#usguys as I would define it is a Global community of marketing, social media and creative people wanting to promote each other, social media and to motivate conversation on those topics.
We were recently poised the question, on whether twitter was a pulpit or was it a network? Why can it not be both? One must not underestimate the benefits of building rapport. Thanks to Twitter I now know a bunch of people in the fields in which I am interested, that is a very valuable network. Twitter also lets me get the message out about things and ideas of which I care. Twitter is also a Choir. Surely #usguys represents that. A hundred people, singing in one voice, in different keys with the occasional solo, but we are all singing about the same thing.
When it comes down to it, Twitter is a means of communication, what you do with that means, is up to you.
I really enjoyed your last paragraph! Network, Podium and !!Choir!!! Excellent! Very nicely put!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for a great post Robert. I love it that you prefaced it with a brief explanation of #usguys for the reader caught unaware. I also thought your paragraph on Twitter being both a network and a podium was excellent!
ReplyDeleteI think your last sentence nails it, Robert: Twitter is what you make it. When any platform gains mass acceptance, there will always be a section of users that want to create a definitive way to use it. Closing off potential uses stifles creativity, though, so it's not in the best interests of most users to be limited by the perspectives of others, regardless of how long they've been signed up.
ReplyDeleteThat said, my personal preference is to blend just a little self-promotion in with a lot more content curation and recommending the work of others. In turn, that builds the network and choir facets of Twitter that you mention, as we begin to connect with others and discuss the topics that content raises.
I'm just learning of #usguys and it seems like a great group of individuals sharing smart conversation. Thanks for writing about it!