Are you a Twater?

Twaters are people who hate Twitter. 

I read this in an article by Alexander Zaitchik of AlterNet.org.

Go the Central West Coast chapter's Delicious account at www.delicious.com/cwcfpra09 to read

TwitterNation Has Arrived: How Scared Should We Be?

Then you can decide if you are a Twater or a Twover.

I made the last up since the Twitter lexicon is as simple as dropping the first consonant and combining with 'TW'. According to Zaitchik, when Twitter held a digital fund-raiser, it was a Twestival.

Alexander's article if rife with Twitter usages. Expand your Twocabulary today.

I made that one up too.

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Posted by Suzanne Dameron

Comments

[Suzanne]

I think one of the benefits of doing Twitter is the practical experience of what Twitter cannot do. You can quickly figure out the limitations. This alone eliminates a lot of options.

These limitations may be the reason that the things it can do, it can do very well. That is the piece that Twitter lovers are exploring.

[Susie Bowie]

I think I understand Twaters. Most of us are really interested in new ways to reach out. But the thought of a heavy maintenance tool that the right people might not be "following" us on makes us tired...so tired. Yet clearly, Twitter appears to be here to stay. And I think integration is the key. Put a link on your Facebook site and website. I'm encouraged by Beth Kanter's documentation of great things it HAS done for nonprofits.