"No twitting at the table." -- Martha Stewart in latest Macy's commercial
This weekend's Houston Chronicle had an above the fold (that reference is for all the oldtimers) story on a local mega church's use of twitter in services.
Miley Cyrus cancelled her Twitter account this week.
These seemingly disparate activities lead me to one conclusion. Twitter is on the downhill slide.
At least that's what I'm telling my boss. Yes, there are folks who are using it daily and with entertaining outcomes. Social networking has definitely come into the spotlight as a result. But my geek friends were into it years ago. Commercials and the church have just acknowledged it.
Applying the diffusion of innovation theory, that means the early adopters are looking for a new "wave" to focus on (that reference is for the googley newtimers). The early majority are quite proficient at capturing life in 140 characters or less and the late majority think this is THE way to connect to a generation.
Sure we may have a few years of vibrancy left, but I'm not banking on it.
To twitter or not to twitter is no longer my question.
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I think it's actually to "tweet," but who gives a damn? Your point is well-taken, Ms. C., and I would concur that Twitter is on the downhill slide. The Queen, my Lord, is dead.
(That's as close to 140 characters as I can get for my rant.)
"Tweeting" it is Dr. J. And points to you on your character count.
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