Prodromou compares the state of micro-messaging to the early days of
consumer e-mail. In the early 1990s, the e-mail world was dominated by
proprietary dial-up entities
“I couldn’t send you e-mail and you couldn’t send me e-mail,” Prodromou
explained. “We were on these separate islands. Making the change to an
open standard for Internet e-mail has meant e-mail has become
ubiquitous. I think that’s where we’re at now with microblogging.”
the once-tiny Twitter has grown like a magic beanstalk into a full-fledged communications medium — taking its place alongside Web pages, e-mail and maybe even television
The point of social media is to turn learning into a more participatory activity
In a corporation, micro-blogging can be a way to augment behavior modeling
Sarah Milstein predicts that micro-messaging will be as common as email in a few years and may replace email for certain kinds of information, such as client and customer relations.
companies use Twitter to foster communication among employees and customers.
micro-blogging is taking off because it fits how people work and think. But, cautions Lentz, “Think before you tweet. Each tweet is a webpage. It can be Googled. It’s forever.”