All journalists blog about Twitter. It's great for sources, it's great for media news, it's great for networking, it's great for "branding" (hate that buzzword) ... we get it. Well, I have a couple reasons for loving Twitter that are cheerier ... and here they are:
I'm friends with celebrities.
And no, I don't mean @coldplay who only tweets about band-related news, articles, and events or @britneyspears's assistant or even @barackobama who really only tweeted press releases during the campaign - all things that we know are majorly faux pax in the Twitter-space. I'm talking about the celebs that actually put something out there and say something, well, real (or at least hopefully real), like my fave new Twitter couple Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) and Demi Moore (@mrskutcher).
How adorable is that? They tweet like themselves and actually interact with their followers. Yes, they will talk back! And sure, when it comes down to it, they are movie moguls and get photographed while in line at Starbucks, but I find it at least a little refreshing. Plus, through them, I now follow @moonfrye! (You know, Punky Brewster ... or, if you're from my generation, that hip college friend Sabrina the Teenage Witch had.) She's a real person!
Which brings me to my second Twitter-swoon:
Twitter encourages - and is in essence defined by - interaction.
And don't mean this in a vain "new-media-expert" sort of way. Recently I've come into contact with some people on Twitter that at some point - present or past - I've known in real life. You know how you friend someone on Facebook, but then there are all these "rules" defining your interaction with that person? Don't comment too often, don't invite them to events, don't tag them in pictures unless they look good! On Twitter, these rules don't exist. Aside from the actions of ugly brand-spammers, Twitter invites and even expects conversation. Anyone can follow me (unless you look like you might show up on my doorstep with a knife), and anyone can comment on what I say - in fact, I enjoy and welcome it. Conversation is organic and people say what they feel - it's pretty cool.
Oh and where can you follow me? @twoshoes5887 of course!
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