Twittermoms, and Does Twitter Need Groups?
Okay, I joined this site called Twittermoms, because I saw a link on this TwitPic of cocktails being served on the east end of the Steel Bridge (in Portland), which was tweeted by @dieselboi. I don’t know if that link is an ad, or what — I’m not that familiar with TwitPic.
Anyway, I clicked the link and went over to Twittermoms, which is a social networking site for moms who Twitter. Techcrunch actually just published an article about the site, saying that this is an example of why Twitter needs groups to bring like-minded Tweeple together.
Despite joining Twittermoms (I’m a networking junkie), I don’t think Twitter needs groups. I think it’s fine just the way it is — people who want to find each other do find each other. I’m also OK with mixing with different types of people at the same time. Some people I follow, or who follow me, are writers, some are techies, some are local, some are across the country, or even in other countries. I like the interconnectedness. I like finding new people to follow through all of the different people I follow. I don’t think all of this needs to be separated into groups.
Do you tweet? What do you think about Twitter and groups? Would you join a Twitter-related network like Twittermoms?
This post has 9 comments
September 19th, 2008
Nope. I don’t Twitter or Tweet. I can’t make it work on wordpress.
By the way, did you do something to your page? It doesn’t fit on my monitor screen any more. It was fine yesterday but today the left and right are both chopped off! Just on your blog, not anyone else’s.
September 19th, 2008
I’m playing with it — thanks for letting me know!
September 20th, 2008
Strange…your old layout was the same as my current layout. Your current layout is the same as my old layout. Get outta my head!
You seem to be having a lot of fun on Twitter, but I still don’t get it.
September 21st, 2008
’s like the place that shall be nameless, Sissy–the more connections you have, the more fun. And K has lots.
September 22nd, 2008
I’m not sure how to Tweet on Twitter, although I belong. I’m also on LinkedIn, and I haven’t figured that out either…
September 25th, 2008
@ K:
These web 2.0 businesses aren’t yet making money. They need to be useful to those who will pay to use it. Closed groups on Twitter can aid several possible uses in the enterprise. Open groups are sort of pointless because it duplicates what one can already do with the follower/ following functionality. Besides more ‘fun’ and less restrictive (I have been texting since 1996 and the 140 character game can get tiring) places for groups exist on Le Web already.
September 25th, 2008
Good points, Shefaly. I could see closed groups working for many people. Open groups can be done anywhere.
September 26th, 2008
@ K:
I am sure you will see this as a banner on Twitter when you wake up but the idea of creating streams is interesting.
http://election.twitter.com/
It self-refreshes. Quite good.
September 26th, 2008
Hm, that is interesting — it was already sort of there if you looked for it, on search.twitter.com — although you have to do all the refreshing yourself that way. And somepeople use the hashtags, although the hashtags.org website itself doesn’t seem to be functioning any more.