Comments on: The Dangers of a Twitter Tsunami http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/ The World of Twitter and Microblogging Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa Quinn http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Lisa Quinn Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:39:13 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1068 Twitter is the hot topic right now. Overnight it exploded into a social phenomenon, allowing people to send and receive messages in a real-time fashion and to a wide ranged audience. Our social media forum is constantly evolving and reinventing itself, so what exactly should we be expecting next? I suggest checking out how eZanga ( <a href="http://www.eZanga.com" target="_blank">http://www.eZanga.com</a> ), a search engine that specializes in pay per click advertising, has remodeled social networking with their recently launched site, <a href="http://www.HopOnThis.com." target="_blank">http://www.HopOnThis.com.</a> HopOnThis allows its member to win cash and prizes by social activity on the site. Could this be the next best thing to hit the social media circuit? Twitter is the hot topic right now. Overnight it exploded into a social phenomenon, allowing people to send and receive messages in a real-time fashion and to a wide ranged audience. Our social media forum is constantly evolving and reinventing itself, so what exactly should we be expecting next? I suggest checking out how eZanga ( http://www.eZanga.com ), a search engine that specializes in pay per click advertising, has remodeled social networking with their recently launched site, http://www.HopOnThis.com. HopOnThis allows its member to win cash and prizes by social activity on the site. Could this be the next best thing to hit the social media circuit?

]]> By: Ian Hendry http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Ian Hendry Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:00:27 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1065 The problem is that Twitter's popularity is in spite of itself. The potential in Twiter gets more obvious the more you use it. For for those new to it, it's hard to make good use of; it's only once you find and follow the Twitter pros that you can see how it should be used, which is nothing like you are encouraged to use it when you first find the website. If Twitter could organise itself better -- or even organise the microcosm of third party apps which give it power -- than many more people would get how its best used faster and a lot of the experimental stuff and useless rooky postings would disappear. Ian Hendry CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ <a href="http://www.wecando.biz" target="_blank">http://www.wecando.biz</a> The problem is that Twitter's popularity is in spite of itself. The potential in Twiter gets more obvious the more you use it. For for those new to it, it's hard to make good use of; it's only once you find and follow the Twitter pros that you can see how it should be used, which is nothing like you are encouraged to use it when you first find the website.

If Twitter could organise itself better — or even organise the microcosm of third party apps which give it power — than many more people would get how its best used faster and a lot of the experimental stuff and useless rooky postings would disappear.

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
http://www.wecando.biz

]]> By: Finance Geek » Understanding Twitter’s next phase of growth http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Finance Geek » Understanding Twitter’s next phase of growth Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:26:25 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1064 [...] a teacup, as you can get round this problem by using different search techniques.  Further as Twitterati points out this is a ‘quality problem’ that can be innovated around: All these problems [...] [...] a teacup, as you can get round this problem by using different search techniques.  Further as Twitterati points out this is a ‘quality problem’ that can be innovated around: All these problems [...]

]]> By: lousagar http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 lousagar Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:10:33 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1055 Good example for "best practices".....on twitter...thank you for that comment Good example for "best practices"…..on twitter…thank you for that comment

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Mark Evans Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:01:59 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1052 You make a good point. There are many "thought leaders" who use Twitter to talk about things that few people have any interest in - e.g. whether they're going to Starbucks or what cute thing their child did at the park. You make a good point. There are many "thought leaders" who use Twitter to talk about things that few people have any interest in – e.g. whether they're going to Starbucks or what cute thing their child did at the park.

]]> By: The Dangers of a Twitter Tsunami | Twitterrati | My Maine http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 The Dangers of a Twitter Tsunami | Twitterrati | My Maine Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:36:42 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1051 [...] You can read the full story here. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] You can read the full story here. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: warzabidul http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 warzabidul Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:16:45 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1048 Here's a little hint. Stop following people who don't use twitter conversationaly. That will make twitter far more interesting once more. Here's a little hint. Stop following people who don't use twitter conversationaly. That will make twitter far more interesting once more.

]]> By: Lou Sagar http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Lou Sagar Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:12:51 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1045 Unquestionably, the noise rises as the popularity increases..the digerati need to now focus on applications to provide context for getting a new generation of professionals to encourage executive leadership to put social media tools to work. to innovate, practice, train, and hire....thank you for a great post. Unquestionably, the noise rises as the popularity increases..the digerati need to now focus on applications to provide context for getting a new generation of professionals to encourage executive leadership to put social media tools to work. to innovate, practice, train, and hire….thank you for a great post.

]]> By: Codevprojects http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Codevprojects Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:01:33 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1047 Why not address the issue at the source? Sure you can make tools to filter and organize, which is a good idea at any rate, but why don't the twitterati lead by example and set a cultural direction that emphasize increasing the signal to noise ratio? I don't care what Dave McClure or Jeremiah Owyang ate for lunch, I want to know what they're thinking and that's why I follow them - they don't bombard followers with trivial tweets. If more people took this 'focus on quality' approach, potentially going with a slower rate of tweets but with more quality, Twitter might make more sense to more people. Why not address the issue at the source? Sure you can make tools to filter and organize, which is a good idea at any rate, but why don’t the twitterati lead by example and set a cultural direction that emphasize increasing the signal to noise ratio?

I don’t care what Dave McClure or Jeremiah Owyang ate for lunch, I want to know what they’re thinking and that’s why I follow them – they don’t bombard followers with trivial tweets.

If more people took this ‘focus on quality’ approach, potentially going with a slower rate of tweets but with more quality, Twitter might make more sense to more people.

]]> By: Posts about Jon Stewart as of March 15, 2009 » The Daily Parr http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Posts about Jon Stewart as of March 15, 2009 » The Daily Parr Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:39:56 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/03/15/the-dangers-of-a-twitter-tsunami/#comment-1044 [...] and will work on less distasteful and exhorbitant ways to compensate their staff in the future The Dangers of a Twitter Tsunami - twitterrati.com 03/15/2009 Over the past few months, the Twitter bandwagon has been getting [...] [...] and will work on less distasteful and exhorbitant ways to compensate their staff in the future The Dangers of a Twitter Tsunami – twitterrati.com 03/15/2009 Over the past few months, the Twitter bandwagon has been getting [...]

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