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By: Jonathan Stark » Why Twitter Is Awesome

Jonathan Stark » Why Twitter Is Awesome — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:36:08 +0000

[...] It’s not the links or the deep wisdom or the celebrities or the customer service stuff supplied by the companies on Twitter that makes it amazing. It’s the connection I feel to the people I follow when they make me smile, or feel sad or feel passionate about something. It’s the constant display of humanity sliding by on my screen daily. I know when someone thousands of miles away is feeling frustrated at work. I feel the elation a virtual stranger is feeling when he finishes that race he’s been training for forever. I share that funny moment that person I miss hanging out with has… and can feel closer to her for it. – Lane Hartwell [...]

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:21:52 +0000

There is much more that I can add to this…thank you for articulating these sentiments so well.

By: Samantha Cummings

Samantha Cummings — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Wow – what a great slideshow. It’s amazing the time we’re in when we can share a funny or touching moment with someone halfway across the world.

By: miss rogue

miss rogue — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:20:45 +0000

@Ari

Those are all in my favorites. I just ‘fave’ them when I love them. It makes it easy to go back then in a day and screenshot a whole wack.

By: PB

PB — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:18:38 +0000

That is quite possibly THE bestest slide deck. Ever.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:13:41 +0000

Following ~1400 folks, did you take screenshots over so many months in preparation; or were these crowdsourced? Because it seems like a lot of work for the former, but easy to accomplish with the latter.

Otherwise, as Jeff commented up top: Word(s).

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:38:32 +0000

This is great! I must admit to being a Twitter hater now and again. Like, do I really need to know what someone is making for dinner? But these tweets are like potential Seinfeld episodes, and I love it. I guess there is hope out there… perhaps the problem is not Twitter, it’s the peeps I’m following!

By: miss rogue

miss rogue — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:08:58 +0000

@Wendy

Thanks. Yeah. I’ve been at Intuit for 3 months and been tweeting for 3 years.

By: Wendy Kloiber

Wendy Kloiber — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:39:28 +0000

I don’t think I really got it about Twitter til I discovered you and @kanter and realized I want to be you guys when I grow up:-). It will be a long time til I’m using Twitter to promo anything I do – first I have a lot of listening/learning to do. Kinda cool that it’s the lady from Intuit that gets it that Twitter’s a place for real connecting (or is it cool of Intuit to employ the lady that gets it??)

Cheers.
@learningashland

By: Silona

Silona — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:30:43 +0000

tis awesomesauce with like pudding on top.

I kept reading them outloud to @alaw…

thank you!