A quick post to shout out about Pete Blackshaw's latest post for ClickZ. In it, he discusses Twitter segments and different classes of individuals on the site. As the micro-blog evolves it will be interesting to see all the different types that join up and further the analysis.
One interesting footnote, Pete actually used Twitter to gather his data by proposing this tweet to this followers, "ok i think im going to write my mkt column about twitter "types" (user segments) send thoughts 03:55 PM May 08, 2008 from web." The tweet stoked some thoughts in my head. As I have been thinking about that very thing for quite sometime and was happy to help. I added a few segments including: TweetSquatters and Tweetniks.
I wanted to talk about the Tweetniks, or someone who uses Twitter to write 21st Century prose. Listed below are a few examples of these modern day Whitmans.
- http://twitter.com/TwitterBard
- http://twitter.com/TwitterPoetry
- http://twitter.com/TweetPoet
- http://twitter.com/onelinepoetry
Society's becoming more connected and much more digital. Artist are sometimes the first to adopt new technology for purposes of expression. Social platforms provide a natural fit for artist to express themselves and explore new mediums. How will digital change creative endeavors? Tweetniks might be blazing a trail of digital creativity that is a game changer but only time will tell.
What do you think?
FYI - Here is Pete's website dedicated to the topic. Please visit and leave him some feedback on users you have encountered. Additionally, if you would like to add me to your twitter list feel free to do so @stemato.