Twitter – It’s About the Conversation

You know, I just gotta tell ya, people just aren’t getting it, Twitter is about the Conversation, the Social Interaction in a new virtual medium, it is not or should not be just about Spamming or Twamming, (Spamming on Twitter) as I have started to call it.

I was sitting on my back patio enjoying a beautiful Sunday morning with a great cup of coffee and tweeting a bit to Tweetdom. When in a pretty relaxed state, scanning the Twitter Stream, was struck by how many I’s, me’s and Check out my’s, were flowing through the Twitter “timeline”. While it is good to share what you are doing with the Tweeting world, transparency within the “Social Mesh” is a good thing, we don’t really want to get 30 – 100 consecutive tweets about your latest product offering or service, at least not without engaging in some level of conversation with us before hand.

It is about the “conversation” or Dialogue, this isn’t a Monologue! The various platforms of Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, Linked In, Second Life, Digg, etc., etc. are great vehicles or mediums for “conversations” and when used as such, improve our ability to connect and interact with new people, increase our perspectives and ultimately enhance our spheres of influence. Michel Fortin explains this very well in his recent blog post – “Tweet-fearlessly-block-ruthlessly” And particularly like his idea around blocking those people on Twitter that are following you so they can get their numbers up to improve their ability for “Twamming” and are not really engaged in a conversation. Block’em baby, if they aren’t interested in what you are sharing and haven’t unfollowed you then Block,em!

The “conversation” in Social Media or the “Social Mesh” is about sharing information that brings value to the people that are following or connected with you. So as you are Tweeting or using any of the various Social Media platforms ask how the information you are sharing is serving those you are connected with on the various Social Platforms. And as you are “conversing” in the Social Mesh, remember the words of Dr. Phil – “It’s not about yoooouu!” Think about what would be interesting to the people you are conversing with, and talk about that. And don’t worry if you really are not sure what your followers are interested in they will let you know!

So go have fun, run with those scissors, it’s only virtual after all.

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