Feb 03 2010

Why I Love Twitter

Published by Lauren at 8:54 pm under Church 2.0, Church Communications, Church Social Networking

I really, really love Twitter, here’s why:

  1. It’s super easy to connect with people without red tape, without filters, or without someone asking you if you already know someone.
  2. It’s simple to search for people and follow them, whether or not they ever follow you back. You can still stay connected by reading their Tweets.
  3. I’ve found a plethora of great people out their sharing valuable information that I would never have found without following them on Twitter.
  4. I learn from and am encouraged by many people out there, especially pastors and other churches.
  5. It fosters a “partnership mentality” and reminds me that we are all in this together, many of us working toward similar goals. The world is not so large.
I recently launched a Twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/ChurchTechToday, and/or you can find me at http://www.twitter.com/laurenhhunter.
Happy Tweeting!

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  1. Stuart Dyckhoff says:
    February 9, 2010 at 11:52 am

    5 good reasons for twitter but I find the longer I use it the less enamoured of it I am.

    Especially when it comes to your point 5 – “it fosters a partnership mentality”. Your point that there are many working towards similar goals is right but I have to constantly remind myself that similar goals does not mean similar values, beliefs or viewpoints and get frustrated when the “partnership” – lets call it networking – of twitter fails miserably.

    The site was created around principles of networking yet so few on twitter understand that networking is a two way street. They talk about it but don’t actually undertake it themselves.

    Anyway, added both your feeds to my follows and to my ChurchIT list.
    @stubbyd

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