The Story of the Twitter monster – Web 2.0 Genius

31 March, 2008, 7:18 pm

So I use twitter.  I think I have made that clear in some previous posts.  Myself and about 10,000 other people are enamored with this tool…. that’s not to mention the millions of others who use it, but just don’t see its full potential.

A tweeter I follow goes by the name “Patrickcurl.”  Patrick wrote a blog post tonight suggesting a sort of meme where commenters would have to subscribe to one another’s RSS feeds, then follow then on twitter, then post a blog.  Simple enough, but it goes beyond that.  This will work – and don’t miss this because

… Here is the significant thing you must realize…

Twitter has the ability to boost subscriptions and community in minutes not hours! Did you know that news of the last earthquake in China was on Twitter before it was on CNN?  It’s true!  Did you know that it is more profitable to watch twitter than the news if you really want to know whats happening at the next convention?

I was going to put together a political blog – until twitter made that whole concept obsolete!

So what Patrick has demonstrated with this excellent new tool is that using web 2.0 tools in a revolutionary way means employing these with ingenuity! You see, following the crowd makes you – well – a good employee.  Now I know that not very many of you who read this blog really give a rip about being a good employee do you?

You want to be sharp, you want to stay ahead of the game – you want to use the tools you have to create something.  Take an example from Patrick who took something that was there (Twitter) and used it to create something that wasn’t (more subscribers).

Check back.  As soon as I hear how this worked out I will let you know.

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