Gail Nelson
Remember reading blogs using an RSS reader? I do. That was my everyday practice before I shifted more of my social media consumption to Twitter. This past weekend, I cozied up to my Google Reader for a good long time, and explored a surprisingly deep Twitter backlash. Who knew?
Silly
Check out this short animation from SuperNews called “Twouble with Twitters.” (I found it on the Murphy’s Law blog). The plot: a twenty-something guy tries to persuade his twenty-something co-worker to join Twitter. It doesn’t end well. While the first twenty-something implores the second to “twitterstand,” the unconvinced co-colleague asserts that Twitter is about “randomly bragging about your unexceptional life.” (Funny, and partially true.)
Cluttered
Brian Solis has announced Friendfilter, a Twitter plug-in. You may use it to preview the profile and usage statistics of potential followers and determine if they are worth your time. It’s a form of white-listing – although receiving excessive tweets is self-inflicted form of spam, the downside of cultivating a large following. The way I see it, Friendfilter could also help power Twitter users (@gail_nelson is not one) to avoid hanging out with the less popular kids.
Superficial
In a theme he’s been building over a few posts, Robert Scoble (the Scobelizer) compares the nature of Twitter (public) with Facebook (private), and tries to figure out how each of these free services will structure advertising fees. The personal details users are willing to share on Facebook signal purchase decisions that make advertisers salivate, Scoble asserts. People don’t tweet with the same depth, making the Twitter audience less valuable.
Addictive
Well, I’d better get this blog post off and uploaded so I can get back onto Twitter and tweet about it.
