50 Things Twitterers Like About Twitter!
I wanted to capture a snapshot of the Things Twitterers Like About Twitter; so I sent out a simple tweet: “Tweeps I need your help for a blog post. Answer question in 140 or less “What do you like about twitter?” your @replies will be my post! thx”
The bottum line is that Twitter is about connectedness: connecting people to one another, connecting people to products/services, connecting people to information, connecting connecting connecting.
Here is my response along with the response of 49 other random Twitterers:
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@ScottWilliams Simple yet powerful way to share, market, connect, influence, learn from, minister to, pray for & {Fist Bump} people from around the Globe!
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@kentshaffer Hyperconnectivity
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@photographerabi way to get to know people better.Makes me think more about my actions,since i generally report them to the world now.
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@amandasims In the words of my favorite musical, Rent, Twitter creates “connection in an isolating age.”
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@rebeccagood twitter helps stay connected with the people I love & respect. I also luv hearing what God is doing.
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@dustytakle It makes me feel like I really know people I otherwise wouldn’t really get to know. Take Scott Williams for example.
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@ichilly 140 clicks of love
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@streetforce Twitter lets you get straight to the point with no chaser. 140 characters or die!
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@paulmccord I love Twitter because I can send or receive information via SMS on my phone when there is no Internet available
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@GodsMac I’ve really enjoyed the impromptu chats with others after a notice on Twitter. It’s best when God speaks through our tweets.
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@mikekell Twitter makes my life a big chat room with my students.
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@mbstockdale Easy to find
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@manymeadows a good place for blog updates, prayer requests, meeting people, knowing their bidness oh, and {fist bumps}
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@rick_smith the ability to connect with so many people in “real time”- and then meeting some of those people in “real” life…
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@eduininnovation TW is intersectional. It brings people from all points geographic, ideology, beliefs, ideas vocationally – acess 2 each other
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@wading4u I love the exposure I get to such a wide variety of knowledge, information, and world views on all kinds of subjects.
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@allboutworship a place to vent and attract those who may want to stalk me. However, I haven’t had anyone takers. I guess I’m too boring.
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@MrsmichelleH415 I can track what my friends are doing or thinking about without having to call them
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@IlliniPhil I love hearing from people whom I otherwise would be unable to talk to personally.
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@joshsur Building friendships with guys like you, learning from leaders like you, and ragging people like you when your team loses
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@jaystenmanheart finding and connecting w/ like minded ppl all over the globe. Sharing and learning from others day to day experience
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@joshuawhite // the people. as I’m sitting 2400 miles from home, living with and hanging out with people I met through twitter.
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@jaysoncurlee The ability to connect and build relationship is what I love about twitter.
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@inworship far reaching relationships. That become reality.
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@princessjes i can stock u! Jk…connectedness! Im all about it.
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@benjordan Twitter is like having a team of researchers who find the coolest things on the internet for me. And they love me for me.
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@GregAtkinson Twitter helps me get a pulse on culture and listen to people.
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@tmoran777 I like twitter for the networking capabilities.
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@visionsxpressed I’m a newborn tweep as of yesterday, and I’m not sure what I like until I get my tweep feet planted firmly on tweep ground.
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@jett_forrest I like that I can help people and find people with similar interests.
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@rtbryant seeing the REAL people being REAL, sharing their day and thoughts.
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@lestyoubejudged Meeting new people and finding new perspecitves on things.
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@stephybarlow the daily devotionals and inspiring thoughts everyone shares. I really enjoy them!!
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@theresa162 what I like about Twitter is that it is a quick way to say hi, get updates, see pics, be sent to websites, read reviews.
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@jake_roberts I like how I can easily keep track of people I would otherwise have no connection with!
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@richhopkins building relationships across wide scope of locations, professions & characterizations Many Tweeters I NEVER wouldve known.
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@danscott77 connecting with fine people like you! love watching real people live real life and feeling like I’m a small part of it.
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@NickolausSmith Quick easy and fun (that’s what she said) I enjoy keeping up with people I really don’t see much….
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@AdamLehman I like connecting.
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@CaseySimplified The simplicity of it. Forces people to find ways of expressing themselves in short, sweet, and condensed “tweets”.
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@VisionSphere It Aids What Is my Real Primary Purpose of the Internet-Preacher Perception.
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@aaronalexander i love the connection. we’re meant for community, and this is a great community to be a part of.
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@mguerard I like the instant news. I like finding Christians all over the place. I like the local/national ‘community.’
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@daveingland a great way to communicate efficiently and concisely. twitter connects us to a world of people we may not know otherwise.
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@VoteMikeJones the limitations make me a more effective (precise) communicator. When you have less you need less.
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@aubreysanchez // It allows me to learn from people I would never have been able to learn from.
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@WildBillAycock in a work schedule where I don’t have a lot of community. Twitter helps me stay connected.
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@Yochanan like the fact that it makes networking & building relationships with other leaders so simple.
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@mkokc in a town like okc, it seems like twitter community has become a nice little family. People helping people. {fistbumps, too}
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@jasonstover I can actually keep up w/some of my lifegroup peeps every day, like @brandonaldson, @erryngray. Just 1 more way 2 do life!
What do you like about Twitter? Share your thoughts in general or thoughts on any of these 50 things?
Let’s Keep the list going… Share what you like about Twitter in 140 characters or less!
6 Responses to “50 Things Twitterers Like About Twitter!”
I've been twittering for about 3 months and never considered it has sooo many benefits. Thanks everyone for sharing the insight.
Accidentally sent my tweet before it was finished. lol
Easy to find & connect with those in various levels of accomplishment in different disciplines. Allows access to high profile people.
@bobray witter makes me trim the fat off what I want to say and get straight to the point without sugarcoating anything.
@konterfai I like the crazy fast communication facilities. Across the national "borders"
@benkomanpalli being able to connect with a lot of people and sometimes actually have conversations with them!
high fives on the post scott. 50 testaments to the awesomeness that is the twitter.
i like the instant conversations that come up and people jump in.
It’s a great way to get a message out quickly to people who have similar interests and beliefs.