Comments on: A Corollary to “Tweets and Flaps” http://www.diannewrites.com/2009/06/30/a-corollary-to-tweets-and-flaps/ writer, teacher, traveler Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dianne http://www.diannewrites.com/2009/06/30/a-corollary-to-tweets-and-flaps/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Dianne Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:57:35 +0000 http://www.diannewrites.com/?p=1332#comment-122 As you, too, allude to, I have this intuitive sense that there are some good, worthwhile uses for Twitter. But it can easily become information overload - particularly when it's of the "look at me" variety. Mostly, I think it comes down to a question of the quantity/quality of individual posts. Less is more, in most cases, don't you think? I saw your haiku posts for National Poetry Month - they were a lot of fun!! As was all the other poetry stuff, links and what all that went on that month. Thanks for stopping by. See you in VT! As you, too, allude to, I have this intuitive sense that there are some good, worthwhile uses for Twitter. But it can easily become information overload – particularly when it’s of the “look at me” variety. Mostly, I think it comes down to a question of the quantity/quality of individual posts. Less is more, in most cases, don’t you think?

I saw your haiku posts for National Poetry Month – they were a lot of fun!! As was all the other poetry stuff, links and what all that went on that month.

Thanks for stopping by. See you in VT!

]]> By: david e http://www.diannewrites.com/2009/06/30/a-corollary-to-tweets-and-flaps/comment-page-1/#comment-121 david e Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:06:03 +0000 http://www.diannewrites.com/?p=1332#comment-121 I picked up Twitter for National Poetry Month with a goal of Tweeting an original haiku a day (I exceeded that by averaging nearly three a day) and that was fun. Since then I have found it best at the type of "microblogging" that is just people posting links to things they find interesting. I'll post the occasional musing of my own, and maybe read others, but I'm mostly using it as you have mentioned, another pointer to the vast wealth of what the internet offers. I do find there's a certain "look at me" element to Twitter that leaves me cold, but I can also see how it can be used to galvanize people politically (as recently with Iran) or for promotion and publicity. I picked up Twitter for National Poetry Month with a goal of Tweeting an original haiku a day (I exceeded that by averaging nearly three a day) and that was fun.

Since then I have found it best at the type of “microblogging” that is just people posting links to things they find interesting. I’ll post the occasional musing of my own, and maybe read others, but I’m mostly using it as you have mentioned, another pointer to the vast wealth of what the internet offers.

I do find there’s a certain “look at me” element to Twitter that leaves me cold, but I can also see how it can be used to galvanize people politically (as recently with Iran) or for promotion and publicity.

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