Shezza put the Twat in Twitter
Oops, typo, meant to say put the Twit in Twitter (no, I didn’t). Shezza loves his tweets and I now see he’s trying to tout himself as some kind of expert in Social Media. I’m happy to call it Social Media, I’m even happy to call it Social Forum or Social Bollocks. As I keep pointing out, if you want to reach the true social opinion leaders, the people who can really change purchase decisions based on the respect their peers hold for their expertise, then talk to me. I don’t tweet or twat but I can take you down my local pub and introduce you to my mates who will put you right about which car to buy or phone upgrade to go for. They can even tell you the most effective insurance scams.
I’ve tried Twitter but I find this 140 characters thing a pain. If you’ve got something to say other than “@ anybody out there, I’ve had a really tough week, looking forward to the weekend, LOL” which seems to be the majority of the crap filling the airwaves, then you need a few paras. I’m sure you would agree that this post is of great value to mankind and I’m already up to 205 words.
Why doesn’t someone super size Twitter. Keep all the easy to use bit (I will grant you Twitter is heaps better than Facebook if you are over 20 years old and acne free) but just allow up to 200 words. Less than blogging but more than 140 characters, so we get some decent ideas flowing. I’d go for that and then more of the world could benefit from my pearls of wisdom.
Up yours, Stame