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The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life.

jamesbritt 19y ago
"The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life." Could you give some detail? Doesn't Twitter demand at least some time and attention? From what I've seen, most of what shoots past is astonishing in its lack of content and value. So, while some posts may be useful, I don't see that the results justify the attention required. Is there some preferred way to avoid the drivel and catch only the good stuff?
- slim 19y ago
  yes. follow only interesting people. here is the workflow : 1- create a twitter account 2- find people you already know on twitter and follow them (try googling their name + twitter) 3- setup alerts on topics you like (hint : setup an alert for your geographic area) 4- manage people you follow : if somebody sucks, unfollow him. if your receive an alert, follow the user who sent the twit for some time and decide later if you want keep following him. after some time (about six months) you'll find only interesting topics on your twitter feed.
  - wallflower 19y ago
    Can this be automated? I love Techmeme. A system for surfacing new conversations from interesting twitter users. I assume twitter pied pipers like Scobleizer would need to be weighted (downwards). Kind of a TechMeme for twitter. Has anyone done this yet?
    - slim 19y ago
      go to http://twitter.com/public_timeline http://twitter.com/public_timeline. see "featured"? choose one (i suggest @zefrank). then click the "With others" tab. thus you see @zefrank and the people he is actualy following twits. this is techmeme the twitter way.
- andrewparker 19y ago
  Sure, the big moments of serendipity for me are the ones tied to geographic proximity. When a friend says they're hitting the Shake Shack ( http://shakeshack.com http://shakeshack.com ) in 15 minutes, I can show up and join them, or vice versa. I don't want to email or IM all my friends everytime I'm going somewhere, but if I Twitter the message, I know I'm spreading the word without spamming people.

"The hook is the serendipity the service creates in your life." Could you give some detail? Doesn't Twitter demand at least some time and attention? From what I've seen, most of what shoots past is astonishing in its lack of content and value. So, while some posts may be useful, I don't see that the results justify the attention required. Is there some preferred way to avoid the drivel and catch only the good stuff?

slim 19y ago
yes. follow only interesting people. here is the workflow : 1- create a twitter account 2- find people you already know on twitter and follow them (try googling their name + twitter) 3- setup alerts on topics you like (hint : setup an alert for your geographic area) 4- manage people you follow : if somebody sucks, unfollow him. if your receive an alert, follow the user who sent the twit for some time and decide later if you want keep following him. after some time (about six months) you'll find only interesting topics on your twitter feed.
- wallflower 19y ago
  Can this be automated? I love Techmeme. A system for surfacing new conversations from interesting twitter users. I assume twitter pied pipers like Scobleizer would need to be weighted (downwards). Kind of a TechMeme for twitter. Has anyone done this yet?
  - slim 19y ago
    go to http://twitter.com/public_timeline http://twitter.com/public_timeline. see "featured"? choose one (i suggest @zefrank). then click the "With others" tab. thus you see @zefrank and the people he is actualy following twits. this is techmeme the twitter way.
andrewparker 19y ago
Sure, the big moments of serendipity for me are the ones tied to geographic proximity. When a friend says they're hitting the Shake Shack ( http://shakeshack.com http://shakeshack.com ) in 15 minutes, I can show up and join them, or vice versa. I don't want to email or IM all my friends everytime I'm going somewhere, but if I Twitter the message, I know I'm spreading the word without spamming people.