much of what i wanted to say abt the noise has been said :).it's all in your control.
i always try and keep track of all tweets i see.. hence I follow jsut a handful of ppl. some ppl i know treat twitter like a TV and various ppl like channels. there are always many channels on, bt u watch one at a time.. if u dont like one, u switch. so follow 1 conversation or none as per your convenience. if you know how to use it, it can really be effective. I have personally sold some of my photography work, thanks to Facebook and twitter. 2009/3/17 Sumant Srivathsan <suma...@gmail.com> > I've used Twitter through SMS, GPRS, instant message (while it worked), the > Web interface and a variety of AIR apps and browser extensions. It's always > on, along with my Gmail and work email, and I manage to keep an eye on it > without losing too much time. I love the fact that I can use Twitter on my > phone (which has a QWERTY keyboard, blessed be), and I do use it a lot on > the go. > > SNR on Twitter is quite within your control, based on whom you choose to > follow. The longer that list, the more the noise will be. Also, the > definition of noise bears revisiting on a medium such as Twitter. It's like > a thought-stream with far less filtering than an email or a blog, and the > baseline level of redundant or useless content is bound to be much higher. > > What is equally important to note is that it is an extremely responsive > almost-real-time knowledge-sharing environment. You just have to ask the > right questions (based on who your audience is). It is also extremely viral > - your answer may come from complete strangers. On the subject of blogging, > it is quite easy to toss out a tweet with a link and be done, but it also > lets you think a bit more about what you're blogging. Oh, and it doesn't > hurt as a publicity tool for your blog, either. > > And then there's all the stuff you can do as a business on Twitter. Google > is your friend. > > -- > Sumant Srivathsan > http://sumants.blogspot.com >
