Twitter

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Originally Posted by lashbear

Besides, who needs Twitter when we have the Soooo thread ??

I had the same thought here a few months back.

I use Twitter a lot. I get updates on basic things, plus use it to promote my own blog. I know a lot of others that use it for promotions or alerts. Yesterday while in LA I was able to get some information just by asking the cloud a question.

Sean Bonner wrote a good post on how he uses Twitter (and it has links to other Twitter based articles)
The LA Fire Department uses it to alert of fires, and used it a lot when we had the wildfires.

Nano-blogging or Micro-blogging as it has become known as is the way things are heading. While message boards are fun and informative, the on the fly conversations and events seem to be catching on.

While it is having its growing pains, I think it will survive. I wrote a post on my blog about it yesterday in fact. The only other one I use regularly is Brightkite

Once more GPS enabled phones are out, I think location based social networking (like brightkite) will really take off. It also helps with the geo-tagging of pictures and events.


I know a lot of people who are frustrated with Twitter, but also know too many people to try and get everyone on another service. And posting the same updates on multiple services gets really old to those who follow you on multiple services. I have tried others.
Each of them has its own purpose.
Pownce is good for sharing files and music, but not as good with the text updates.
GO!TeamInternet is just too much to set up and doesnt seem fluid to me.
Even the new ones like Plurk are bound to run into issues as they get more users. I really don't like the feel of it either.

To follow me on any of those, check the link on my site under "Social Networking"