unless they are fun. Twitter is fun.
Theres plenty of uses for Twitter, but I see it as a branding tool mainly, and a way to keep in contact and interact on a meta level. Plenty of times I come up with quips and insights that wouldn't do well as a 2500 word blog post. In fact, don't always want to be long winded, but I also don't want to use up blog posts for tiny updates and little things. So I am using that on my blog as almost my mini blog.
I also only just signed up, so I haven't really started leveraging it. I do love how I can Tweet from my phone.