Archibaldo wrote:Why is everybody so behind?
Celebrities are using twitter because it's the "cool new thing" so everyone follows. It's just like music. You have bands that don't have a wide fan base then all of a sudden EVERYONE listens to said band.
Amanda Palmer has been using Twitter a lot lately. Promoting shows, giving away tickets, taking requests, organizing get togethers. At SXSW she twittered (tweeted? twat?) about having a pillow fight, and 25 people showed up w/ pillows. So for some people, it's a usefull tool. Mostly for people who have a reason to be followed. If I were to join Twitter, no one would care beacuse "sitting on my couch watching tv" is not a reason to follow me.
Biz Stone was on the Colbert Report the other night talking about Twitter. He said he thinks the reason it's been big with Celebrities is it keeps them in touch with the fans and lets them tell people directly what's going on, instead of the tabloids.
For me it's pointless. I have not signed up or subscribed to any Twitter feeds because I don't want my phone going off evey five seconds telling me someone's making a sandwich. I have certain sites I go to for my information and when I want it, I go get it. But that's just me.
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Something good that came out of twitter: My fiancee found some dude who is hardcore pretending to be in a zombie apocalypse. He updates it frequently about where he is, and getting supplies, and who is with him or who has died and all that. This is really neat, because it's like a story that keeps going, and not the average "Just got to work" junk.
Oh man you gotta post a link to that. That actually sounds interesting enough to read.
Yeah I can't find it, so I'm going to do one myself. Sounds like something I would enjoy doing.