Alas, there is still time. Last week I sent messages to 20 friends on Facebook to get more people involved in this conversation. Today, I sent a message to 50 connections on LinkedIn for the same reason. Welcome to all of you.
This post isn't full of insight or penetrating questions. But I do have a good link for you. Check out this short essay -- and equally important the graphics -- on the Twitter use in the U.S. Congress. Hat tip: Steve Rubel. Bottom line, the most influential talkers in the social media environment are the most active listeners.
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Interesting to see members of Congress actively using Twitter. It is also surprising Republicans outnumber Democrats. Is this because they feel the need to "connect" or because it is a useful tool? From what I read, less than 10% of Congress is using Twitter (44ish of 535).
ReplyDeleteRe: Outnumber. I'm not sure why the GOP outnumbers the DEM on Twitter. My intuition is that there is a first mover issue at play. There was a lone actor -- Rep. Culbertson -- who got out first and showed how the tool could work for Members. He is a Republican and recruited some technologically friendly colleagues to join him. The whole issue took off -- a relative term since we are talking about 10 percent of the population -- when the GOP staged a walk-out and showdown last autumn over votes on energy policy. Twitter and other real-time one-to-many communications platforms like Qik changed the media narrative of that policy debate.
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