Twitter is hot. No doubt about it. When CNN anchors give their Twitter address so you can follow them online, it has reached the high-level mainstream. Here are 10 top reasons why Twitter is hot:
- It’s free. Anyone can enjoy it at no cost.
- It’s easy. Anyone can sign up for their own account at twitter.com and be posting tweets in minutes.
- It’s fun. You can follow other people – friends and strangers, nadas and gurus, to see what they’re saying and if you don’t like what someone is posting, with a click, you don’t follow them any more.
- It’s new. Early adopters and social media lovers get a kick out of twitter because it’s new. Lots of people don’t even know what Twitter is all about and think it sounds silly.
- It sounds silly. Yep somehow this puts it in the same category as Google and Yahoo. Names which start out sound silly seem to capture the public imagination and catch on faster. In time they become respected and admired if they’re good at what they do.
- Twitter connects people. You can follow your friends and they can follow you. You can keep people informed about what you’re doing and vice versa. It’s sort of like an Internet cell phone. You’re always connected with the folks you follow and those who follow you.
- It’s phoneable. You can twitter on a Blackberry or other PDA, anytime and anywhere. Stuck in traffic? Waiting for the doctor? Whip our your BB or iPhone and pop a tweet to the rest of the world.
- It’s linkable. You can post blog messages to twitter (like this one) and vice versa. Many other online applications connect with twitter. This allows you to multiply your messages easily.
- It’s short. Forces you to get your message into 140 characters. Just right for today’s fast-paced world.
- It’s searchable. Find people and topics that interest you easily. Both on twitter and a number of other sites like twellow. Or search in real time using tools like monitter.com. Find someone that interests you? One click and you’re following them. Do their tweets bore you after a while? One click and they’re gone from your page. “Search and destroy.” It’s all part of twitter.com.
What are your thoughts? Did this top 10 list cover your top 10 reasons? Add your comments below. See you on twitter!