Can Social Media have Soul? Introducing Twitter…
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Fantastic post Yollana. I’m glad our tweets yesterday helped to lift you out of your negativity and address the issues at the root of the problem.
I’ve got all the time in the world of Eddie and Michael they’re great souls, so I wasn’t surprised at all to see their tweets too.
When you’re back on your feet and nursing that little bub we’ll all have to get together for a coffee and a “soul session”.
Take care,
Mike Boyd
Great post yollana.
And yes I reckon Twitter does have soul. The universal soul. The rise of global consciousness. As Dalai Lama says, “We humans are all the same - we are in search of happiness and trying to avoid sufferring.” Twitter reminds me of that. Allows me to look beyond job titles, age, location, culture…..we are humans. When you think on that level, connection becomes easy.
Twitter is great when you understand it. For me, it’s about learning a lot from all the great links that the people I follow post, and for making connections. Even today someone I just met on Twitter has expressed interest in becoming a client.
i’m on twitter, facebook, and myspace, and ning, however rarely go there. I can’t work out how to find the time to use them….and currently twitter makes no sense to me….
I will find the time and work them all out at some stage….i guess! So many other things to sort out first!
@Mike… Sweet. That sounds like a great idea
@Eddie, I think you’re spot on that Twitter, and other social media sites, particularly address a human need for connection. Kind of a backlash to the processes of social isolation that started with industrialisation and the rise of the “nuclear family”.
That reminds me that it’s also important that we make space for in-person communities, friends and family connections. Twitter hugs (has anyone coined the term twugs? That sounds bad…) would just not be the same.
And talking about the Dalai Lama also reminds me that it’s important that we make time to connect with our own heart, spirit and soul. Like anything, Twitter can be used as a way to enhance or distract from the important things in life.
@Trisha… I’m with you on learning a lot from great links posted by great people. And congratulations on having someone express interest in becoming a client. I’m curious about how your conversation went with them… The steps they took to get to know about what you offer and how Twitter was involved.
@Fiona… As I was musing to Eddie above, Twitter is not the be-all and end-all. Like anything, it’s a personal journey to find the “right place” for it in your life and business. The key to working making social media useful and relevant to you is understanding how it works enough to know what you could do with it… Then clarifying your intention - why you want to do with it… Then you can work it about how much time you want to spend with it.
The solecism far surpasses your intention [or do I presume?]: “I can’t bear the site of it.” Love it!
Requests for “harder” information, like expert recommendations, references and technical advice also reveal the caring and giving nature of the Twitterverse.
I posted yesterday to a Webmasterworld forum thread, where the tenor of most of the prior comments ran to “What a waste of time is Twitter!”
“I have 360ish followers. Two of them, whom I also follow, live in my hometown. They’re serious foodies who are followed by a nationwide network of folks with like interests.
I’m rarely in Atlanta; but circumstances lead me to spend an unscheduled night there. All I have with me by way of electronics is my (distinctly NOT “smart”) cell phone.
I tweet:
Can anyone recommend a Thai restaurant in #ATL? Please RT. TIA, Twitterverse!
Inside of 20 minutes I have a dozen responses, some unmediated from folks who monitor the Twitter stream for the #ATL hashtag (airport codes abbreviate locations for brevity), some relayed by my homies/foodies whose retweets have gotten the ear of their peers in Atlanta.
Called “crowdsourcing,” methinks. Works *brilliantly!*”
Thanks for a sweet post.
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Mark
@triexpert on Twitter
Hi Mark,
Thanks so much for your comment. How embarrassing! I had to look up “solecism” on dictionary.com and then come back here and admit to you that it’s quite possible that I… um… paraphrased for my client there and her language was correct. Or that I remembered her words correctly and she really did say that.
But I’m not sure… Oops!
And I’m curious. Is it cannot vs can’t? What is actually wrong with that sentence?