Heather Hates Twitter

I've noticed, in the past two weeks, that my Twitter page which has been completely neglected for a year is now regularly linked to by people who want to follow me.
Venus de Micro has also noticed this Twitter explosion and she is not pleased.

Twitter! You have got to be kidding me! I know some perfectly nice and otherwise smart people that have their twitter feeds show up on their facebook page. 34% tell you what the person is having for a meal, 23% tell you about where they are traveling or what airport gate they are at. 100% are mundane/boring/totally unnecessary.

BL Ochman disagrees

Lots of people laugh at Twitter, call it a waste of time and worse, and, that's just fine with me.

While they're laughing, I'm learning, listening, meeting, and enjoying a global view of an endless flow of creative thought - 140 characters at a time.

If you're a marketer and you're not on Twitter, you're missing an important way to understand and participate in social media.

And here's an interesting tip:

Robert Scoble wrote yesterday that the secret to Twitter is to "follow more people than follow you so that you constantly get a new stream of ideas, events, stories."

Twitter has become a:

- major source of business news
- quick way to find out what's important today
  and what interesting people find interesting
- source of live blogging from conferences
- an excellent source of experts
- a place to build relationships through common interests
- direct access to business heroes
- a place to (selectively) pimp my blog posts
- an international IM platform
- a place to take a break

Comments

[MN Headhunter]

I did not get Twitter the first two times I looked at it. But three is a charm. I found for me it is a great tool for further developing relationships.

[B.L Ochman]

Venus - in Twitter, everything depends on who you follow, just like on Facebook. I find Facebook a major waste of time BTW, and i have zero interest in zombie hugs or fruit pie gifts.

[Melina]

I have found twitter to be quite valuable in meeting people I might not have met otherwise (across industries and distance), hearing about new and different ideas, and getting feedback/information on a variety of topics.

-Melina