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Twitter, Meaningful Conversations, and #FollowFriday

JimHarris
Last updated: 2010/06/25 at 8:00 AM
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In social media, one of the most common features of social networking services is allowing users to share brief status updates.  Twitter is currently built on only this feature and uses status updates (referred to as tweets) that are limited to a maximum of 140 characters, which creates a rather pithy platform that many people argue is incompatible with meaningful communication.

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In social media, one of the most common features of social networking services is allowing users to share brief status updates.  Twitter is currently built on only this feature and uses status updates (referred to as tweets) that are limited to a maximum of 140 characters, which creates a rather pithy platform that many people argue is incompatible with meaningful communication.

Although I use Twitter for a variety of reasons, one of them is sharing quotes that I find thought-provoking.  For example:

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This George Santayana quote was shared by James Geary, whom I follow on Twitter because he uses his account to provide the “recommended daily dose of aphorisms.”  My re-tweet (i.e., “forwarding” of another user’s status update) triggered the following meaningful conversation with Augusto Albeghi, the founder of StraySoft who is known as @Stray__Cat on Twitter:

 

Now of course, I realize that what exactly constitutes a “meaningful conversation” is debatable regardless of the format.

Therefore, let me first provide my definition, which is comprised of the following three simple requirements:

  1. At least two people discussing a topic, which is of interest to all parties involved
  2. Allowing all parties involved to have an equal chance to speak (or otherwise share their thoughts)
  3. Attentively listening to the current speaker—as opposed to merely waiting for your turn to speak

Next, let’s examine why Twitter’s format can be somewhat advantageous to satisfying these requirements:

  1. Although many (if not most) tweets are not necessarily attempting to start a conversation, at the very least they do provide a possible topic for any interested parties
  2. Everyone involved has an equal chance to speak, but time lags and multiple simultaneous speakers can occur, which in all fairness can happen in any other format
  3. Tweets provide somewhat of a running transcript (again, time lags can occur) for the conversation, making it easier to “listen” to the other speaker (or speakers)

Now, let’s address the most common objection to Twitter being used as a conversation medium:

“How can you have a meaningful conversation when constrained to only 140 characters at a time?”

I admit to being a long-winded talker or, as a favorite (canceled) television show would say, “conversationally anal-retentive.”  In the past (slightly less now), I was also known for e-mail messages even Leo Tolstoy would declare to be far too long.

However, I wholeheartedly agree with Jennifer Blanchard, who explained how Twitter makes you a better writer.  When forced to be concise, you have to focus on exactly what you want to say, using as few words as possible.

I call this reduction of your message to its bare essence—the power of pith.  In order to engage in truly meaning conversations, this is a required skill we all must master, and not just for tweeting—but Twitter does provide a great practice environment.

 

At least that’s my 140 characters worth on this common debate—well okay, it’s more like my 5,000 characters worth.

 

Great folks to follow on Twitter

Since this blog post was published on a Friday, which for Twitter users like me means it’s FollowFriday, I would like to conclude by providing a brief list of some great folks to follow on Twitter. 

Although by no means a comprehensive list, and listed in no particular order whatsoever, here are some great tweeps, and especially if you are interested in Data Quality, Data Governance, Master Data Management, and Business Intelligence:

  • Augusto Albeghi – @Stray__Cat
  • Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen – @hlsdk
  • Dylan Jones – @DataQualityPro
  • Phil Simon – @PhilSimon
  • Rich Murnane – @murnane
  • David Loshin – @DavidLoshin
  • DataFlux – @DataFlux
  • Jill Wanless – @sheezaredhead
  • Datamartist – @Datamartist
  • Baseline Consulting – @BaselineConsult
  • Jill Dyché – @JillDyche
  • Rob Paller – @RobPaller
  • Initiate – @Initiate
  • Jacqueline Roberts – @JackieMRoberts
  • Terri Rylander – @BIMarcom
  • Garnie Bolling – @GarnieBolling
  • Steve Sarsfield – @SteveSarsfield
  • Julian Schwarzenbach – @jschwa1
  • Phil Wright – @faropress
  • William Sharp – @dqchronicle
  • Daragh O Brien – @daraghobrien
  • Ken O’Connor – @KenOConnorData
  • Graham Rhind – @GrahamRhind
  • Dalton Cervo – @dcervo
  • Dan Power – @dan_power
  • Merv Adrian – @merv
  • Robert Karel – @rbkarel
  • Ted Friedman – @GartnerTedF
  • Loraine Lawson – @LoraineLawson
  • Peter Thomas – @PeterJThomas

 

PLEASE NOTE: No offense is intended to any of my tweeps not listed above.  However, if you feel that I have made a glaring omission of an obviously Twitterific Tweep, then please feel free to post a comment below and add them to the list.  Thanks!

I hope that everyone has a great FollowFriday and an even greater weekend.  See you all around the Twittersphere.

 

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Additional Resources

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JimHarris June 25, 2010
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