I have been having a lot of fun lately with three social-networking sites in particular: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. I’ve also been speaking about them (and more) in “Blogging and Social Networking for Professionals.” Of the three, Twitter is the one that elicits the most confusion. Why would I want to post 140-character microblog “tweets” about the minutiae of my life?
Well, if Twitter isn’t confusing enough, take a look at this video about a new service called Flutter:
Now, before you have a coronary, understand that this is a joke. I’ll admit, though, that I was over halfway through the video before I realized it was a satirical piece. Well done.
So back to Twitter. My biggest advice is this: If you can’t imagine a use for Twitter, then don’t feel you have to use it. Who knows what will come down the pike next month? Life is too short to spend it being intimidated by technology. In my own case, I post periodic tweets about the progress of my book, or whenever I make a new blog entry, or whenever it occurs to me to do so. Those who follow my tweets appreciate them. Those who don’t never know what they’re missing, and that’s fine, too.
Anyway, I saw this fun video and wanted to share it with all of you. Happy tweeting … or fluttering … or shttrng (shddrng).
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That is hilarious.