The whole Twitter ‘debate’ strikes me as a bit silly. Reminds me of the days when people looked at you funny because you have friends you only knew through the Internet.
There are some people who don’t ‘get’ Twitter. I, on the other hand, love it.
I don’t get NBA Basketball. Go figure.
Rex Hammock has the right perspective on this issue.
And for the record, www.twitter.com/davidparmet
UPDATE: A perfect example of the “I don’t get it so it must be trivial” arguement from BitePR.
But, something’s nagging at me and that is that just because you can distribute information really quickly and really easily, it doesn’t mean that that information is of interest!
Note the use of the exclemation point. That means he’s using that “ever notice” kind of voice. But all seriousness aside, does all information have to be “of interest?” Does it matter if someone out there is blogging about their kitty? Does that mean all blogs are not “of interest?” With that arguement, we could get rid of most of our clients and have our days free for the important stuff, mixing drinks and playing World of Warcraft.
For example, one of my mates has signed up to Twitter and quite quickly I started getting alerts letting me know what he was having for lunch, what was happening on his commute home etc. Now, I love this guy dearly but basically, I’m not interested in the micro details of his daily movements.
Then turn off the SMS feature. Or better yet, find more interesting friends.
It’s not of real interest and, frankly, I don’t have the time or attention span to cope with information that is not really pertinent to me.
There you have it. The problem with most PR people and PR agencies in general. The “I don’t get it so I’ll just ignore it” syndrome that’s led many agencies down the road to extinction.
