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i think twitter is a way of getting heard by others.. like im useing it for music so if others read my "tweet" they know bout my music and be rewarded in the end you know?

I wonder how many people were linked to this post via Twitter. It's not just about being narcissistic or self absorbed. It's a new and different way to share information.

For example, you could share this link, or in my case a sweet coupon I found online for AMC Theaters for a free bag of popcorn, which many people found useful.

I can see why people would or do hate twitter. I find it useful however.

My question is why all internet activities all seem to have such sophomoric names - infantile really. Twitter? Google? Face-Book? for that matter - why don't we just "write" to people? Why is it called "chatting?" I'm sick of all these cutesy names for things people do on line. Are we all little kids who need funsy titles to keep us interested and involved?

No one cares what you had for lunch or how cool you think the new book you are reading is. Twitter is for self absorbed twits that think we all give a shIt about their boring lives. Here is a clue...we dont.

I'm sick of hearing about twitter. I'm also sick of people trying to come up with a reason or definition for twitter when there isn't one. Nobody knows that it is or what it does so get rid of it and free up some of the web for meaningful things.

Tweeter... sounds like the Emperor's new cloths.

I'm a Twitter fan, but I have to agree that I have no idea what it really is:-)

It gets me confused, haha...

Hugh Macleod sure got his payout:-)

Like any social network, Twitter is as good and as useful as the people in your circle (contacts). If you don't like twitter you don't like people. Or at least you don't have the right people in your twitter circle.

Twitter is still one of the most infectious and useful because it is so simple and short (140 characters).

I log on to Twitter every day, unlike my Facebook, MySpace, or any of my other 30 social accounts.

With Twitter I can make money, discover new things, get help, give help, spend money, avoid mistakes and make mistakes.

Twitter is purely a reflection on life. But one that is manageable and productive.

I think the people who don't get twitter, think of it as a mass medium, which it isn't. It's a huge network with oodles of traffic, on the PUBLIC timeline. But only a few eccentrics watch the public timeline.

Real tweeters have 10~200 in their Twitter circle.

In that form, Twitter is incredibly useful and productive.

(There's a free course on my blog.)

Bottom line is you use the channel where your contacts are. So when you have 10 people who tweet you will join and see the power of it.

For me, and if you want to, I have found more interesting and useful people on Twitter than anywhere else. Even than my local pub ;-)

Currently it is spam and troll and flame war free, unlike forums for instance. And it's way more personal and interactive than blog commenting.

You can bash Twitter if you want. But that's simply because you have no contacts on it.

When you do, or when you want to find some, Twitter is as easy and digestable as it gets.

Why would you bash that?

And Twitter Viral is coming in about 2 weeks.

Peter

This is the Attention Economy or the 90-second economy as I call it; small snippets of information that quickly inform us and then enable fast decisions. Twitter fills a gap in the Attention Economy, both for those who seek attention (we all do to some degree or other) and those giving their attention. We operate today in "snippets of time" and this just propels that further. Twitter is both inane and insanely useful, depending on the use.

We've actually recommended it in some workplaces as being more viable than IM'ing and email for certain things...yup, Twitter as a productivity tool...http://www.intevix.com

...now how will video play into this?

Editor's note: "Jason can get a little existential sometimes..."

Mads: Not a problem to me, au contraire...

Chris: "Are we not men? Or should it be 'Are We Not Sheep!'..."

Mads: As everybody knows, sheep happens...

Jason: "Reality's difficult enough in the so-called "real" physical world."

Philip K. Dick: "Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it... "

Mads: Okay, jokes aside. I liked the article, and the impressionist angle does make some sense. If I should add a point: There are just too many possibilities out there now. It no longer makes sense only to ask if this is a good offer. Ask also if you have the time to do it well - if not, why waste your time (and ours too)..?