Aug
4
2009
Twitter matters, even if you don’t
I’ve only been using twitter regularly for a few months now, prior to which I didn’t see the value in all that noise and inconsequential nothing that seemed to clutter the twitterverse. I didn’t really care what you ate for breakfast, or that you just took your dog for a walk, or any of the million other boring things you do in life that you feel the need to broadcast to the world. It was only after a month (or so) of disciplined use that the value became clearer to me.
It comes down to a few things really:
- The whole is greater than the sum of the parts (i.e. Trends give twitter value)
- What people say in your network are probably more valueable than what you say, so retweet what matters
- It’s so easy, even a celebrity can do it