Yes it’s official! People don’t get twitter, proven by Google. Same thing happened when a few of my friends started to tweet. They registered an account, send out a few tweets and stopped there. Then few of them told me that they don’t get twitter and asked me what is the point of twitter.
My responds?
1. To engage and make friends.
Without a doubt twitter helped me to make tons of friends that I’ve learned so much from. One of them is Diana who is known as @adamsconsulting on twitter. I’ve learned so much from her by talking to her via DM. Diana is not the only one though, in my one year of using twitter, I’ve met so many other fantastic twitterers who I’ve the up most respect for and learned so much from.
2. To Learn
I did elaborate about this above. Twitter is a fantastic place to learn so many things. One can learn just about anything, from the most basics which is learning to engage with another human being to learning to blog. I’ve learned tons from a friend of mine @gloson who is a 11 years old blogger. He taught me a lot about blogging on twitter and on his blog. Recently I learned a thing or two about wine from @glitterglitzer. Of course I learned a lot from other twitterers as well.
3. Have a laugh
If you have built relationships with people on twitter, you will have tons of laughter coming your way. I’ve gotten my share of laughter’s from twitter from great friends like @ctk1 who is someone I enjoy having fun with on twitter and @sung_h_lee who made fun of me a while back, by sending me a costume of an Elmo which I photoshop my head onto that picture .
4. To relax
Being a student, some days I have a busy schedule, therefore I don’t online very often, however once I online on twitter I’ll receive warm tweets from friends and people that I’ve just met. It really relaxes me after a long day of classes.
Of course this is not all. There are so many other benefits. There are business deals and so on if you make friends with the right people. The thing about twitter is you’ll never know who you’ll meet and that is the fun part of it. Another thing is, if you don’t engage the people and continue to have a one way conversation, you’ll never benefit much.
My advice? If you’re really busy and don’t really have time to tweet much. Spend 5 – 10 minutes everyday reading about others and engage or retweet their tweets if you find them interesting.
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Hey Aaron! Thanks so much for the mention! I had really fun on our wine drinking philosophie tweet session (try say that 10 times fast). (^_^)
I totally agree with your post. None of my Swiss friends are on Twitter… Not a single one. Today I chatted on Facebook with a friend and he told me exactly what you wrote. He opened an account, didn't get it and now he does not even remember his Twitter name… Among my friends I'm some kind of strange creature liking Twitter.
But maybe in the Switzerland case it is cultural. I also noticed that my friends from other countries use Facebook totally different. Alot of sharing and commenting going on, lots of laughing and teasing… The Swiss are somewhat more serious. I enjoy the talks and laughs (and yes my LOLs are genuine… Sometimes I can't even stay on the chair) so I guess my heart is not Swiss… LOL
You're welcome! It is my pleasure as I did learn from you. I am pretty sure your heart is Swiss! LoL! People here don't use twitter much as well. They prefer facebook than twitter while I use the combination of both =)
Thank you for the comment and spending time commenting here.
~hugs~
~AL
Oh my gosh, what a great post !!! I'm so honored and humbled that you mentioned me. Thank you so much for taking the time to do that! I agree with everything you've said and we are such a close family on Twitter, it's wonderful. You are like the brother I never had. ~hugs~
What i mention is true, I've learned soooooo much from you. ~hugs back~ Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment Diana,
You're like a sister I never had too LoL!
Now you have big shoes to fill! kidding
Always learning and laughing with you my friend! Great post and..I think I “get it” 😉 #HighVelocityHuuuugggg for good measure 🙂
Thank you Gina for stopping by and commenting!
I've learned a lot from you and had tons of laughter and TONS of hugs
haha.. nice one aaron! Yes most of people dont get twitter… maybe the “twitter languages” seems confusing to them
Lol – good post my man. Still if they don't get it, it leaves more space for the rest of us….
Thats very true! I was thinking is celebrities has influence that as well LoL
Thats so true! makes it more peaceful for us? LoL!
Hi Aaron, what a great post! Thanks for sharing that and for helping people to understand that Twitter is actually a social network! It's good to bring the 'social' back into this, specially in a time when most people don't seem to understand the balance between the marketing-focused tone and the social/community tone on their tweets. We need to be engaging in conversations that aren't always self-centered or focused in trying to sell you something!
Thanks for spreading the Twitter Love!!! Great stuff!
@Analoback x
What a pleasure and honour to be mentioned by you Aaron, I always look to certain people when I am on twitter, I love to laugh and be entertained and you are always one of my favs.
Diana aka @adamsconsulting is one of the most entertaining gals on twitter, I highly recommend everyone follow her…I think she is genius.
For anyone who does not get twitter, and I know there are alot of folks out there, my strong recommendation is to start engaging…you will never be able to develop relationships if you don't put yourself out there and connect with people who share common interests.
I have met amazing people on Twitter and you would be surprised at the number of Power Tweeters who will engage with you if you simply give them the opportunity.
I love Twitter, and I am proud to call Aaron a “TwitterFriend” ~hugs and smiles
Bravo Aaron for understanding Twitter and using it as beautifully as you do!
As you are my business partner it's probably biased of me to tell you that you ROCK!
Thanks for including me here and you know I feel the same 🙂 Everyone included is “a fabulous awesome” —
So true that Twitter can be sooooo many good things and IS sooooo many good things.
Then of course maybe people who “don't get it” don't like “good things” ? hahaha
woot woot woot
Imagine: a hundred-or-so years ago you had used a telephone and liked it and then visited neighbors to tell them about this amaaazing new technology. How many would be getting it? Augment your rave with a spontaneous pencil drawing. How many would get it?
Back home, feeling fatally failed, you call one of your few friends who got it and already has a telephone, to lament your fate among apparent blockheads. As your friend hears with whom you talked, he exclaims, “I know A! Get him on the phone! Now!”
As you meet A again you wise up and only tell him his friend B wants to talk to him. “Where?” “At my place. Get your shoes on and come over.”
Will he get it if you hand him the receiver and beam at him, “for you!” Will he know to say even, hello?
So, how do you get A to talk to B who is invisible, yet patienly waiting to hear his friend?
then you
I don’t get it. Probably never will. I don’t understand it’s purpose. I am a tech guy, CCNA, MCSA working as a network engineer. Have several tablets, smartphone, gaming PC..I dropped cable TV for streaming services (Netflix, Hulu)..so it’s not like I don’t understand technology. I just don’t see a purpose of Twitter or why I would want to use it