Complain all you want that Twitter is just a platform for people to share TMI about their personal lives. But that's what Twitter was for early users, until recently.
Who remembers the good ol' days (a whole year ago) when Twitter was just a place for your friends to hang? You'd have 20 friends, all of whom you have daily interactions.
Twitter is now used for a myriad of reasons. My favorites:
Job searches and posting resumes. It's probably the only reason some college students are on Twitter.
Giving free stuff. @punchpizza in the Twin Cities area does it right. This small, delicious business gives away free pizzas to its over 1700 (!) followers. I went to claim mine last Friday only to find the line ended down the block. Way to go smarties.
Tweeting for a Cause. Most of us remember a few months back when David Armano helped out a good friend by asking others to donate via Twitter. It still amazes me what can be accomplished when complete strangers band together.
Tweeting just to tweet. Twitter humbles us all. The mindless daily comments and interactions somehow bring us all together and remind us we're all still human. Ashton Kutcher is about to be the first to 1,000,000 followers. I'm still trying to find his "added value" through his Tweets but all I found was this:
So keep in mind, Twitter can be anything to anyone. Last time I checked, the only restriction Twitter gave us was to stay within 140 characters.
And just for fun...
1 comment:
Congratulations - coming up one your one year twitter-versary.
Most pre-Gen Yers still don't really get it. We just know we "have to do something" with it cuz everyone's talkin' 'bout it.
I think there's an opportunity there somewhere..........
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