If blogosphere = conference main hall, then twittersphere = buzzing side halls
Jan 17th 2008NiaLLLarkinblogosphere & louisgray & twitter & twittersphere
Louis Gray’s post “Can we talk about twitter for a second” is zooming up techmeme as I write.
Louis concludes that Twitter is
truly a noisy, ineffective tool for typical communication.
He’s fully right. And because of that. He is also fully wrong. In truth, Twitter is also a truly noisy highly effective tool for ATYPICAL communication.
Think of it this way, you go to a conference and the formal talks in the main hall are good enough. But the truth is you could have stayed home and watched them online. Nevertheless, you come back from this conference buzzing because of the informal chats and random contacts you picked up in the side halls.
In this respect, the twittersphere is the sidehall of the blogosphere.