Ok, so I used to think that Twitter was the dumbest thing out there. Things change. Twitter was marketed with the tagline “What are you doing?” and it began with a bunch of vapid hipsters texting (tweeting) about their mochaccino from Starbucks or how bored they were via their cell phones.
FF one year later and it’s running 24/7 on my desktop. Not just ONE account, but TWO. (One for me @misangela and one for Atlanta Cartoonists @atlcartoonists. Nick has @thinkweasel.)
Why you ask? Well, I’ll tell you: Twitter is one of the best promotion and commentary apps I’ve ever seen. What began as a navel gazing little distraction for texters has morphed into a way for artists, writers, musicians and businesses of all kinds to stay in close contact with customers. I’ve got feeds from writers, artists, restaurants, pubs, webcomics, comic publishers, you name it. I am cultivating relationships with comics people whom I rarely see but I stay in touch with via Twitter. Really.
But, this post is not to advertise for Twitter, it’s to share a funny exchange between Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub (read from bottom UP):
See what you’re missing? ;-)
Ironically, here is the result of a study published today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8089508.stm
“…the median number of lifetime tweets per user is one”
That’s more along with what I expected.
That’s because 90% of “users” on Twitter are spammers or corporate accounts with no activity. I do agree that it’s niche, but all I can tell you is that is certainly works for this site and it works for both the comics projects. Webcomics people are BIG into twitter!
Twitter is inundated with crap, but like all media, it works well for particular groups. I guess I’m in that geeky group. :-)
While I follow a couple of entities on Twitter, for the most part, I view it as the parachute pants of the internet.
LOL Parachute pants! Swish-swish-swish!