I’ve been using Titter now for almost two months and find it to be the most useful social tool out there. It has an amazing ability to allow people to connect that would otherwise never communicate. I don’t post very much to my account but always have a client, Twitterific, running on my laptop. I also have Twitterfon installed on my iPhone. Being able to check Twitter while mobile is surprisingly the most useful.
I follow a couple of Twitter feeds for transit updates in Toronto, @ttcupdates and @ttcu_community. @ttcupdates is an official feed from the TTC and @ttcu_community is a user feed that aggregates everything with a #ttcu meta tag. Both of these feeds have saved me time and aggravation by informing me of problems on the system that I can then avoid.
The only annoying part is that spammers are now creating fake accounts and then following people. While not a big problem it does highlight some growing pains that Twitter is experiencing.
The platform has a huge amount of potential for both individuals and companies a like. It will be interesting to see how Twitter the company will be able to monatize the service. I wonder how long until Google or a similar company tries to buy them.
The spammers aren’t a problem, they’re usually gone within a day. It’s the self-promoters that are a problem for me. I’ll post something about a topic I’m working on and suddenly three blog/webcast/podcasters will be following me.
Nicely, if you don’t add them back, they go away. If they’re still there in a week, I block them.
Hey, I’m really glad TTCupdates has saved you some time and frustration! Both, however, are unofficial and not sanctioned by the TTC. I created both feeds on a whim one night and the response from the community has been amazing. So, thank you again.