I received an intriguing email this evening. It was from Twitter, and the subject line was, ?Maureen is now following you on Twitter!? Could it really be true? I clicked the link in the email. Yep; right as rain. My mom is now following me on Twitter.
Apprehension swept through my body. Then I paused and thought about it for a moment. What’s so bad about this scenario? Nothing. Twitter has nearly 8 million users, and my mom is one of them. But what does that say about the state of the Web? Of course, I realize that the Web and social media are maturing at a staggering pace. I thought I had hit a milestone about six months ago when I received a friend request from my Mom on Facebook and shortly thereafter, from my Dad. But Twitter too? Really? Apparently so.
Good for them. They are engaging in social media. Time will tell how my mom decides to use the service. And what better time for her to begin following me than right around the corner from Mother?s Day?
Mom, here?s a niche web site for your Online adventures: Social Media Mom, A work at home mom discusses social media and networking.
I?m waiting for her @ replies to start filtering in. I hope I don?t miss any among the mass of others that seem to have come in recently. The last thing I need to hear the next time I talk to my Mom on the phone is, ?Why didn?t you @reply me?? By the way, if you have sent me a message on Twitter recently that I have not responded to as of yet, your patience is appreciated.
So, now that I have witnessed first-hand the growing demographic of social media, when will we see a major shift in the application of the technology? Maybe my expectations are different than what the service will offer. But advanced mobile functionality comes to mind when I think about the expanded use of the service. For example, let me order a pizza by sending a direct message to the local pizza restaurant on Twitter. That?s just one function that comes to mind. Will that be one of the ways that the service evolves? We?ll see.
Is your mom on Twitter? Has an unexpected contact in social media surprised you?
So, what was the first thing I did when I saw that my mom was following me on Twitter? I followed her back, of course.
Dad, I?m waiting for your follow notification from Twitter to arrive in my inbox.
My 26 year old daughter is on Twitter. I got there several months before she did, hahaha. She only found me because she let Twitter look at her address book.
And yeah, I’m sending her @ messages.
She lives 2500 miles away and she’s not too good with the email and YIM but on Twitter I know she’s there if she’s updating =)
my mom is on twitter too
but i got her on
and a friend put his mom on
can we get all our mom’s on twitter?
i think it would be good for them
and good for us all
This is the best article I have ever read. I am adding you to my RSS reader! I think it’s funny your mom is on Twitter. Best of all you accept that fact and embrace it. Right as rain! Keep up the great work over here! Will be stopping by often!
RT @Rex7: My Mom is on Twitter – http://bit.ly/K6bGy ~Does that mean Twitter is becoming Facebook?
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So I’m golfing with my dad the other day and he says, “Son, do I need to be on Twitter?” I said, “I don’t know, do you?”
The biggest reason there is such a poor retention rate on Twitter (which I don’t see as a bad thing) is that everyone thinks they need to be on it when they really don’t.
Thanks for including me in this great list. I appreciate it.
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Hi Greg: That’s an interesting formula you used for deciding which articles to post. Now I’m really glad that John Grisham was one of the authors I included in my list of writing tips from writers.
There’s lots of stuff here that looks great, I don’t even know where to start. Thank you for including me.
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Thanks for the list – have 20ish in tabs here waiting for me!
… There was 1 that I noticed recognized 2x:
"Obama Eating a Burger…"
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Jim,
Thanks for the head’s up. There were so many submissions for May 7th that I duplicated one. Not to worry… it has been replaced with another!
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Greg, thank you for including me. What a kind thing for you to do, not to mention what a wealth of knowledge is sitting there waiting for all of us learn.
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Haha, that’s awesome. My mom and dad are on Facebook. They are still very confused by Twitter, but they have one for their business
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