Thursday, October 16, 2008
Feds are all aTwitter
Just came across this interesting piece by Eric Krangel of Silicon Alley Insider showing how federal agencies are using Twitter. Does this signal a new era in federal accessibility to the masses? Incidentally, how many of you Twitter out there? And how many of you are going to start after seeing all the federal information now available in easily digestible tidbits?
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Speaking of Twitter, did anyone catch Hack the Debate at Current TV? They superimposed Twitter feeds over the live debate and it really was an interesting twist on the User Generated Content theme. You can read a bit about it and see an excerpt at ReadWriteWeb
Thanks to prof Lovato for flipping the switch for me!
In my advanced public relations class, almost every student was clueless about Twitter, focusing solely on MySpace and Facebook sites for their personal social networking. Additionally, my anecdotal research is suggesting that because Twitter isn't making any money...many such sites may not make it through our current economic crisis. However, research sponsored by BuzzLogic and conducted by JupiterResearch found that advertising is more effective on blogs than social networking sites. Apparently, the fact that many blogs are of one topic and have an identified "blogmaster" makes for better audience targeting. Also, users of social networking sites say they are on the sites to network, not to be bothered with advertising.
Federal agencies are trying to gain exposure over the internet because it is a good resource to view information. The internet has been around in the late 1900s and has grown a lot in exposure. The agencies are also doing this because they may have gotten the hint their official website have not gained hits like a social networking website like Facebook.
I do not Twitter but I heard it is a website where you can view news articles or blog entries. The entries are informative as of what I heard from Mass Communications 102. Not only can you read the blogs but I believe a person can post their own if they sign up as a member.
DaMarkus James
I was not sure what Twitter was until i went and checked it out after reading this article. I think the government is wise for doing this. What part of the government is it though? They obviously know what they are doing when they sign up for this. I would like to know exactly what the government is doing though. Are they just watching people or telling people what they are doing? If they are using it just to watch people, then it is a pretty good move on their part because its a network that is used for that specific reason. If they are going too far into what people are doing then it is not right, and they should not do it.
-Jeff Lown
I was not aware of Twitter as well, but I did go and check it out. It seems pretty interesting for another social networking website. From what I understand, the government is using Twitter to sort of interact more with it's people. Choosing this website, however, may not be the best choice because of its almost unheard of existence. That is just an opinion of course. It is a good idea (or so it seems) and I would be surprised if it had a big impact on a large amount of people.
I don't twitter myself but I do see how this is a good thing. Even after this article was posted years later Twitter is an even bigger hit with a more wider range of people. By the Government being on twitter its a good thing because it might help them watch over certain people and save potential lives. However I do feel that this can be viewed as a big brother thing and its just giving the government more power and ability to watch us and try to control our lives. I hope they use this for a good thing and not over use it, if you know what i mean.
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