Roland Perry wrote:
In article <4a4f6ef5.9030...@gmail.com>, JC Dill
<jcdill.li...@gmail.com> writes
What I'm trying to anticipate is the objection to *also* posting to
Twitter, which might be raised on the grounds that it's too
"unofficial", or "unsupported" or something like that.
Anyone who makes that argument is just showing how little they know
about Twitter.
So that's 98% of the population then...
We aren't talking about the general population. IMHO anyone in Network
Operations or NOC management who doesn't know about emerging and cutting
edge communications is in the wrong job or the wrong industry.
It would be like complaining you shouldn't use email because "not
everyone has email".
But email has become respectable, although I still see "people who
know better" starting speeches with 'of course, ten years ago none of
us used email, but now....' which shows they are very late adopters
themselves.
How many of them are running Internet Networks?
It's this richness which confuses the ordinary person.
That's a lot like saying Perl is too complicated for the ordinary
person so never use Perl. :-)
You are confusing the tool with the platform.
Twitter is a tool just like Perl. You can reach twitter from any
browser, and most mobile phones.
How are they to know which bit of the scattergun approach is the
right one to use? Or whether "posting everywhere" has some hidden
disadvantage.
You can configure it and use it however YOU want.
Again, that's about the platform called posterous. How can I explain
to the School Board that posterous has enough credibility to be used.
You explain that it's a tool. You configure it and then you give a
demonstration. Send a post, then show them how users who keep up with
local news will find the info depending on what channels they use most
often to get important info.
Even easier, you make an email address on your system that is an alias
to posterous. So they send to "p...@schoolsystem.edu" which .forwards
out to posterous, which posts to the school blog, myspace, facebook,
twitter, and any other system you configure. Show them how a radio
station can retweet the info and then announce "to get info on school
closings, follow us on twitter at...." and everyone can send the info TO
the radio station and get the info FROM the radio station quickly and
easily.
I don't think it has. All they ever hear about other Web2.0 like
Facebook and Bebo is how dangerous they are for kids.
Sheesh. Cars and bikes are far more dangerous for kids than Facebook
and Bebo. That's why kids are taught the rules of the road, to always
wear bike helmets, to always buckle up in the car, and they get driver
training.
But I'm beginning to think that finally maybe Twitter has the right
profile for this application.
Again, why limit yourself? Use all the tools available.
jc
