Bad Excuses to Dismiss Twitter
October 14, 2009
If you’re trying to convince administrators to start a Twitter feed at your library, use the arguments presented here: The Five Worst Excuses for Not Using Twitter, posted on TwitTown. My guess is that the arguments against it that you hear at work mirror those written about here. The author is a true Twitter-lover, and the tone reflects that. As a non-Twitter-lover-but-still-a-Twitter-user, I still contend that Twitter can have a definite use in a library setting and an even more definite use for personal reasons (including using it as a channel to pass on links to your other work, be it writing/multimedia/etc.).
October 14th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Ahh so true. . .
October 15th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
two words for you – SECOND LIFE.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I don’t quite understand what you mean by your Second Life comment, John…
October 15th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I think the biggest misconception is that it is “only” a social networking tool. I really use it only to keep up with announcements from local organizations. I use blog feeds and e-mail lists more, but I don’t get a chance every day to sit down at a computer and go through them. At least with Twitter I can find out about an event as soon as possible.