"I feel so out of the loop on Twitter, twittered Darcysport (avatar, above), member in good standing of one of the Twitter tribes or "communities" that float our boat from time to time in a given 24-hour cycle:
Dang work. And sleep. General laziness.
But no, we insisted in response:
Think of it as a relay race.
Relevant passage from Soros-seeded Wikipedia:
During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, skating [or twittering] parts of a circuit or performing a certain action.
"Actually, a pretty darned good analogy for the way I tweet," we continued:
A couple of intense "communities" whose members drop in and out at all hours.
A rogue's gallery of some of our favorite Twitter partners: amba12, ThadMcCotter, Stoutcat, DanRiehl, MelissaTweets, NorsU, Lash3.
They feed our intellectual appetite with wit and wisdom and political energy and linked references that open worlds of information and insight, pulling back the curtain on what may or may not be "covered" by traditional information sources. Disintermediating the powers-that-be via the internet, we few form a multitude. As Melissa Clouthier (aka MelissaTweets, fifth from left above) put it to her podcast co-host LA Times columnist Andrew Malcolm the other day:
Why? I am getting news not only from major outlets, I’m getting news from regular citizens who load up pictures, ideas, commentary.
Be sure to read the whole thing. Delicious, nutritious food for thought.
Update: Dan Riehl links with a tease: "What Has Everyone All Atwitter?":
Well, one can drop in just about any time and find out what's breaking, and more. It's also increasingly customizable. For a news junkie and blogger, new aps come along all the time. Few of them become true must haves. Twitter is certainly one imo.
Crossposted at Liberty Pundits.
Ha! Proud to be in the company of the group above. Thanks!
And I found a few new follows, too!
Posted by: Darcysport | May 12, 2010 at 06:09 PM
If our criminal class of politicians will allow it to continue, I believe that the internet can re-establish a free country .
Posted by: goomp | May 12, 2010 at 06:12 PM
The whole thing is a blast...it even has its 'greeting convention': "Coffee Hello!" with its variants...
Folks post at different rates...some with links, some with bon mots...I change my avatar with the holidays...
A non-stop verbal poker game where hands are dealt and people put up table stakes and have at!
Posted by: KngFish | May 13, 2010 at 01:10 AM
How nice is this? I hit the link and the first thing I see is a large version of Darcysports' lovely avatar. Yow!
Twitter is having a conversation with a room full of interesting friends, none of whom are actually in your room, and the door is open whenever you want it to be. Some of the most interesting and engaging people I have met have been met on Twitter. I like my tribe!
Twitter also puts me at least two news cycles ahead of the regular news outlets. It has replaced the MSM, at least for me, in terms of speed, accuracy and content.
Posted by: Michael_Haz | May 13, 2010 at 01:05 PM
Gotta represent!
Go Sissy, Darcy, Kngfish, Haz!
Go tribe!
Posted by: chickelit | May 13, 2010 at 02:24 PM
Gorgeous as Dar is, it's really the expression on her face that makes that picture perfect for this story.
Posted by: Bitmaelstrom | May 13, 2010 at 10:36 PM