Twitter

Hmmm. Well, I am definitely not signing up for Twitter. (Thank-you for not making that a necessary part of this assignment).

I did have a look at the main page of Twitter and saw some random postings by people. And I actually stumbled upon a good reason to follow someone's tweets. Stalking celebrities! If you were very obsessed with a certain actor or singer, you may be able to find out where they are in the world by paying attention to their tweets. Not that I'm condoning stalking behaviours, but Twitter would be a great tool for that! :)

Also, just in terms of being a good tweeter, I think it really needs to be used appropriately. After looking at the tweets from our CPL accounts, it seems that the best ones are tweeting about actual library events or news (or in the case of the TeenZone, tweeting about funny things in the news). If I was a customer following a CPL twitter account, I think I would find it useful to get a message saying "Remember to register for programs today!" or "Spaces still left in Babytime that starts tomorrow!". On the flip side, it would be annoying to receive a tweet everyday that simply advertised the Library in general (i.e. "Check out your library for all of your information needs!") That to me is boring. And pointless.

So like a good blog, if used appropriately, I concede that Twitter has its place. Just not in my life.