hi, twitter is far more then a social networking and communications
network. if anything, i would say thats what a lot of people make it,
and send out pointless tweets. but, its a huge source of instant news,
and communications around the world. for example. i get breaking news
on twitter, sometimes hours ahead of anybody else.
and yes, a lot of companies are using it, for several perpuses. one is
as a quick info release format, where it can penitrate a huge area.
lets say i get an update about a game that i think looks good. i can
retweet it, {forward it for those that don't use twitter}, and then a
mate of mine who has me on his list says, wow, that looks good. so he
retweets it on, then 5 friends of his do the same.
you can see where a company can hit a much grater possible userbase this way.
also, companies are using twitter, to get there users feedback to
ideas, and get sigestions as to what the users want in a product. so a
games company might say, tell me what you think of us including a key
to check how much health you have.
these are just examples, but thats where the power is.
and as has been stated, you only need follow those accounts that
interest you. its a microblogging site, and some will use it to
communicate stupid things, and some, like me, for the most part, do
not, and just use it as an instant communication between companies,
users, and news sources, and so on.
hope this outline of how i use twitter helps.
best regards
dallasOn 06/08/2011, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > that's very true when it comes to wrestling or a given company, but it often > seems a lot of individuals, even those who do interesting stuff otherwise do > put a lot of rubbish on their feeds. > > i for instance know several authors of great podcast fiction which I > regularly download and listen to, but if you read their blogs, only about a > quarter is related to their books and other work, and from what I've heard > twitter feeds are worse. > > As I said, okay if your really social and sort of generally interested in > someone's everyday life, but to be brutally honest not me. > > Then there are the follow and friend fanatics, people who just seem to spend > most of their time trying to get millions and millions of friends or > followers. > > i may well have to look into twitter if more companies go for it, though i > probably will use it only in a limited way even then. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
