http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter.xml Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:59:39 GMT http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter#comment_12233 I use Twitter for a few things: - Following my favorite Tech Personalities (Leo Laporte, Molly Wood, Tom Merritt etc) - Following the comments of other finance writers on Twitter - Branding my blog, as the writer calls personal branding - Announcing new posts for my blog - Short comments on subjects I don't have time to write a full post for or aren't finance related I'm no Twitter nut, but I recognize its usefullness and am fond of it. I'm "@the weakonomist" on Twitter. http://twitter.com/The_Weakonomist/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:59:39 GMT http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter#comment_12233 <a href="http://weakonomics.com">the weakonomist</a> http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter#comment_12267 @the weakonomist - One of the best things about Twitter is that it is so versatile! I think it will continue to grow in value as more and more people learn how to use it! Thanks for commenting! Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:15:45 GMT http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter#comment_12267 <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.wordpress.com">Miriam Salpeter, Keppie Careers</a> http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter#comment_12341 one of the great complaints of twitter is it can't scale. The technology programmed into the system just can't handle a huge swell in volume. The example often cited is Twitter would crash and burn if Paris Hilton got on there. Not only would many people follow her, but she'd bring in hundreds of thousands of new users to twitter, crashing the system. I hope Twitting can figure out their scaling problems soon, because its only a matter of time before someone huge gets on there and crashes it for everyone. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:51:44 GMT http://qvisory.org/posts/why-use-twitter#comment_12341 <a href="http://weakonomics.com">the weakonomist</a>