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THis has been an interesting read..I also love Twitter..for me..it’s just simply addicting and fun…also the people there are mostly friendly and helpful..^^

Thanks for this nice post..I will follow you in Twitter when I signed in back tomorrow…^^

Joy
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Good for you! Twitter is the BIZ. I am a total convert. I’ve landed guest posts and made great connections–true online networking at its best. And of course, I enjoy following you on Twitter.

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Thanks all for reading, commenting, and giving me such a warm welcome!

@Paul I believe you’re absolutely right on the notion you can build a stronger community with blog + twitter, since a blog is your open portfolio. However, you don’t need to have your own blog in order to have an open portfolio. I am a case in point. Plus, the speed with which you can communicate will directly affect the speed with which you can network. Blogging twice a day probably can’t quite compare to twittering 60+ times a day.

@Joy Thank you so much ^.^ I definitely agree, Twitter is way super helpful =)

@Seduction Twitter is your “all birds in one shot” service. All the things you mentioned, “linkbaiting, researching topics, analytic research for further topics, networking with others, guest blogging” – all of that is only bolstered by using Twitter. You can 1. linkbait by letting people know you posted about them or posted something that might interest them, 2. research topics by polling your followers, 3. conduct analytic research by polling your followers or asking for resources in Twitter, 4. network with others more rapidly than any other service 5. get guest blogging gigs through your Twitter network =)

@Michael Hi Remarkablogger! I really enjoy following you too ^.^ So useful =D Thanks for the luv!

@Jim Flattery will get you everywhere ;P Haha ^.^ It’s really hard to detail every way I’ve benefited from Twitter – and just can’t imagine why someone wouldn’t use it to promote themselves!

I love twitter. I just started using i-lights in connection with twitter and it rocks. We are encouraging members of our kayak club to sign up for twitter accounts. Twitter will allow us to communicate weather cancellations or spontaneous midweek excursions. I also started using Jott, will let you voice post to your Twitter account. Those who fail to take advantage of Twitter are missing the boat.

The problem with twitter is that the service is down more often than it is up. Imagine if you wanted to write a blog entry and your server said “not now — I’m overcapacity yet again.” Then 10 minutes later, same thing; 30 minutes later, same again.

Ultimately, a 140 character thought becomes a struggle against the system that is twitter.com.

Imagine if you went to Google to search for something only to find out it was down. Not once in a blue moon, but daily, hourly. Just how long will you use something like that?

Using twitter is an act of pure frustration. I am ready to jump ship for anything more reliable.

Right. Considering the 300,000 jobs of writers et al out there, if I got a $2000 freelance job after wasting my time checking in like a house-arrest inmate? Jobs have been and always will be secured by proper networking and more personal meetings.

Twitter isn’t a professional’s tool, it’s a toy. It will get old, and people will move on. Twitterphiles may love the “Me me me me,” next step in a world where self-importance rules all, but that’s why Twitter too, will be replaced.

I would never use twitter to hire for my business, and I write. If you get hired by it, good for you. It isn’t something I’d hold my breath over, jobseekers.

KW

Use LinkedIn. Much better than twacker or whatever it’s called.

“The problem with twitter is that the service is down more often than it is up. Imagine if you wanted to write a blog entry and your server said “not now — I’m overcapacity yet again.” Then 10 minutes later, same thing; 30 minutes later, same again.”

I AGREE COMPLETELY!!! This was posted in 2008, well I just started using Twitter 2 days ago. Can’t get a simple profile setup due to issues pointed out to them months ago. STILL NOT FIXED.

I’m done with this service, Twitter Sucks!!!!

Think Twitter doesn’t suck? Your wrong. Here’s why.

There are too many idiots on it. “I’m putting the lid down.” “I’m dropping my pants.” “I’m sitting down.” Do these people want to have a stalker? Is that why they do that? Or are they just idiots?

The biggest problem is the 140 character limit. That is not enough to say anything meaningful. Youtube has a limit of 500 characters for comments on videos and sometimes thats not enough. A normal blogs, email and instant massaging can do the same thing as twitter but your not limited to 140 characters and they can do it better.

Thats not to say that Twitter can’t be good. They need to increase the limit to at leas a 1000 characters but normal blogs, email and instant massaging will still do the same thing but better.

After a while all those who love twitter will see its huge flaws and twitter will die. But of course by that time Google would have bought it for a billion dollars.

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Twitter is for people with an overinflated sense of importance.
Get over yourselves . . . NO ONE is that important!!!
Why would I care to read a running commentary of every moment of your life – minute to minute thoughts, what movie or TV program you just watched, or what you had to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner – WHY, WHY, WHY.
Twitter is a soapbox for people to shout from – unfortunately no one really cares what you have to say, they only care about what they have to say – it’s a pointless social utility for people with an overinflated sense of importance; egomaniacs, if you will.
I’ll say it again, Get over yourselves . . . NO ONE is that important!!!