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The Psychology of Twitter

I commend this post from Library clips to your reading:

Microblogging is a low barrier to use as it?s intune with human behaviourBy John Tropea

?This is a key point, because humans are inherently social creatures who engage primarily in conversational talking. Most of us aren?t authors and don?t write books, articles, or even blogs. We simply know how to talk, and Twitter is the first text service to adequately mimic this behavior in an online medium.?

I think understanding the conversational nature of Twitter is the key to understanding how to use it to our personal (and other) advantage. It seems conversational to me as well as having that social grooming aspect that was first observed in baboon hygiene. It's becoming part of the social glue and connectivity of society - Lordy between CNN, Oprah and Ashton Kutcher how can you miss it!?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).