Comments on: Brian Williams says what I think about Twitter http://trueslant.com/level/2009/10/19/brian-williams-says-what-i-think-about-twitter/ [Please go to 'Settings' to change your Tagline] Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:50:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Roston http://trueslant.com/level/2009/10/19/brian-williams-says-what-i-think-about-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Michael Roston Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:34:38 +0000 http://trueslant.com/level/?p=2743#comment-760 I agree with you that Twitter is a good solution to certain problems, and I'm glad that people use it toward those ends. But it's also very interesting to me how much people use it to link to other things. Or how often our contributors ask us here when we'll be able to integrate their Twitter feeds into their T/S pages. What that says to me is that for a lot of Twitter users, the format isn't really sufficient to accommodate the communication needs of a lot of people, the 'globally famous' and 'average' alike. And I also don't think I'm wrong about the Meghan McCain problem, or the other glambot celebtards who use the service. Of course, they are just dealing with a market reality - it's easier and cheaper for them to get their messages out to the world, such as they are, in 140 character streams, no longer needing to hector magazine editors and TV producers to be their go-between with their adoring publics. I agree with you that Twitter is a good solution to certain problems, and I’m glad that people use it toward those ends. But it’s also very interesting to me how much people use it to link to other things. Or how often our contributors ask us here when we’ll be able to integrate their Twitter feeds into their T/S pages. What that says to me is that for a lot of Twitter users, the format isn’t really sufficient to accommodate the communication needs of a lot of people, the ‘globally famous’ and ‘average’ alike.

And I also don’t think I’m wrong about the Meghan McCain problem, or the other glambot celebtards who use the service. Of course, they are just dealing with a market reality – it’s easier and cheaper for them to get their messages out to the world, such as they are, in 140 character streams, no longer needing to hector magazine editors and TV producers to be their go-between with their adoring publics.

]]> By: Mark Drapeau http://trueslant.com/level/2009/10/19/brian-williams-says-what-i-think-about-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Mark Drapeau Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:18:32 +0000 http://trueslant.com/level/?p=2743#comment-757 The people who have steadily embraced Twitter are Meghan McCain and Sarah Palin? Megan is fine, Sarah hardly uses it, and people were tweeting two years before they even heard of it. This is kind of a warped view. Not that Twitter is the solution to all problems, but it is the solution to some problems. Maybe Brian Williams doesn't have those problems - so what? He's globally famous and atypical. Average people have found myriad uses for this tool when used right in combination with goals and a strategy. The people who have steadily embraced Twitter are Meghan McCain and Sarah Palin? Megan is fine, Sarah hardly uses it, and people were tweeting two years before they even heard of it. This is kind of a warped view. Not that Twitter is the solution to all problems, but it is the solution to some problems. Maybe Brian Williams doesn’t have those problems – so what? He’s globally famous and atypical. Average people have found myriad uses for this tool when used right in combination with goals and a strategy.

]]> By: Jerry Lanson http://trueslant.com/level/2009/10/19/brian-williams-says-what-i-think-about-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Jerry Lanson Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:41 +0000 http://trueslant.com/level/?p=2743#comment-648 Nice piece,Michael. For a guy like me, blogging is plenty fast. Nice piece,Michael. For a guy like me, blogging is plenty fast.

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