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The Ambient Conversations of Twitter

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Last week I wrote about the diminishing return of relationships on Twitter. The gist being that what we call our network on Twitter is very loosely constructed and defined. This week, I want to focus on the ambient nature of most conversations in Twitter. Tags: Twitter new york times. I tweet, you read.

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Is Twitter really working for you? 10 questions

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How much, was I shaping my Twitter feed, and how much was Twitter shaping me? She goes on to say that “The expansion of our digital universe has shifted not only how we spend our time but also how we construct identity&#. Do we need to define or redefine what being “effective&# on Twitter really means?

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10 social media sites, blogs and links you might have missed

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When I participated in this innovative Twitter project by Toby Bloomberg is an incredibly smart marketer out of Atlanta, I had no idea she would make it into an ebook, but it’s a great read and was a great idea! This has some potential now that Ning has constructed pay walls; Add a forum or social network to your blog with BlogFrog.

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From Interruptions to Interactions-The Irony

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This is significant in that I just wrote yesterday about I think that Twitter as a network is declining , but as a placeholder for media consumption it has exploded. Greg’s book highlites the little in a big world and how THAT can be effective in getting your message heard or your product launched or service sold. The irony you ask?