Twitter users are starting to provide details of there Twitter ID alongside standard business card information but aren’t ready for it to replace email or phone. At least that’s the view of my networks.
Here are views from people I follow on LinkedIn and Twitter.
“Not instead of, but in addition to. I don’t think it will replace email or phone, but it does add value.” – Denise O’Berry
“NO!” – Mike Magee
“.tel [is the future] so says Justin Hayward….” – Sandeep Kalsi
“I know some who are using it already as the primary mode of communication – but think that we will need another 6 months of evolution to see the true […] reliability of Twitter.” – John Riordan
“Love the idea! I do think it will be awhile before it’s the norm. But I can’t wait!” – Dawn Gartin
“At the present time, twitter has an unpredictable delivery time, so I can’t depend on it to replace telephone, SMS or email, which are currently more predictable.” – Mark Dixon
“Had new (dead tree) biz cards done July. Was tempted to use two [Twitter accounts] but chickened out. […] Two designs , one with no physical address whatsoever.” – Tony Veitch
The ability to accept or reject who you communicate with in a network makes it a very efficient means of communication. It may replace email for business use but not just yet.
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about as likely as certain Big Mac denier eating a Big Mac
Twitter is the new email and email is the new snail mail.
Yes, Twitter is an efficient way to communicate. At the Meltwater office in San Francisco, we are experimenting with an in-house twitter-like app, Yammer. Different departments (Communications, Sales, Tech, Finance) are using it to chat within our groups (i.e. get feedback on a design, or share a team photo). We are also using Yammer to update other departments on our departmental updates (for example, I recently used Yammer to tell my colleagues about our blog design updates), but I still use email for more formal/official communication: follow-up on projects, status updates, seeking direct answers to questions, etc. In short, we use the micro-blogging service to gather more casual feedback, and make and receive small announcements that don’t deserve full email attention. The great thing about Yammer is that I can check it when I have time, reply to various people, “like” different announcements, but it doesn’t require the time and attention that email demands.
Interesting post. Thanks
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