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Power Smalltalk stupid on the Internet? On a visit to an exclusive party with interesting people.

Short twittering: In 140 characters can be found at Twitter texts, statements, observations noted. (Photo: Reuters)

Now I will be prosecuted. And I've even created it, because I've been using Twitter. It is a so-called micro-blogging platform. In 140 characters you can texts, statements, observations noted. These so-called Tweet will be visible to anyone on the Internet. And if another Twitter user is interested, it can be read publicly, and will lead to a

Follower, thus pursuing the Posts. Twitter works so simple. It is worthwhile to note at the beginning, because in the past weeks is so wild and so much more than Twitter has been written that the basic idea sometimes stayed on the track.


That this Grundidee easy, but is also great, I am sure after a few weeks ago Twitter attempt self-confident. And I will explain how it came about. Here, I am aware that this is not easy. Because Twitter has, on the one hand, enthusiastic fans, which every mass media text about their communication forum equivalent to an attack. On the other side in the cultural pessimists shortage, based on the platform is maintained - the world fits in 140 characters - the impending demise of civilization.

Both sides will be disappointed by my Twitter-praise. Both sides are covered in this text in vain for the usual keyword search: I waive Hudson River (as an airplane there notwassern had found messages to Twitter at first, then the news agencies), stupidity (Spiegel-Online began his interview with Twitter founder Evan Williams actually very stupid Frage as to whether Twitter stupid do), and also Winnenden (reporter took on the day of the Amoklaufs Twitter for some questionable brief).

Sensitivities and chatting


Indeed, this text would intervene in cases using Twitter # keyword initiated want to assign, this would be certainly the term "small talk". Twitter is primarily an excellent technical tool for Smalltalk in the Internet.

And I realize all the associated negative characteristics such as perceived casualness, looseness and lack of depth, including. Yes, Twitter is the place for chatting and sensitivities. And yes: Anyone who knows how to use properly, will find pleasure in it. To understand, one must experience the thrill of tracking fathom. You may be new German Twitter follower, so the messages of another user read and gefollowt be aLSO publicly read.

The latter is regarded as an expression of popularity and importance. In any case, the self-confessed and was therefore also known Twitter users Sascha Lobo (Twitter in the jargon would be the name with a @ procedure) his plea before wordy, as he recently by the automated message of the news portal Spiegel Online on outdated and Follower Twitter as the most popular German-language was removed.

Little content, lots of atmosphere


But the deeper sense of the tracking reveals itself only when you are followt. Only then will the mass polyvocal Twitter a truly melodic songs, which sound you are determined, because can select on their own home or in programs such as Tweetdeck or PeopleBrowsr then read messages and text messages from real friends, acquaintances, or remote from Human, f & uuml, r which can be somewhat interested.

Twitter works like a telephone: Read on the next page, why Twitter is a communication tool whose value is created through the exchange

So there is a mood that is a conversation at a party is equivalent to the only people invited to have an interested expression. It mixes in my Twitter-reading funny observations from the backstage area by Harald Schmidt (@ bonitoTV) with the notes of the British-Canadian author Cory Doctorow (Doctorow @) and the status of real friends and good friends.

Common to all these messages: You transport so little content that they will never be a mail, a phone call or even a personal interview would have done. In addition, Schmidt Doctorow and I probably do not call to tell me that her editor a really good jobmakes the student or just hot tea brings.

Only seemingly trivial, incidental and unimportant


The information on Twitter is called suggestion. An acquaintance quoted an observation at the airport, a minor matter then becomes the message and his follower know: He is on tour. With all the staging, which is in these Tweet: Schmidt's or trainee flight of a friend are the stuff from which good Smalltalk arises. Seemingly trivial, incidental and unimportant, yet informative, and - if done well - also very entertaining.

The result is readable and dialogs from observations, without Twitter would have remained unlisted: Another user responded using a Re-Tweet on the airport's observation and added - starting with an @, the name of the traveler follows - an own experience.

At least when I use these conversations and Re-Tweet witnessed hatte, I knew: Twitter makes Smalltalk actually interesting. Because the great thing about this wide range of text messages is that it is helping the bad from good and well maintained Smalltalk to differ. And where one hears only trivial which interested win this suddenly important.

"What are you doing right now?"


To understand them, but you have to register at Twitter and other users to follow. Twitter works like a telephone. Who is the only on the home page (ie the sum of all calls) is approaching, the conversation unintelligible scraps noted numerous phone calls - and this of course, for trivial hold.

But anyone who understands that Twitter is a communication tool, its value through the exchange and not through the publication out of is very close to the magic of the platformPeople lead discussions on Twitter, if they are using applications such as Twitpic or MobyPicture easy Tweet pictures in their instructions or the BlackBerry or the iPhone from their observations and write more. And the conversation between people has always been a drive to create. Nice to have these talks here as an answer to the question "What are you doing right now?" arise.

Actually a very simple question to which it is but fortunately many answers.

Added on 2009-06-24 17:02:34 . ID: 11

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