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social media megaproject: twitter

January 21st, 2008 · 17 Comments

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good monday, everyone!twitter

many of you know how much i like twitter, the social media site. (if you’ve never been there, go visit here; if you’re looking for me there, you can find me here.)

that’s why i’m really happy to be one of the hosts in my friend vivien’s social media mega project over at inspirationbit. i’m going to be hosting the twitter part of it (and actually also the LinkedIn part, over on alphablogs.)

sidebar – what is social media?

social media incorporates the online technology and methods through which people can share content, personal opinions, swap different perspectives and insights into world issues and generally discuss the evolution of media in itself.

social media website content can come in many shapes and forms:

text - text is often used to put across opinions or write blog posts
images - images and photos can display anything from holiday photos to shots by professional photographers.
audio - social media lets you create podcasts for users to download.
video - video sites mean that you’ll be able to record a video of your child’s birthday for friends all over the world to see.

(thanks to big mouth media for this definition)

in this group writing project, each hosting blogger hosts a section of this project dedicated to one specific social media site. then all participants will join forces by putting together all the pieces to publish what vivien calls the “ultimate list of resources on social media sites.”

so … do you have experience with twitter? share with us how you work and play with twitter. here are a few ideas:

how do you integrate twitter into your blogging, work and/or life? what are your good or bad experiences? how would you compare twitter with other social media sites? what do you and don’t you like about twitter? how did you benefit from becoming a frequent user? what secrets have you learned?

tell us about it!

here are the guidelines:

  1. write a post on your blog about twitter.
  2. contact me with your name, email and a permalink to your post. if you don’t have your own blog, you can always write a guest post on my blog, or simply send me your thoughts by contacting me in person.
  3. once i collect the links from all participants and publish them on my blog, you can write another post and link to either all or only your favourite articles by other bloggers.
  4. you can contribute one article per project/site. you are more than welcome to visit other participating blogs that host projects dedicated to the different social media sites we are talking about and take part in those projects by submitting your articles about other social networking sites.

    5. here are two more guidelines, added after talking to a few more people:

  5. if you want to submit an article that talks about more than one social media site, that’s fine, but you can only submit it once, to one host.
  6. if you’d like to submit an article that was written in the past, please make sure that the information is still current, and please edit the article to show the link to the overall project as well the link to the host to which you are submitting the article.

the project runs until march 22, 2008. on march 24, 2008, vivien from InspirationBit will collect all the posts in one big super mega hyper article about social media. (NOTE: these dates have been extended from their orginal february dates.)

and if you’re curious what other social media we’re looking at, here is the complete list. if you have experience with any of these sites, please write about it and submit the post to the respective blogger.

Tags: blogs of note · the net

17 responses so far ↓

  • 1 inspirationbit // Jan 21, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Hi Isabella. For some reason your pingback from this blog ended up in my Akismet spam. Glad I noticed it there and de-spammed ;-)

    I have to confess - I never used twitter, don’t even have an account there. I will however create one and try contributing my thoughts about Twitter to your project. Good luck with it! Can’t wait to learn more about Twitter from you and your readers.

    inspirationbit’s last blog post..Social Media Mega Project

  • 2 Sameer Vasta // Jan 21, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    I’m a bit of a Twitter fiend, so I’ve sent you a message with my Twitter-related posts. Looking forward to seeing the results of this project!

    Sameer Vasta’s last blog post..Reading is not dead, despite Steve Jobs?insistence

  • 3 isabella mori // Jan 21, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    nice to meet you here, sameer! what’s your twitter handle?

  • 4 Sameer Vasta // Jan 22, 2008 at 6:27 am

    Ah yes…I’m at http://twitter.com/vasta

    Sameer Vasta’s last blog post..Reading is not dead, despite Steve Jobs?insistence

  • 5 Jonathan // Jan 22, 2008 at 8:41 am

    Isabella

    You may want to consider adding a service such as ooVoo to your list (http://www.oovoo.com). It’s an online video and/or text based telecom service.

    The thing is that it’s free, easy to use, and lightweight. It allows for six people to talk at once. People are forming their own little talking groups right now. Here’s one example:

    http://agcommunications.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/the-afrosphere-is-making-headlines-and-oovoo-is-keeping-us-connected/

    There are so many different types of applications for this. Yes, I’m doing some work for them, but I do hope you see what I’m saying here.

    Jonathan’s last blog post..The Social Media Press Release Hits SMPR 2.0

  • 6 simon // Feb 1, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    A little mini series I did on twitter

    http://www.yeepage.com/twitter
    http://www.yeepage.com/twitter-following
    http://www.yeepage.com/twitter-tweaks

    simon’s last blog post..Free E-book on Creating Niche Websites using Wordpress

  • 7 Matt // Feb 8, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    Nice post. I’ll definetly have to check out twitter. I’ve been a big fan of LinkedIn and if you haven’t checked it out look at Stanford’s Itunes university on their main page. They have a class taught by the founder and its really interesting to hear his thoughts on internet networking. Definetly a good listen!

  • 8 isabella mori // Feb 8, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    thanks for stopping by, matt!

    so … interested in participating in this project and writing something about LinkedIn?

    thanks for the info on stanford itunes. will go and check it out.

  • 9 Karen Zara // Mar 21, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    Hello Isabella,

    Here’s the permalink to my submission: http://a1-fan-fun.com/twitter-may-not-be-for-everyone/

    I told you I’d submit an article to your GWP. ;)
    Karen Zara’s last blog post..Interview With Raivyn From Idiot’s Guide to Blogging

  • 10 Warhammer Online // Aug 7, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Thanks for the overview, I have never used Twitter much, I might check it out now.

  • 11 C. Laeuse // Aug 9, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    You are a real twitter fan:)

  • 12 Ryan // Aug 17, 2008 at 1:55 am

    I love twitters too. Found this blog post great!

    Ryan’s last blog post..?Don?t Worry Be Happy?

  • 13 Tyrone // Aug 18, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    Twitter is really a great idea to make humans closer

    Tyrone’s last blog post..Theme Edits For Our Users

  • 14 Professional Web Design Company USA // Oct 26, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    I am a newbie still not very well aware of aspects of Twitter. Does it help in anything else apart from networking and following people on Twitter? I am not motivated enough to use it though, and am quite irregular in logging to my account.

  • 15 isabella mori // Oct 28, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    hello PWDCU (do you have a name?)

    re “help” - i just had a great experience. i was remembering a book i had read a long time ago and could recall only very, very few details. i asked the question on twitter and within a few hours, i had the name of the book.

    i’d say follow a few people and spend a few days really reading what they have to say. if it doesn’t speak to you, maybe it’s not the right social medium for you. just like linkedin, facebook, stumbleupon etc., i really believe it needs to be something that you WANT to do. otherwise it’s like going to aunt frida’s birthday party when you really want to be at a night club :)

  • 16 Professional Web Design Company USA // Oct 28, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Hi Isabella,
    Thanks for motivating me by giving guidance. I would surely do what you have suggested.
    Oh yes, I do have a name- Sonali.

  • 17 stayressingapore // Nov 3, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    i like twitters

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