Comments on: McKinnon: Twitter has jumped the shark

By: Tyler Hurst

Tyler Hurst — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:10:18 +0000

Oh, and it’s “hear hear”, not “here here”.

By: Tyler Hurst

Tyler Hurst — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:09:36 +0000

If you don’t get twitter by now, you’re doing it wrong.

Why are you writing a blog post about something you don’t get?

By: Joe Zlomek

Joe Zlomek — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:27:33 +0000

Twitter’s usefulness? Well, for one, it obviously it offers promotional exposure. An @azbizreporter tweet brought me here from a half-world away (OK, so Pennsylvania’s not that far …).

Twitter also gives our readers (of a community news blog, The Sanatoga Post) a way to send us a heads-up on hyper-local stories of interest. We’ve published three articles in the past eight days that came in from reader tweets. It’s a modern-day whisper in the managing editor’s ear.

By: Anders Ramsay

Anders Ramsay — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:07:06 +0000

Well, I was going to post a comment about how I both agree and disagree with the idea that Twitter has Jumped the Shark, but ended up instead writing my own blog post about it.
http://www.andersramsay.com/2009/03/04/twitter-useless-life-saver

Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Twitter - useless life-saver — Anders Ramsay.com

Twitter - useless life-saver — Anders Ramsay.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:04:08 +0000

[...] I’m about to post a response as to why I both agree and disagree that Twitter sort of has Jumped The Shark of late, when I happened to take a gander at Digg and came across this fine piece of ironic [...]

By: John McElhenney

John McElhenney — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:50:22 +0000

It’s all social media folks. Use the tools how you like. Tweet, ReTweet, email, IM, Facebook, comment, but engage. If your tweets are a stream of nonsense then I will un-follow, unsubscribe, vote-down, de-link, slam, flame, subvert. If you provide content of value to MOI, and only MOI, then I will follow, ReTweet and champion your ideas. And perhaps we will begin turn our words into a conversation. But I don’t care how you reach me. I do care that you reach me. So reach me, follow, subscribe, aggregate… oh, hell, whatever.

Of Note: How can the AdAge badge below make sense? It’s a Power150 badge yet it says this blog is ranked #501! Isn’t that like WAY BELOW 150? I’m sure I’m missing something. Would someone social media me and let me know what that means? Thank you.

jmacofearth

By: Kim M. Bayne

Kim M. Bayne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:48:42 +0000

Oh, and get this. Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, reported that a missing skier in the Swiss Alps was rescued this week with the help of Twitter and an iPhone. Yes, there was a sad not to that story, but I still think Twitter has won its case.

By: Kim M. Bayne

Kim M. Bayne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Like many things on the Internet, people either “get” it, or they don’t. Two years ago I blogged about potential business applications for Twitter (http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/03/48-hours-in-twitterland.html) and since then, Twitter usage and applications have far surpassed my expectations. Want to track the first seeds of a breaking news story? You’re likely to see it tweeted in real time by someone on the scene. I can’t think of a better way to communicate to a group of people than this Web-based version of text messaging. Remember the SuperBowl/Comcast embarrassment this year? I tweeted my reaction in real time as I sat in front of my TV, and sent my concerns directly to a Comcast employee who hadn’t yet heard about it. If you want answers, insights or are just plain curious about people and the world in general, then Twitter fills that need.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:31:05 +0000

I agree with everyone’s comments here; particularly that twitter is like THE SM University where one can seek out his or her own favorite “professors”. I learn new things every single day that I participate in twittering.
And as far as you gaining followers daily, Len – that is an extremely high form of flattery. My guess is that those new followers see you as a person with good ideas and valuable opinions and therefore, are following you in hopes that they will learn something from you sharing your thoughts and experiences.
I do agree that we should “fall back in love with conversation” but isn’t this exactly what is happening right here? For me, now that I work at home and have only a four-month-old to converse with all day, I think of twitter as my virtual office. Yeah, sometimes the “water cooler” chatter is irrelevant and pointless but more often it is meaningful, insightful and entertaining all at once.
I just don’t see twitter dying off anytime soon. Peace, tweeps!

By: Dani

Dani — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:43:59 +0000

I’ve fallen in love with Twitter, and fallen in love with the real conversations I have in real life with the people I’ve met via Twitter.

If it doesn’t work for you, fine. But don’t say that because YOU don’t get it, that it’s a failure or pointless mental masturbation. That’s not a fair assumption, and way off the mark. A little objectivity can go a long way.