Comments on: Twitter – What’s more important? Conversation or Collectors? http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/2009/04/twitter-whats-more-important-conversation-or-collectors/ A Running Commentary from the Web 2.0 Tech Scene Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:22:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kathy http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/2009/04/twitter-whats-more-important-conversation-or-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Kathy Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:07:27 +0000 http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/?p=348#comment-1612 Thanks for your comments. I'm wondering if Twitter really will change, as some of the media are speculating, after Oprah and "all the soccer moms" (don't yell at me, that's what the NY Times said!) join Twitter. It seems Twitter will on the one hand be about real-time alerts on your favorite celebs - an IM version of People Magazine - and on the other hand it will be a place to meet, talk, learn, and connect. I think we're at a pivot point - it's fun to have a front seat to all of this. I wonder what impact this will have on "web 2.0" as whole.. Thanks for your comments. I’m wondering if Twitter really will change, as some of the media are speculating, after Oprah and “all the soccer moms” (don’t yell at me, that’s what the NY Times said!) join Twitter. It seems Twitter will on the one hand be about real-time alerts on your favorite celebs – an IM version of People Magazine – and on the other hand it will be a place to meet, talk, learn, and connect. I think we’re at a pivot point – it’s fun to have a front seat to all of this. I wonder what impact this will have on “web 2.0″ as whole..

]]> By: Graeme Thickins http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/2009/04/twitter-whats-more-important-conversation-or-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 Graeme Thickins Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:58:57 +0000 http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/?p=348#comment-1611 you're right, Kathy - this is sick... oh, by the way, all you hundreds of thousands out there right now reading this, please follow me: www.twitter.com/graemethickins :-) you’re right, Kathy – this is sick…

oh, by the way, all you hundreds of thousands out
there right now reading this, please follow me:
http://www.twitter.com/graemethickins :-)

]]> By: Wardell http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/2009/04/twitter-whats-more-important-conversation-or-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Wardell Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:03:16 +0000 http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/?p=348#comment-1610 I've asked the question before, what is the point of having a large following on twitter if those following aren't really interested in what you have to say? I think twitter will remain a place for creating connections, and sharing ideas and conversation as long as there are people who want it, but with the growth it's experienced it has inevitably become even more things to a larger more divers audience. I’ve asked the question before, what is the point of having a large following on twitter if those following aren’t really interested in what you have to say?
I think twitter will remain a place for creating connections, and sharing ideas and conversation as long as there are people who want it, but with the growth it’s experienced it has inevitably become even more things to a larger more divers audience.

]]> By: Adena http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/2009/04/twitter-whats-more-important-conversation-or-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Adena Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:45:55 +0000 http://www.consortpartners.com/blog/?p=348#comment-1609 Twitter is about all of the things you mentioned. When I joined, I joined to connect with some interesting people. It eventually grew into wanting a lot of followers, but not necessarily for the reasons you mention. Just in pure logistics, it's hard to find people on Twitter. Ultimately I want to follow all of my followers. But having more followers means that you're putting out interesting tweets, and people want to read them. You can still connect via @ if you're not following each other. If you want to be able to read your twitter stream and having meaningful tweetrelationships with anyone in twitterland, you have to limit the people you follow. For people like Kutcher, he can't follow back all a million followers. As far as the race to have the most followers, yea, it's a popularity contest, but that's not a surprise. Almost everyone on twitter is there to promote themselves or their brand. And in any sort of PR/Advertising, eyeballs is everything. So who can blame any of us for trying to get more followers? Twitter is about all of the things you mentioned. When I joined, I joined to connect with some interesting people. It eventually grew into wanting a lot of followers, but not necessarily for the reasons you mention. Just in pure logistics, it’s hard to find people on Twitter. Ultimately I want to follow all of my followers. But having more followers means that you’re putting out interesting tweets, and people want to read them. You can still connect via @ if you’re not following each other. If you want to be able to read your twitter stream and having meaningful tweetrelationships with anyone in twitterland, you have to limit the people you follow. For people like Kutcher, he can’t follow back all a million followers. As far as the race to have the most followers, yea, it’s a popularity contest, but that’s not a surprise. Almost everyone on twitter is there to promote themselves or their brand. And in any sort of PR/Advertising, eyeballs is everything. So who can blame any of us for trying to get more followers?

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