Sunday, November 8, 2009

Twittering on

At first contact Twitter looks a bit like texting on the net - complete with own jargon, spelling and numerous fans. I checked out Barack Obama and Jodi Picoult.

Jodi tweets about everyday things she is doing, shares her thoughts sometimes, empathises with followers and promotes events related to her books.

Barack Obama advises of key events, celebrates his political successes, calls for support and shares follower's responses. Clearly he is using it as a political tool. Does he really has time to write these himself?

I enjoyed reading these tweets, even though it was one-sided as I was not logged in. Some are very clever. The language and abbreviations need practice - one day I will have a go, but not in the few weeks before Christmas.

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