You’ll always notice that of the 5,000 followers that a social media expert has that about 5,000 of them are also other social media “experts”. Like any good Ponzi scheme the lead zombies make a living feeding the aspirations of the worker level drones who parrot their every tweet. It’s high time we decimate this self replicating undead Borg army!
European companies say the social-networking tool is a time waster. “Just had a cup of our Guatemala Casi Cielo … It means ‘almost heaven’ in Spanish,” a Starbucks manager wrote in a recent Twitter post.
how can a social network that depends on millions of 140 character statements help someone in the real world?Well, the possibilities are endless. From having someone local bring you a tank of gas when you’ve run out, to shacking up with a friend on a conference excursion, here’s a list of ways how Twitter can help.
Twitter is a great service, but that doesn’t mean it’s not lacking in some areas. We take a look at all those places Twitter leaves much to be desired.
Twitter is great for traffic, but just how great it is, well, you’ll never really know. Why not? You’ll ask. Well, the only traffic you’ll see coming from Twitter is traffic that comes through Twitters web interface. And most people I know don’t use the web interface, they use desktop and / or phone clients.
1sockchuck writes “Web sites and social networks are scaling up for huge traffic during today’s Inauguration. Photo sharing sites are expecting a surge in volume around the noontime swearing-in, while Twitter has doubled its capacity. Some net watchers say peak volume may not match the record levels seen on Election Night 2008 (as reported by Akamai’s Net Usage Index). As noted yesterday, DC-area wireless networks are the most likely bottleneck for messaging and photo sharing. “
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Individuals that are tech savvy have learned that you seem to be able to receive breaking news updates via Twitter faster than you can your local and national news sources. This is due to fast, quick messages which can be delivered by individuals witnessing the events first hand instead of waiting for a news reporter to pick up on it.
twitter writes “Four years after Steve Ballmer vowed to kill Google, Wired details Microsoft’s, AT&T’s, and big publishers’ ongoing slog. The story is filled with astroturfers, lobbyists and others spending millions to manufacture FUD about privacy and monopoly in order to protect the obsolete business models of their patrons, who are mostly known for progress-halting monopoly and invasion of privacy. Their greatest coup to date was preventing Google from rescuing Yahoo.”
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Twitter…what is it good for? It turns out this little service is good for a whole lot of things, despite the loud objections of people who’ve never really …
Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida posts the first photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on Twitter from his iPhone.
