One good thing about Twitter
Mark and I were discussing Twitter pros and cons the other day and agreed one positive aspect is it forces people to be concise. As I was catching up on my RSS feeds, I saw Craig Stoltz beat us to the punch.
The summary, “Writing substantial Tweets teaches a key journalism skill: Make every word count.”
(I couldn’t help but smile at his inclusion of the adjective “substantial.”)
Read the full post here (and make sure you catch the fun p.s.): http://2ohreally.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/twitter-taught-me-to-be-an-editor/
~Carie
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Tharaa Bayazid
Carie,
I really appreciate sending this entry along; in fact, I can see now why “Twitter” is an important application. With the help of “Twitter” and by being precise and to the point, you will positively affect the world of online journalism for many reasons:
1. People don’t have much time to waste reading online news/ feeds, they want to get what is important in such a few words; “Twitter” is a brilliant way to do so.
2. Choosing the right words will generate more comments /hits; this teaches a skill in which it increases your online popularity.
3. Knowing how to choose the right words will help you learn how to tag platforms/ applications to appear first in search engines.
4. It is a sort of new way to professional journalism practice.
Tharaa
Jun 3rd, 2008
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