Ben’s Blog

I signed up for a Twitter account late last year as a skeptic looking at a buzz technology tool. I thought, “Who cares what I’m doing right now” and “How is this useful?”

I’m not sure why exactly, but I recently gave it another go and have become increasingly intrigued with how to use it.

So far I’ve got it pegged to being:

• an IM client
• a chat room
• a micro-blog
• a news source
• an idea storm/generator
• a megaphone

The ways to use it really go on and on. Heck, someone even used it to propose!

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If I see something in my feeds with the name “Ron Paul” anywhere in the title or description I’m going to ignore it. I don’t even want to take the time anymore to go vote it down on Digg or Reddit for being lame campaign spam.

Could this be a case of online overmarketing? Burnout? Am I alone on this one? I hate to say that it might affect my decision in ‘08, but the fact is that his name leaves a sore taste in my mouth from seeing it over, and over, and over, in places that I would hardly deem appropriate.

Great job Ron Paul fanboys — you’ve achieved success in becoming the most irritating Internet sensation since The Hamster Dance.

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Simple. Watch Seth Godin’s presentation to Google last year.