This is from a newbie that's having fun with this site that's having certain people and celebrities hooked. Why I’m in Twitter and you should be, too.
Before the 123’s, the ABC’s. Twitter is for people who:
· are opinionated
· love commenting
· love sharing
· love connecting with people
· breathe stalking
Now, the rundown.
1. I am therefore I Tweet.
Admit it, you’d like the world to know you exist. Or, at the very least, you want your friends to know what you’re doing. Narcissism or because you’d like to know what they’re doing too or both. So, instead of sending a group message that you’re in this place or that, why not post a microblog instead? That way, it would have a point because in Twitter, your followers (much like friends in Facebook or Friendster) do want to know what you’re doing. After all, Twitter’s a microblog service asking you “What are you doing?” and you have 140 precious characters to tell the world. This way, you’d be spared from receiving messages like “Please spare me from your group messages. Thanks.” And/or your friends in your phonebook will be spared from unjust envy brought about your unsolicited txt.
2. Tweets at my fingertips.
I’d have to kiss technology for this. Twitter is also accesible through your mobile phone, either through wap or sms. Coz, no, not all of us have iPhones in this country. To plug, phtwitter lets you update your Twitter status for only P1.00 or for free if you’re subscribed to unlitext services. Works for Globe, Smart and Sun Cell. Sweet. With this feature, you don’t have to be stuck with your computer just to share your status. Great for outings or when stranded in a far-flung place or horrible dates. But for the internet savvy, there are tons of sites and applications that let you update straight from Firefox or even Yahoo Messenger.
3. I will follow you.
This has got to be the closest I’ve ever gotten to my first love John Mayer, or to simply geeky and adorable DJ(s) from RX 93.1. But the trick is to knowing which is their authentic account. It’s not that hard to know, though. Updates and profile pics are keys. In my account, majority of the ones I follow are celebrities because it’s not a hit among my colleagues yet. So, I can’t hop on any high school crush’s or neighbor’s brain right now. But it’ll be a hit like Facebook and make it easier for stalking, er, following.
So, what are you doing? :)