Comments on: Oh the Humanity (of Twitter) http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/oh-the-humanity-of-twitter-155/ by James Socol Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BIGGBYbob http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/oh-the-humanity-of-twitter-155/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 BIGGBYbob Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:49:51 +0000 http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/?p=155#comment-1976 The difference b-tween all these and me....is that: 1. I am the actual CEO and co-founder of BIGGBY COFFEE 2. I do all this myself 3. it's a real conversation with one person 4. I love making friends 5. I love having fun anybody can tweet me anytime...but right now I off to GR...btw I'll tweet all the way there :) www.biggbybob.com The difference b-tween all these and me….is that:

1. I am the actual CEO and co-founder of BIGGBY COFFEE
2. I do all this myself
3. it’s a real conversation with one person
4. I love making friends
5. I love having fun

anybody can tweet me anytime…but right now I off to GR…btw I’ll tweet all the way there :)

http://www.biggbybob.com

]]> By: James http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/oh-the-humanity-of-twitter-155/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 James Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:45:15 +0000 http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/?p=155#comment-1944 You're exactly right. I think your <a href="http://alecrjohnston.com/social-media-14/" rel="nofollow">last post</a> was spot-on for offline social networking, and the same rules apply in online social networking. You don't gain influence in the Twitter community just by speaking, you have to listen and engage. You’re exactly right. I think your last post was spot-on for offline social networking, and the same rules apply in online social networking.

You don’t gain influence in the Twitter community just by speaking, you have to listen and engage.

]]> By: Alec http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/oh-the-humanity-of-twitter-155/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Alec Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:31:51 +0000 http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/?p=155#comment-1943 First, thanks for mentioning me. More importantly, though, I want to say that this is something I've finally realized in the last couple weeks. For quite some time, you were praising the virtues of Twitter, but I didn't get what the point of it was. I had my account and said something every now and then. But, I didn't really treat it as an ambient info stream. Granted, you won't see any immediate benefit from being active online, if you think you have something worthwhile to say, say it. Everyone has opinions on what matters to them. Find other people who want to discuss those topics that matter to you, and join in their discussions. You can't treat Twitter as a provided service. Instead, take an active part in it. Communicate with people interested in the same things as you. I don't want to write a very lengthy reply here, but I am planning on touching on a lot of this stuff on my blog post next week. Alec www.alecrjohnston.com First, thanks for mentioning me.

More importantly, though, I want to say that this is something I’ve finally realized in the last couple weeks. For quite some time, you were praising the virtues of Twitter, but I didn’t get what the point of it was. I had my account and said something every now and then. But, I didn’t really treat it as an ambient info stream.

Granted, you won’t see any immediate benefit from being active online, if you think you have something worthwhile to say, say it. Everyone has opinions on what matters to them. Find other people who want to discuss those topics that matter to you, and join in their discussions. You can’t treat Twitter as a provided service. Instead, take an active part in it. Communicate with people interested in the same things as you.

I don’t want to write a very lengthy reply here, but I am planning on touching on a lot of this stuff on my blog post next week.

Alec
http://www.alecrjohnston.com

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