Mike Butcher - mbites

Good post Mike. I agree with some bits, but not with others. I covered my thoughts on it a few days ago at http://thayer18.livejournal.com/1455.html (towards the bottom). I agree that the one or two @thayer's or @mike's are good fun and useful often if you've a question, but I think the use of Twitter for an actual conversation is just plain wrong. One thing I have noticed though since taking myself off it for a month for reflection, is that all social media should be used how the user defines. I don't think there is a one size fits all approach. I think it's down to the user to decide if they want to listen to people they're following have a 20 Tweet conversation, or not. It's also something that users of the medium need to think about, depending on if they want to attract followers as a marketing, pr or self promotion tool, or if they just want to chat with their mates all day. Personally, I can't stand following anyone who chats over 5 or tweets on Twitter, it gets an automatic cull from my list, best friend or not, I'm just not interested.