Comments on: I am a Material Girl and want to live in a Twitter World http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/02/i-am-a-material-girl-and-want-to-live-in-a-twitter-world/ Make Things Happen Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lindiwe http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/02/i-am-a-material-girl-and-want-to-live-in-a-twitter-world/comment-page-2/#comment-13807 Lindiwe Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:07:13 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=499#comment-13807 I agree with Amber, in that we are flocking together. I think that perhaps those who excel in communication using social-media are also people who are not afraid to ACT in the material world. I am the kind of person who will stop and ask someone if they need help if I see them standing on a corner and staring at a map, help someone with a stroller getting onto the bus, hold the door open for someone, etc. I am new to this community and am VERY excited about what I see. .-= Lindiwe´s last blog ..<a href="http://mapofmeaning.blogspot.com/2010/01/blogs-blogging-to-be-blogged.html" rel="nofollow">Your Online Reader</a> =-. I agree with Amber, in that we are flocking together. I think that perhaps those who excel in communication using social-media are also people who are not afraid to ACT in the material world. I am the kind of person who will stop and ask someone if they need help if I see them standing on a corner and staring at a map, help someone with a stroller getting onto the bus, hold the door open for someone, etc. I am new to this community and am VERY excited about what I see.
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]]> By: Lindiwe http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/02/i-am-a-material-girl-and-want-to-live-in-a-twitter-world/comment-page-2/#comment-21698 Lindiwe Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:07:00 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=499#comment-21698 I agree with Amber, in that we are flocking together. I think that perhaps those who excel in communication using social-media are also people who are not afraid to ACT in the material world. I am the kind of person who will stop and ask someone if they need help if I see them standing on a corner and staring at a map, help someone with a stroller getting onto the bus, hold the door open for someone, etc. I am new to this community and am VERY excited about what I see. .-= Lindiwe´s last blog ..<a href="http://mapofmeaning.blogspot.com/2010/01/blogs-blogging-to-be-blogged.html" rel="nofollow">Your Online Reader</a> =-. I agree with Amber, in that we are flocking together. I think that perhaps those who excel in communication using social-media are also people who are not afraid to ACT in the material world. I am the kind of person who will stop and ask someone if they need help if I see them standing on a corner and staring at a map, help someone with a stroller getting onto the bus, hold the door open for someone, etc. I am new to this community and am VERY excited about what I see.
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]]> By: Global Patriot http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/02/i-am-a-material-girl-and-want-to-live-in-a-twitter-world/comment-page-2/#comment-2756 Global Patriot Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:01:47 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=499#comment-2756 To be sure there is a 'flocking' phenomenon that occurs on Twitter, but there is also a dynamic whereby people have actually changed their habits and become even more helpful on Twitter than they are in 'real' life. My guess is that there are two main factors at work. First off, due to the fast refresh rate on Twitter, where tweets fly by like race cars zipping around the oval, the environment is one of energy and excitement, and quickly becomes infectious to all who dive in. The more you see others help, the more you want to participate. Secondly, people choose when they want to be on Twitter, so in a very real sense they are in control of the medium. I believe this sort of positive, self-directed attitude provides the perfect foundation for the process of giving on their own terms. Hopefully this behavior will begin to spill over into the everyday world, but I wouldn't be surprised if the current trend continues and expands to the point where people go to Twitter with an intent to help others - a sort of "who can I help today" frame of mind. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Global Patriots last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalPatriot/~3/i1q6h4FYK4Q/" rel="nofollow">Gary Vaynerchuk Interview - It’s About The People</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> To be sure there is a ‘flocking’ phenomenon that occurs on Twitter, but there is also a dynamic whereby people have actually changed their habits and become even more helpful on Twitter than they are in ‘real’ life. My guess is that there are two main factors at work.

First off, due to the fast refresh rate on Twitter, where tweets fly by like race cars zipping around the oval, the environment is one of energy and excitement, and quickly becomes infectious to all who dive in. The more you see others help, the more you want to participate.

Secondly, people choose when they want to be on Twitter, so in a very real sense they are in control of the medium. I believe this sort of positive, self-directed attitude provides the perfect foundation for the process of giving on their own terms.

Hopefully this behavior will begin to spill over into the everyday world, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the current trend continues and expands to the point where people go to Twitter with an intent to help others – a sort of “who can I help today” frame of mind.

Global Patriots last blog post..Gary Vaynerchuk Interview – It’s About The People

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