It seems that suddenly the entire blogosphere is alight and abuzz about Twitter, the not-so-new service that delivers status updates to all of your fans(and stalkers). Mathew Ingram makes an excellent point about Twitter- teenagers have been doing this for years(as long as I can remember using IM, in fact) with away messages, Facebook status updates and such. However, it’s not the fact that old fogeys like Robert Scoble have found out about it that is driving the sudden meteoric rise of Twitter. Rather, it’s the fact that popular old fogeys like Robert Scoble have discovered it. For those of us not as enamored with real-time updates on Jason Calacanis’ current weight as some bloggers, imagine if someone you truly were a huge fan of used Twitter. What if Angelina Jolie had a “status message” that detailed her current activities? Or, if that doesn’t float your boat, how about Richard Stallman?
That’s what’s really driving the Twitter mania. It is not by any means the technology or its Web 2.0 associations to “connecting people”. It is the cult of celebrity, except this time the A-list bloggers are the celebrities, showing once again just how incredibly powerful the blogosphere has become.
Or how incredibly powerful the blogosphere is in its own mind:)
~Becky
Dead on, Ilya. About time someoone punctured that particular bubble.
But on a more serious note, the Badge widget that lets you include your twitter updates on any website is Web2.0. But I’m not endorsing its usefulness.
Dave
MashEDIA, you’re awesome just for linking to your Twitter page as your URL.
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