[LINK] USDAFoodSafety is using Twitter.

[Stilgherrian]

On 30/03/2009, at 10:07 AM, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
> I do not consider myself old fashioned, but I am slow to adopt  
> technologies that appear
> to be redundant.   Twitter doesn't bring anything to (my) table  
> except more online
> pesterisation.

You're missing the key point that what you see "on Twitter" is  
determined by who you choose to follow -- just as what you experience  
"on the telephone" is determined by who you call and who calls you.  
But I don't want to compare it to the telephone too much, because the  
analogy soon falls apart and ultimately end up missing the key  
differences of things like Twitter.

If Twitter doesn't "bring anything to your table" (or, conversely, if  
you have nothing to bring to the table via Twitter) then don't use it.

Twitter doesn't actually make any sense if you just look at it from  
the outside. I reckon that you have to start using it and explore it  
before there's the penny-drop moment. And I reckon that happens when  
there's maybe 50 people in your network.

Stil



P.S. "Is a statement like 'I do not consider myself old fashioned,  
but...' akin to statement which start 'I'm not a racist, but...'?  
Discuss." [ducks]


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