Why do people use Twitter?

[KahRAmaN]

Thanks for this great forum. This is my first post to the forum and I wonder what you people think.

Why people use Twitter? What motivates people to use Twitter? Any ideas? It’s about news or comments?

 

[bailey.rein]

Twitter is one of the social networking sites that help generate more traffic..

 

[ian]

I see a lot of people using it as a sort of shortened RSS for their blogs.
I have never been a user of Twitter, but there is no doubting its power.
One of the biggest programs here, Sixty Minutes mentions their twitter profile. You know when the big tv stations promote it, that it is big.

 

[mrandrei]

I use Twitter to connect with my friends. I also use it as a marketing tool and to get targeted traffic.

 

[acrospire]

twitter is used to communicate with frnds and also used for advertisings ,internet marketing etc..

 

[ngseo]

Twitter is used for promoting a website by building a large network of followers. The promotion can be in the form of links to the website or other updates like product/ service introductions.

 

[sydneymatt]

I can see the potential of Twitter. But to be honest I think it might to slow down and lose its buzz after a while. The reason is that people use it to promote themselves more than anything. I think people who find it diverting now and follow others will get a bit sick of it. I mean, what's in it for them?

You'd only really get into it if you posted heaps of tweets all the time. And who has the time and/or energy to do that? Celebs, mainly! Even they will become exhausted after a while. I may be wrong, but I suspect the craze will reach a plateau pretty soon.

 

[besteast]

Twitter gives an immediate pulse on news and events and broadens our reach to a wider community

 

[JMCDesigner]

Do people actually make significant sales on Twitter?

 

[zach]

Do people actually make significant sales on Twitter?

It's possible.

But you have to build a good list of followers.

 

[cutewebbaby16]

I use twitter because of the networking! I can get an answer to a question (in seconds!) from colleagues around the world & not just by email or phone!

 

[cchildr]

has anyone actually seen an increase in site traffic or more business opportunities as a result of twitter? Or is just one of those things that everyone says will help, but no one except the "Big Guys" is able to take advantage of?

 

[trackrock]

alot of traffic if you have the right audience.

 

[freetemplate]

If i have a blog, do i need to update the new blog post link in twiter?

 

[freetemplate]

do i need to update the link in twiter ?

 

[lumbalumba]

Because they want other to know what they're doing. At first I like Twitter. What made me hate it are the super attention seeking users who Tweet almost EVERYTHING that they're doing.

 

[treker]

twitter is the best marketing and communication tool. It's like having your own e-mail list.

 

[lauryn tom]

when u want to talk or say anything.. twitter allows you to do so.. it has also become a tool for advertising and promotion

 

[ishie]

Using Twitter is a great way to connect with your friends and also to build an online community and targeted followers. That translates to good traffic.

 

[jamesparker]

Hi

Twitter is a community site and there are many people visiting on this site daily and twitter is the one best site for bringing visitors to any site.