Twitter goes ballistic
I’m not going to back this up with any quantifiable evidence (just anecdotes from my rusty memory), but it feels like Twitter all of sudden is going mental. I seem to remember reading various industry insider views on Twitter at the start of 2008 (this is one of those rusty memories), and many people either completely discounting it, or saying that 2008 really was going to be the year of the Twit providing they could expand their reach outside of the conference attending tech herds. Well, I know which one of those predictions I think was right.
The main reason why I think Twitter is starting to go ballistic is because I’m starting to see more and more mentions of it within the main stream media. I like to spend a good few hours over the weekend catching up with the news with my favourite paper, and I think I read three separate stories within the same newspaper talking about how Twitter was being used. The favourite story I read was about two hip hop DJs, Semtex and Wale, who took their beef out on each other via Twitter after Semtex interviewed Wale for BBC Radio 1. You know your social micro-blogging tool has hit the mainstream when you’ve got guys settling scores via it.
Then you’ve also got the celebrity endorsement, coming in the form of Twitter-God Stephen Fry, who’s recently eclipsed the 100,000 follower mark. Last night he got stuck in a lift following a speech somewhere, and felt compelled to share that photo with everyone. This morning he thanked all the Tweeters by saying “thank you to all those who kept the Blitz spirit alive”. In fact, he Tweets every minutiae of his existence that it’s amazing he gets anything done.
If this widespread coverage keeps going, I’ll soon be conversing with my mum and dad via Twitter! While still on the topic of social media, I just wanted to throw out a couple of other interesting links. The first is this map of words used via Twitter during the Super Bowl, which demonstrates an interesting use of Twitter. I think I picked that up via Tim Aldiss, so thanks for that Tim! The second is a happy 5th birthday to Facebook – for all the Twitter-doubters out there, just think where we’d be without Facebook now, eh?
UPDATE
Anyone interested in Twitter can see my Jonathan Stewart Twitter feed here
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