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Twitter Day 3 Observations

Three days ago I decided to take a closer look at Twitter. Prior to that I had opened a Twitter account and noticed that a few people who I knew of and a few I didn't know at all were following me on Twitter which was quite interesting in its own right since in reality I hadn't really posted much to Twitter other then to open an account. At that point I really wasn't following anyone and I was struggling with the idea of why would I. I had posted a couple of Twitter posts back six or eight months ago when I saw that Dustin Luther was using Twitter to update his Facebook status which was kind of interesting but as far as I could tell nothing interesting was going on on Twitter.

My first blog post which I posted yesterday about how Twitter is like Channel 9 on a CB Radio when I was a teen is certainly a good basic description.

Today I learned there were channels on Twitter. Channels on Twitter are typically prefaced by the # symbol. There was one that I saw today which was #REBiggestLoser. It turns out this a weight loss motivational channel for REALTORS.

I also found that there are some pretty famous people Twittering their day away. Lance Armstrong Twitters and he has like 17,700 followers. He's only following 41 people but I'm now a follower of Lance and his Twitters have been so far pretty cool to read.

It turns out that this little Twittering community in 140 characters or less is more interesting then I would have ever expected.

I for one will be Twittering more... BTW: My A/R Posts now update Twitter and Twitter updates my Facebook Status... And then the widget on the right of this post includes my latest Twitters on Twitter.

All the Best,

Glenn Sanford
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Posted by Glenn Sanford on 12/26/2008 11:41 PM

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Glenn - oh, oh... twitter can be addictive. What is your username. you can follow us @kennarealestate Also just posted a twitter tutorial #3 about who to follow. Hope to see you there. ~Rita

Obama is the most popular person on Twitter.

i set up a twitter but havent bothered to figure out how to use it yet

Hi Glenn - Hashtags make it easy to track activity at conferences like Inman and REBlogWorld. Follow Daniel Rothamel (@RealEstateZebra) to find out what hashtag they're going to use for Inman NY in January.

Twitter definitely has the potential to be an addicting tool... I've been enjoying it off-and-on for almost 2 years now, but really only got active recently. The real trick is to subscribe to some interesting folks and then start up the conversations! Merry Christmas! ;)

I joined a few days ago, and now have a few followers. But, like you, I haven't done too much. I am planning to start up today. Thanks for the push!

How do you find the channels? I don't get it!

I haven't figured out how to find the channels / tags perse however you can goto sites like http://www.tweetgrid.com/ and put in the search #REBiggestLoser and you'll find the weight loss for REALTORS channel / tags... You'll see all the posts with the term #REBiggestLoser and you'll see a theme going on. By using Tags you can participate in a conversation beyond just your Tweet Groups even though your Twitter followers will be able to see your Tweet to the group.