On 2/28/10, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: > what I call the "river" or "coffee shop" metaphors. Now, I see > Twitter as a river of information, flowing past 24/7. There's simply > no way I can appreciate every drop of information, so I enjoy it when > I can -- when I have time, I stick a toe in and read what's happening. > Then, I leave the bank and let the water keep on flowing. The nice > thing about Twitter is that I can follow a conversation if I want to.
Nice analogy. I picked the bar thing because you can focus on the conversations you have with the people you came with or mingle and listen to/chime in to others'. Then there's the memes - which I guess would be like playing music in the bar? I dunno where I'm going with this. But yeah. it definitely is a river. If you ever want to peek in and monitor what's going on in the twitterverse check out a site called tweetgrid.com - you can set up several search criteria and watch as the tweets come in and out for each. It's great during events like the Oscars or news events like the Tsunami yesterday.
