Me & Twitter, celebrating over 2 wonderful years together!
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how Twitter has finally permeated the mainstream. It came in waves… starting with the San Francisco tech community and moving through my own beloved social media friends. Chris Brogan was the first to send me an invite to the site, but at that time I was already so busy on social networking sites that I just wasn’t interested in bothering with another one. After resisting for months, it was this chat with Clintus McGintus on February 17, 2007, at 11:26pm EST that finally convinced me to join:
me: my twitter life would be boring
Clintus: no way
!!!
are you kidding
you are so ooooo interesting
and funny
your twitter life would be aweome
me: woke up
did some editing
went to fridge
did more editing
watched days of our lives
did more editing
answered fan mail
did more editing
went to bed
very exciting
Clintus: haha
yes but it would be put in a way that would be humorous
I know it
I mean just look at your flickr photos
me: perhaps
thanks man
Clintus: you are amazing. and I truly believe that anything you do will have that amazing feel.
I did always wonder why you and rudy or atleast one of you didnt twitter.
me: FINE! i’ll do it
Since then, much has happened. SXSW 2007 made (but nearly broke) Twitter – must have been those Twitterdildonics – and Twitter has had pretty steady growth since then.
But it wasn’t until the San Diego Comic Con last year that I noticed a whole new group joining the site. All my comic creator contacts finally moved from trashy MySpace profiles to Twitter. And now, with LeVar Burton and Ashton Kutcher paving the path, more and more Hollywood celebrities are signing up too. Fun.
The future of Twitter and online communities is bright, but it depends how these Hollywood n00bs (and you) decide to use it. My advice is to pay attention to what your followers are trying to tell you in their replies to you and block people saying nasty shit, reward random sweet followers with sweet/witty replies, and follow new and interesting people you grow to appreciate. Twitter is your garden, go plant the seeds and architect its’ growth.
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I’m still a twitter noob! I just joined in July 08. I joined because Veronica Belmont and Leo Laporte talked about it all the time of their shows. Finally I caved in and joined. First thing I followed was the Rock Band DLC twitter account, Then Veronica & Leo. This was befor the find people was up or it was disabled at the time. I was looking threw Veronica list to find people, and i found you and you was like my 4th person i followed. Been fun ever since!
Although i only got 2 of my local friends to sign up, they just don’t “get it”
So, you want a dead cat to call Pownce?
@John: Wow… Rock Band DLC was your first! So awesome. I followed @ChrisBrogan and @RickRey first… then @Rudy when he signed up right after me. And, probably @Zadi and @SteveWoolf after that. Ah, the good old days
@Veronica was probably one of my firsts as well, but I only met her through Twitter. I organized Vlog Deathmatch that year and challenged her, @Zadi and @Mickipedia. @Pop17 also joined the challenge, but I had no idea who she was at that time!
@darkmane: Good one… but I think I’ll pass on that one
So glad you joined when you did. So many good memories have been shared because of it. xoxo