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Twitter is a Sentient Being

By Rick on Jul 31, 2008 in Internet Marketing, Social Media, World According to Rick

Jack Humphrey published an article I wrote about how Twitter is better than Google because the collective brain trust functions as a living sentient being.

Is there any other computer or software that you can type a real question to – and get back real answers, not search results?

I believe this is one of my best articles and worthy of Wired Magazine. Check it out at Jack Humphrey’s Blog Why Twitter is Better Than Google.

Thanks – Rick

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  2. By Dr Wright on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    Twitter is a slave bot. It has a huge work load, no love and no rest. We each own a piece of it and flog it when it falls down from exhaustion. We “hate” on the fail whale as if it stole money out of our wallets. If twitter is sentient, we better start treating it nicer. A slave revolt is never good, no matter who wins.

    Dr. Wright
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    http://www.twitter.com/drwright1

    Dr Wrights last blog post..The Self Esteem System

  3. By JK Swopes on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    Going over to check it out now, thanks Rick…keep up the great content!

    JK Swopess last blog post..Reader Appreciation, showing some luv.

  4. By Social Marketing Lover Jack Humphrey on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    Rick,

    WIRED won’t pick it up unless you include tips like “How to Hi-5 Someone” or “Sign Our Battlestar Glactica Petition!” in the article. :)

    I kid the WIRED Magazine.

    Great article – do more of em!

  5. By Rick on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    @drwright that is BRILLIANT – I LOVE IT!

    Thanks JK and Jack – I can’t believe how much my perspective has changed on Twitter since first glance.

    Boy, was I wrong!

    Rick

  6. By Kevin Reid on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    Answer a question?

    Isn’t that what Askjeeves.com (Ask.com) attempted to do?

    It sounds good in theory – but in your article you glossed over a very important point: Your “answer” is only as good as those who follow you.

    So “attracting” the right followers is going to be someone’s limiting factor to the quality of their answer.

    Not only with their be the ‘digital divide’ but there will soon come: The Twitter or Follower Divide

    Which end will you be on?

  7. By Rick on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply

    I don’t know about Ask Jeeves – but I do know the functional results I get from Twitter.

    Talk about alive…

    I just got a Twitter messake from http://Twitter.com/jkswopes with a brilliant suggestion for a viral video based on a blooper in one of my http://TwitterSqueeze.com video trainings on my whiteboard!

    Gaining the right kind of followers – or at least increasing the odds of that – is the key to Twitter Squeeze – and my entire Twitter Philosophy – which is working out very well for me.

    Thanks for the great comment Kevin,
    Rick

  8. By Cynthia Clinton on Aug 9, 2008 | Reply

    I loved the article, but I think you gotta be Rick Butts to ask a question and get a lot of answers lol. Hardly any of my questions get answered on Twitter. Perhaps I’ve become the Goddess of The Rhetorical Question and people just assume I already know ;) .

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