Read this story few days back about James Buck, the US student who got out of the Egyptian prison after his solitary tweet activated his strong US network! Read the story here...
I had never really understood the social utility of twitter. And therefore had stayed away from what I felt was a micro-blogging wasteful effort!
But this incident and a few others have finally made me realise that twitter is awesomely useful.
1. It's like slicing and opening up my brain to the world. And similarly sharing the thoughts of hundreds of people...
2. Twitter is still an attention-killer but the social utility over-rides all negatives I feel.
3. Twitter isn't the wisdom of any crowd; it can be the wisdom of a carefully-selected crowd. This and other nice thoughts on why twitter isn't such a waste of time by Sheila Scarborough here.
Late in the day but I am getting it:-)
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