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Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

Cynthia Clinton — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:41:47 -0000

I loved the article, but I think you gotta be Rick Butts to ask a question and get a lot of answers lol. Hardly any of my questions get answered on Twitter. Perhaps I've become the Goddess of The Rhetorical Question and people just assume I already know ;).

Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

rickbutts — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:02:02 -0000

I don't know about Ask Jeeves - but I do know the functional results I get from Twitter.

Talk about alive...

I just got a Twitter messake from http://Twitter.com/jkswopes with a brilliant suggestion for a viral video based on a blooper in one of my http://TwitterSqueeze.com video trainings on my whiteboard!

Gaining the right kind of followers - or at least increasing the odds of that - is the key to Twitter Squeeze - and my entire Twitter Philosophy - which is working out very well for me.

Thanks for the great comment Kevin,
Rick

Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

Kevin Reid — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:39:50 -0000

Answer a question?

Isn't that what Askjeeves.com (Ask.com) attempted to do?

It sounds good in theory - but in your article you glossed over a very important point: Your "answer" is only as good as those who follow you.

So "attracting" the right followers is going to be someone's limiting factor to the quality of their answer.

Not only with their be the 'digital divide' but there will soon come: The Twitter or Follower Divide

Which end will you be on?

Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

rickbutts — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:42 -0000

@drwright that is BRILLIANT - I LOVE IT!

Thanks JK and Jack - I can't believe how much my perspective has changed on Twitter since first glance.

Boy, was I wrong!

Rick

Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

JackHumphrey — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:37:44 -0000

Rick,

WIRED won't pick it up unless you include tips like "How to Hi-5 Someone" or "Sign Our Battlestar Glactica Petition!" in the article. :)

I kid the WIRED Magazine.

Great article - do more of em!

Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

JK Swopes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:12:01 -0000

Going over to check it out now, thanks Rick...keep up the great content!

JK Swopess last blog post..Reader Appreciation, showing some luv.

Re: Twitter is a Sentient Being

Dr Wright — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:10:36 -0000

Twitter is a slave bot. It has a huge work load, no love and no rest. We each own a piece of it and flog it when it falls down from exhaustion. We "hate" on the fail whale as if it stole money out of our wallets. If twitter is sentient, we better start treating it nicer. A slave revolt is never good, no matter who wins.

Dr. Wright
The Wright Place TV Show
www.wrightplacetv.com
www.twitter.com/drwright1

Dr Wrights last blog post..The Self Esteem System