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Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes

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I’m eagerly watching Twitter evolve and organize itself. I’m dazzled as third parties are giving Twitter memory and context. But what I care about, and what has value to me, is the tribe of people in my ecosystem. Twitter is the best social network out there; it’s a great social search engine; and it’s a short strategic hop from being a terrific next generation address book. My tribe is not your tribe because you’re not using Twitter how I do. You wrote an Academy Award-winning screenplay, only follow a few people, but have thousands following you. You sell shoes and follow each of the thousands of people who follow you. You are a major airline, but sound surprisingly human. Twitter’s value has nothing to do with the technology. Measuring uptime is an interesting nerd exercise, but Twitter’s value lies in how it stays out of the way and allows people to easily connect so they can share their thoughts and, more importantly, explore their differences.

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17340_32 naturegeek Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes
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This is the article, along with a tweet from Zeldman and insistence from Elaine, that made me join Twitter. It's very true! And I like Twitter much more than I ever would have expected.
10943_32 Hillary Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes
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June 9, 2008

I’m eagerly watching Twitter evolve and organize itself. I’m dazzled as third parties are giving Twitter memory and context. But what I care about, and what has value to me, is the tribe of people in my ecosystem. Twitter is t...
13212_32 Stephen Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes
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May 21, 2008

Rands' great piece on the appeal of Twitter. Read it.
1_32 nonprofit-tech We Travel in Tribes
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May 19, 2008

In the time that I’ve been using Twitter, it’s transformed from a curiosity to an essential service. What were seemingly random status updates have now become organized into organic conversational threads that bring a steady f...
9485_32 Leanda Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes
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May 19, 2008

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6107_32 Twitter Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes
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June 2, 2008

I’m eagerly watching Twitter evolve and organize itself. I’m dazzled as third parties are giving Twitter memory and context. But what I care about, and what has value to me, is the tribe of people in my ecosystem. Twitter is t...