So I’m on Twitter. Sorry.
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
Okay, I finally did it. I’m now on Twitter. I’ve actually been there for some time for no other reason than listening to others. Not too long ago, I started making an effort to issue some of my own updates: mostly relating to beer and food options in the area.
I’m not quite sure how I feel about joining the masses, but what’s done and done. You can follow me on twitter.com/mikebeattie (also linked in the sidebar).
My personal take on Twitter is that it is not a way to establish notoriety. Nobody starts following someone on Twitter because they make great Tweets. Rather, I suspect that people follow others on Twitter because they’re already familiar with them through some other medium—that person is also a notable “personality” in their particular sphere. People follow that person on Twitter because they want to feel more closely associated (or at least keep tabs on their activity and thought processes).
From the perspective of the existing “personality,” Twitter represents two opportunities: 1) to remind interested parties that you still exist and 2) to provide more content to the group of people who were interested in receiving more anyway. These are basically the people who are willing to “spend” more attention time on the additional content.
I suppose at least part of Twitter’s success can be attributed to the fact that it responds simultaneously like this to needs of existing “personalities” and the people who follow them.
The bottom line is that this site is my “other medium.”
July 10th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Just found your site….always happy to find a fellow Pittsburgher out there…great reviews!
July 11th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Thanks Julie. I’m glad someone is enjoying my reviews. I’ll have to check out some of the reviews on your site.