My fascination for Twitter started a month ago when i heard that Oprah was going on Twitter..Being a fan of new technology I immediatly logged on twitter page and tried to get some grasp out of this new upbeat social networking device. Alas, i only got far enough in my search as to register a username and tried to follow a twitter page, but i frankly didn't get the point, which lead me to close the page and move on. Until few days ago, where i met someone who uses Twitter and is ecstatic about it.. again, i poked him with info and asked how he was using twitter and why it was such a cool thing..
Basically, Twitter is a social networking tool where you can post anything that you are interested in. You can Follow other twitters, and they can follow you. Anyone can be on Twitter.. i just discovered that Obama and Madonna are on Twitter. It is a bit similar to SMS'ing, the difference is that anyone can read your "sms" as it is available for all. you can twitter a topic, and get real-time info on the matter. If the information is of importance to you and you would like to share it, you "re-twit" it (as in forward it). The info is exponentially spread through the web.
The interesting part is when someone uses Twitter from his mobile for example during a disaster. He can send a Twit from his phone thus reaching people must sooner than any news channel. Amazing and fascinating.
Today i read that people can be ranked as most influencial Twitter - as to how many followers they have (1,6 million for actor Ashton Kutcher /married to Demi Moor), and how their tweets are interesting to others.
Another interesting fact is most new users of Twitter quit after few weeks... time will show if Twitter will be the next best thing...
Twit.. twit...
