Comments on: Finally – I see a reason for Twitter

By: josh909

josh909 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:37:02 +0000

i’m constantly amazed by people who, when the subject of twitter is raised, roll their eyes and then proceed to inform everyone that they’ve been online for so long they can’t be bothered with gimmicks.

in my opinion, twitter and social networking in general are far from gimmicky. whilst others may not be yet convinced of their importance in the evolution of online trends, if nothing else, twitter serves as a useful tool (used in conjunction with things like RSS etc) to publicise and attract traffic to your own blog whether it be personal or commercial.

By: Leona

Leona — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:24:47 +0000

I too have all sorts of accounts all over the place.. and then i need something to remind me of all my details for these a/cs.. and something else to organize my bookmarks of all the a/cs … and keep track of all the new posts and cool stuff out there.. and sync my iphone.. and.. how oh how oh how are there enough hours in the day?

By: electric firefly

electric firefly — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:43:25 +0000

for those people getting frustrated / struggling to update their status on all the various social networking sites, try http://ping.fm/ – you can set it up to update all (or alternatively a selection) of your pages (eg. twitter, pownce, brightkite, facebook, myspace, plurk, linkedin, delicious etc) via the web page, IM, email.

(i’m not associated with ping.fm )

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:08:20 +0000

I have opened accounts too but I honestly can’t see how people find the time to plurk and tweet .. real life has to take precedence here too…till the kids are old enough to open the fridge and make themselves lunch and pour a drink without trashing the place.

By: Serge

Serge — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:15:15 +0000

I was also amazed by twitter’s popularity and still don’t consider it a useful tool, although I’ve seen some cool stuff recently that can be done using twitter in combination with other services.
… and I did open an account with them myself.

By: Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:33:27 +0000

I like intermittent twittering. I just struggle to get too enthused on a daily basis. I really like the idea of it, unfortunately my real life intrudes.

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:35:03 +0000

Liz Strauss also did a post today about using social media for good http://www.successful-blog.com/1/the-real-world-social-media-heroes-list/ It’s not something I’ve ever really thought about & now two posts in one day… Of course, it makes perfect sense after reading about it.