Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
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What is Twitter? And what’s all the fuss about?
With Twitter becoming more and more popular with celebrities it is now getting some very public coverage. Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) was interviewed by the Beeb recently and explained very neatly and succinctly what Twitter was for him. He was also a guest on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (@wossy) which has helped Twitter further reach the masses.
Accordingly last week I was posed the question by my mother: “What is Twitter? And what is all the fuss about?”. Now, my mother is a bit of a luddite when it comes to computers and the internet, even referring the mouse as a ‘rabbit’! So imagine my difficulty in explaining Twitter to her!
Fortunately some of my collegues at Made By Many along with BBH labs have put together a beautiful slide share presentation on what Twitter is all about. It is released under the Creative Commons license so free to use it in any presentations about Twitter - all they ask is that you give credit where credit is due.
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Tweeter Getter - simply wrong
Yet another new app that taps into Twitter, the hugely popular micro-blogging platform, is out, this time the only purpose of the app is to increase the number of your followers. All this sounds good, you say? Not so.
Tweeter Getter claims that simply by tweeting a message generated by the site that you will automatically start following the six people in front of you in the ‘system’ and those who follow the generated link will follow you. This is supposed to cascade down as more follow the link - kind of like a pyramid scheme, only obviously with no financial investment.
All good so far, only is it? Who exactly is it that you are following and who is following you? I’ve been on Twitter for a few months now and have really enjoyed the community that I’ve found there. This is mainly because the people I’m following were selected as I found they have something of interest to say - or in some cases are simply funny and make me smile. Why then would I want to indiscriminately follow and be followed by random people who’s only interest is in gaining as many followers as possible - as if the sheer number of followers led to some some mystical knowledge. That is of course if the scheme were to actually work - pyramid schemes are illegal because only a very small number at the top of the pyramid are set to gain.
There is a lot of similar opinion out there and even some that praise the site. For me? Simply wrong.
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