Today David Armano asked people on Twitter to send links of their first post about Twitter. I though I could use it to study if there is a difference between early adopters' approach and recent adopters approach.
So, I tracked a lot of post and sorted out the most significant ones, and I found out something very interesting:
The perception people have about Twitter depends on how much experience they have with it, not much on the period they started using Twitter.
People show very similar approaches to Twitter, it's possible to summarize them into a pattern of three phases:
- Phase 1: little experience with Twitter. People think Twitter is about sharing what they are doing
- Phase 2: average experience with Twitter (more than 2 months of active use). People think Twitter is a great source of content
- Phase 3: good experience with Twitter (more than 6 months of active use). People think Twitter generates values and insights through conversation and active participation
The real interesting think is: even if there is no written or spoken rule, Twitter users follow the same evolution in the way they think about Twitter.
What do you think? Could you perceive this evolution as your experience on Twitter grew? Did you experience more phases?
To go on tracking the discussion on Twitter, follow this link:
#tweetpostHere are some posts that helped me developing this conclusions:
| Title | When | What |
| Twitter Me This | February 17, 2007 | "See what it will turn out" approach |
| Awww, poor wittle Twitter cat | March 17th, 2007 | Occasions that might make twitter useful |
| Twitter vs Jabber | April 12, 2007 | Updating activities, applications built on twitter |
| Essay: The Perceived Freshness Fetish | June 22, 2007 | Twitter favors fresh content |
| stub 2 | October 4, 2007 | Twitter creates connections |
| Enterprise twittering | January 2, 2008 | Twitter = public, easy, multi-device, succint |
| Collaborating with Twitter: More than social networking? | March 30, 2008 | Twitter about collaboration |
| Why Twitter? | April 20, 2008 | Reasons for twittering for companies |
| Business Week: Why Twitter Matters | May 19, 2008 | Building connections with an audience |
| Hillary vs. Obama Social Media | May 25, 2008 | Hillary vs Obama Social Media |
| So what are you doing? | May 31, 2008 | Twitter to tell what you're doing |
| Do You Speak Twitter? | December 4, 2008 | Technical rules |
| Nothing Tweeter than Twitter | December 17, 2008 | Valuable content |
| Me? Twitter-pated? Huh! | December 27, 2008 | Hard to understand |
| Networking on Twitter | January 1, 2009 | Newbie, Twitter to say what you're doing then insight goldmine |
| Atwitter | January 26, 2009 | Twitter is about content |
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Content is a part of the twitter thing. Connection is another part. Content + Connection = thought. Thoughts multiplied by participants = tons of precious insights.
I agree.
I also think that connections become at least as important as content and thoughts as experience grows on Twitter. They are the fuel for collective insight preparation.
My early posts about Twitter:
What Marketers Need to Know About Twitter- Oct 2007 http://budurl.com/535d
As you'll see from the comments, I was nearly tarred and feathered for this post - for even suggesting that Twitter had marketing uses! heh!
How to Write Kickass Twitter Posts - Oct 2007
http://budurl.com/zp2z
B.L., impressive posts, considering it was oct 2007! Really quitr an advanced view of Twitter's possibilities.
(even if) By the time you wrote you weren't a complete newbie. As you write, you had already been on Twitter for some time. Can we say you were at least in phase 2?
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