A Way To Find Others With Similar Interests
July 25, 2008 by Danilo Bogdanovic
Filed under Loudoun County
Curious as to who has the same interests as you? Wondering what people are saying about and doing in Loudoun County? Want to make friends and communicate with others near you? One way to do so is through Twitter and TwitterLocal.
Twitter brings people together that have the same interests whether it be due to geographical area, work, organization or some other common thread. Twitter is a "micro-blogging" platform that allows you to post 140 character snippets (aka "Tweets") of what you’re doing, your thoughts, comments to other Twitters, etc.
Twitter is a good way to post about stuff that is not necessarily worth a phone call, blog post or email. Your friends and associates can "follow" you and get your updates sent to them directly on their computer or their cell phone. You can see who else has the same interests or likes to go to the same places as you do. The common interest brings you and them together online and eventually, offline/in person (if you choose to do so).
TwitterLocal is basically a search/reader for Twitter. Just put in a keyword such as "Ashburn" or "Loudoun County" and it will search through Twitter and send you all the "Tweets" that have those keywords in them. You can get real specific with the keywords such as "Ashburn Ice Rink" or "Spartan Football". You can see who’s talking about what’s of interest to you and see what they’re saying. Same goes for others – they can see that you’re talking about the same things of interest to them and get your take on it.
Twitter and TwitterLocal are an integral part of social media and social networking, a movement that is gaining tremendous momentum and will not be going away any time soon. It’s amazing how it can bring people and information together that may never have been brought together otherwise.
For a great and simple explanation of Twitter and how/why it works, check out these two short videos:
***If you’re on Twitter, feel free to share your handle here in a comment. And please stop by and say hello on Twitter – my handle is DaniloB. You can also check out my "Tweets" on the Twitter widget located near the top of the right hand column of the page.
Emo scene layouts on Tue, 29th Jul 2008 5:30 am
well I already use twitter and its really very interesting working it.
Danilo Bogdanovic on Sat, 9th Aug 2008 4:57 pm
Emo – If you don’t mind, shoot me an email with your Twitter handle.