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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
For those who don't know...
"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?"
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And if you were on there, I guess you'd get an update/notified when one of your friends makes an important announcement like this.
It's a headscratcher. I mean, who cares?
"If you don't have something to say, say it anyway" seems to be the philosophy.
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I'll agree with you using Twitter to update what your lunch is or that your in a meeting is farily lame. Most of the people using are guilty of this and it's very common practice that's hard to avoid, but that is not what is making twitter so different.
If you want an example of something that makes twitter useful and even applicable to Calgary go to
http://search.twitter.com and type in "yyc fire"
About six twitters in you'll find Calgary people posting (with pictures) about the unfortunate incident where the guy set himself on fire in front of the Harry Hayes building.
http://twitter.com/lance_t/statuses/1203757698
People on twitter were talking about this seconds after it happened. Providing pictures and trying to figure out what happened. The only news media that responded just as fast was the CBC and that was because they were asking people on twitter to provide information and pictures.
If you go solely by the description of what twitter is on twitter.com, you'll miss the bigger point. It's real time streaming of content (unfortunately for some people that content means talking about their lunch) and it is what you make of it.
Personally, I've used twitter to start web projects with friends in the US and Scotland. I've also used it to help organize a group to web developers group in Calgary. I've also used it ask a question to a community to get real time answers. Many of the elements that make this forum great can be used in the same vein on twitter.