I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love Twitter. As an entertainer, it's a way to connect with the fans, and I think that's important.
I'm kind of new to Twitter. I'm about one year in, so I'm a little late to the party.
Twitter is not a business. I know its founders would like to think it is. It is, for the most part, a diversion.
Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.
No party is complete without cocktails! My friends all have different tastes when it comes to their drink of choice, so I like to maintain a well-stocked bar with different kinds of alcohol to keep everyone happy.
It's a matter of invitations versus context. Twitter is really good at providing context, like, I'm having coffee at Third Rail Coffee.' Foursquare is about invitations to places. In this respect Foursquare has started to replace Yelp for me.
Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.
A cocktail done right can really show your guests that you care.
It's bizarre to have both a super-connected and disconnected world. Like, you can use Twitter in the most narcissistic way. Do people really need to know that I'm drinking a latte right now? It's so indulgent.
I use Twitter as a tool to get involved with people, to sell tickets to gigs where I can stand in a room and smell the audience - and I love that!