Tweet?

I would love to know what people find so great about twitter, I recently signed up just to check it out as its what all of the big celebs were using.

However i find it pointless and much prefare facebook. Who uses it and what do you like about it ?

[removed]

I'm with you guys... I don't see the draw of tweet.. having to announce every step I take seems pointless and i certainly don't want to sit there reading it.... Facebook same thing.. i only use facebook to play the mafia game which is also a pointless time waster

I'm still learning the ropes of Twitter, but you can hook it up to your facebook, so anything you type into twitter comes on facebook too. (You can also use selective Twitter module if you wish).

They are both amazing tools.

Instead of people having to text you to see what your up to, you can show your whole facebook by posting it up if you wish.

Theres probebly heaps more cool things to use it for, including Business Marketing and Promotion and other goodies.

Twitter seems to be the place to be

If you have a website with rss feeds like shops etc. You can use twitterfeed. This checks your websites feed every hour for updates then posts them on twitter.

Its good if you have loads of peeps following you

I agree with the guys that are saying it can be a distraction, but it is also an amazing marketing tool. I have already gained more business from twitter than from google alone. I use middleware to bring twitter and facebook to my email, rather than waste time playing games. I don't use twitter to tell people that I'm moving about the house or garden or when I'm having a coffee - but I will definitely tweet if I release a new template, or a new add-on or if I've found something interesting about opencart or any cool product I use.

Twitter is simply a microblog. This can then turn into a conversation, so it's almost like interactive email, or a slow chat. See Facebook is by invite only generally, but twitter is based on the search. I can search and follow any body and anyone can choose to follow me. The beauty is that if you choose your words and hash tags well, you can be found in the searches & you will find a community that actually wants to hear what you say, or in terms of marketing and ecommerce, they want to buy what you have.

So to the haters of social media, I say, don't hate it if you don't understand it. To the lovers of it, I say, don't get carried away with it - it can eat your life away until you are no longer socialising on a personal level & you are just interfacing with a website.