If you are ever invited to explain Twitter to someone obsessed with its celebrity aspects or apparently mundane subject matter, here are some suggested responses from the Twittersphere:
paulbradshaw: I’ll be on BBC Radio WM tomorrow c8.50am talking about Twitter with @flupton – suggestions for fielding celebs/mundanity angles anyone?
about 8 hours ago
MediaCoach: Twitter is like a big party. Sometimes celebs wander in, and people flock to them. But the lasting value is business contacts
about 8 hours ago
technicalfault: celebs self-promoting..? mundanity – human face that lubricates interaction?
about 8 hours ago
ourman: I think twitter will split – the celebs and The Sun readers will go one way – the rest of us will continue on as we are
about 8 hours ago
fayedavies: you know you’ll get asked…….’So….what’s the point, who would want to know?’……
about 8 hours ago
richardrooney: Anything (football, decorating, amateur dramatics) looks “sad” and self-obsessed from the outside. Twitter is no different.
about 8 hours ago
BeardedMagazine: Wonderful independent music magazine increasing web traffic three fold since utilising it? Now knocking on 2000 peeps/day…
about 8 hours ago
freedomclothing: ah, but do you tweet about ethnic minority issues?
about 6 hours ago
[...] …and here are the suggested responses to questions about Twitter’s apparent uselessness: paulbradshaw: #bbcwm Any suggested answers to this one? RT @tweehee isn’t it a waste of time? about 7 hours ago Tue Feb 17 13:53:08 +0000 2009 Joner: re the waste of time thing – when is communication *ever* a waste of time? Is a letter? an email? a conversation? #bbcwm about 7 hours ago Tue Feb 17 13:54:55 +0000 2009 Sn1per: Anything can be regarded a waste of time if you choose to waste it instead of using it constructively. #bbcwm about 7 hours ago Tue Feb 17 13:55:01 +0000 2009 SamShepherd: it’s only a waste of time if you’re using it to waste time. about 7 hours ago Tue Feb 17 13:56:28 +0000 2009 Written by Paul Bradshaw – Visit Website [...]