Comments on: Why is Twitter getting popular — as of recently? http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/03/why-is-twitter-getting-popular-as-of-recently/ Director of Social Media at Digital Evolution Group, web strategist, speaker, #geek and video blogger. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: www.ramseymohsen.com - Ramsey Mohsen; web consultant, DJ, video blogger, lifecaster & internet addict. » Celebrities suck at using Twitter. http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/03/why-is-twitter-getting-popular-as-of-recently/#comment-107373 www.ramseymohsen.com - Ramsey Mohsen; web consultant, DJ, video blogger, lifecaster & internet addict. » Celebrities suck at using Twitter. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:27:37 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=162#comment-107373 [...] couple weeks ago, I blogged my opinion is the primary source of it’s popularity is because of the surge of people who already are thought influencers, large companies or celebrities — they... (e.g. Shaq, Obama, CNN, Lance [...] [...] couple weeks ago, I blogged my opinion is the primary source of it’s popularity is because of the surge of people who already are thought influencers, large companies or celebrities — they… (e.g. Shaq, Obama, CNN, Lance [...]

]]> By: DK http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/03/why-is-twitter-getting-popular-as-of-recently/#comment-99846 DK Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:15:56 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=162#comment-99846 Just dropping in to say we gave a little linklove for the mention of 'media snacking' here: http://mediasnackers.com/2009/03/the-mediasnackers-meme-14/ Peace DK MediaSnackers Founder Just dropping in to say we gave a little linklove for the mention of ‘media snacking’ here:

http://mediasnackers.com/2009/03/the-mediasnackers-meme-14/

Peace

DK
MediaSnackers Founder

]]> By: Aaron Barnhart http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/03/why-is-twitter-getting-popular-as-of-recently/#comment-98802 Aaron Barnhart Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:47:57 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=162#comment-98802 But more disciplined than a chat room. You're not just leaving anonymous comments of indeterminate length: You are constrained both by character limit and the knowledge that followers are reading. I've been doing this long enough to know that any viral technology catches on for any number of reasons. And that people invent reasons for using technology. I registered for Twitter last spring after reading Clay Shirky's book HERE COMES EVERYBODY, where he raves about it (even though it was developed WHILE he was writing his book). And then, for several months, did nothing with it. Once I realized it could serve three very distinct and different purposes for me -- allowing me to link to other people's articles, link to MY pieces, and post short thoughts that would otherwise go unblogged -- I rapidly integrated it into the life of my site. However, that integration only goes so far, and if there's something that would kill my interest in Twitter it would be a comparable service that allows portable media embedding (including -- sorry! -- advertising) and integrated into my CMS, which right now is TypePad. But for now it is a remarkably simple solution to three "needs" I've had with my blog. And my guess is that if you ask others they would have entirely different reasons why they love Twitter. That's the sign of a technology that's going to stick around a while. But more disciplined than a chat room. You’re not just leaving anonymous comments of indeterminate length: You are constrained both by character limit and the knowledge that followers are reading.

I’ve been doing this long enough to know that any viral technology catches on for any number of reasons. And that people invent reasons for using technology. I registered for Twitter last spring after reading Clay Shirky’s book HERE COMES EVERYBODY, where he raves about it (even though it was developed WHILE he was writing his book). And then, for several months, did nothing with it.

Once I realized it could serve three very distinct and different purposes for me — allowing me to link to other people’s articles, link to MY pieces, and post short thoughts that would otherwise go unblogged — I rapidly integrated it into the life of my site.

However, that integration only goes so far, and if there’s something that would kill my interest in Twitter it would be a comparable service that allows portable media embedding (including — sorry! — advertising) and integrated into my CMS, which right now is TypePad.

But for now it is a remarkably simple solution to three “needs” I’ve had with my blog. And my guess is that if you ask others they would have entirely different reasons why they love Twitter. That’s the sign of a technology that’s going to stick around a while.

]]> By: Darren http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/03/why-is-twitter-getting-popular-as-of-recently/#comment-98535 Darren Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:23:01 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=162#comment-98535 Twitter is just more fun... it's like a big global asynchronous chat room. Twitter is just more fun… it’s like a big global asynchronous chat room.

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