shawn farner|*feeding* the social media obsession

For the hell of it.
Update with something random; where you are, what you’re doing, what you’re eating, etc.

To share something.
Share a link to a funny YouTube video, the name of your new favorite song or something funny you saw/overheard.

To mass message.
This is where I think Twitter really shines.  People can see your Twitter feed or receive your updates in a variety of ways.  Out with nothing but your cell phone and need an opinion?  Update Twitter via text.  You’ll send one text message and reach all your followers no matter where they are; whether they subscribe to text updates, visit the Twitter site itself, see your update on Facebook or receive it via IM.  Twitter is also useful for providing quick updates to your followers as well.  If the time of an event has changed at the last second, updating everyone via Twitter is much more efficient than sending multiple texts and making multiple phone calls.

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