With news today of Twitter’s first organized stream - “Election08” - I’m willing to bet we’re witnessing the first instance of a plan to bring Twitter into main stream usage. When I blogged about this a couple of weeks back, I suggested the current geek user ecosystems needs to give way to pop culture streams like sports for Twitter to reach its scale potential.
Well, the pop culture icons of today are vying for Washington - the Elections. The Elections08 stream is pretty interesting and entertaining - people are tweeting voraciously. I am betting this model will really propel the usage upward.
Smart move, look for a whole new series of channels to form - ad hoc and organized. Make sure you catch the #mccainshot thread, it’s suggesting a drinking game from the election debates - such as: take a swig every time John McCain says “my friends”, and so on…
So, here it comes - a whole new stream of feeds that form tributaries into an ocean of conversations!
