I love how corporations see people gathering and having fun and their first thought is: “Egads! How can I market to these people?” (I bet they really think the word ‘egads’)

The fact that they’re still thinking in those terms means they’ve missed the boat.

I also find it interesting that large companies automatically assume they aren’t spamming you, cause they are a big important company, not a fly-by-night organization trying to sell penis enlargement.

They don’t “get” that the reason people are gathering in these places is to AVOID such messages.

If a bunch of corporate suits come to Twitter, I won’t leave, I just won’t follow them. And I’ll block them if they happen to stumble upon me and think: “Gee, that Zoe Winters chick, bet we can market to her! Score!”

(Not that they would think such a thing.)

FB is looking a lot like twitter too. and starting today at 23:01 you can have screen names)

Good read!

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-Rob

But I do love the RRTheatre…however, I can’t keep up with it. Too many posts and then too many responses, so I just usually check in occasionally for a good laugh.

I think it’s easier to understand that if you use an API like TweetDeck instead of a web browser interface. The API updates automatically, as opposed to requiring regular refreshes to see new Tweets. And that can make a conversation move very swiftly.

Like I said, jane_l keeps getting put in TwitterLimbo during RRTheatre, which is incredibly annoying.

LOL. You mean 50 communications back and forth an hour…including YOUR tweets and anyone else who responds to you.

Now I get it.

Call me slow.

The way I use Twitter is a lot more like chat than Facebook. I’m carrying on conversations, retweeting interesting stuff, and so on, with a group of people who come and go as they like.

And jane_l regularly exceeds the limit during #RRTheatre. Which, as we all know, is one of the best things about Twitter.

The limiting factor is worrying — how will new accounts stretch their legs? get involved?

And, with the wonderful “word of mouth” harnessing that twitter is capable of, we are all in touch and creating networks of people with similar tastes/interests/careers/and or hobbies… what a better way to discuss life, the universe and everything!

Thanks for your insightful post.

~Ashley (@wiremamma)

I maybe write 10 in a DAY at most. That’s it.

I get your point, but personally, I don’t see any ‘normal’ Twitter users writing more than 50 tweets an HOUR, do you?????

Maybe I’m not using Twitter right. LOL.