Tweet, tweet - you tweet, I tweet, SRT tweet & SRK tweet. Never thought 140 characters could change the world around you? Or you still don't think so? Well, here is an attempt to make Twitter change the world (well, yeah, almost)
1. Don't name each and every update a 'tweet' - well, tweets can unsetlle so many crowns as we have seen. So, when an update does not sound so pleasant, why call it a 'tweet'. So, Messrs Stone, Williams & Dorsey - why not start naming those potentially explosive updates as 'breaking tweet' or 'kaboom tweet' maybe??
2. Have music with the emoticons & #nowplaying hashtags - the use of emoticons has really exploded with the advent of Twitter (barring IM clients of course) - you need to say so much in so l:/ttl:e). So, why not add some ringtone/caller tune style notes to make you feel Twitter can also gel with the real world. Also, since #nowplaying remains one of the top trending topics at any moment of the day/night, why not have a music search engine sensor (or a blip.fm add-on) to play a preview of that clip for your followers to enjoy the music and not dance to it in their imaginations only?
3. Have the celebs linked to Promoted Tweets - celebs sell themselves in virtual world, so why not have their real-life endorsements on Twitter via Promoted Tweets as well. So, maybe a grinning MSD egging you to be 'dillogical' with Lays chips or SRK giving you the summer chiller tips with Navratna cool talc. Would make more sense and give us some real entertainment than their bed & breakfast tweets, no?
4. Have a Twitter Esperanto - with every social network comes its own language code. For Twitter, it has not been any different - only that the 140 game has given it a twist, what with the #GGs. So, with this melting pot in place, why not try and have an Esperanto for Twitter too? Whr u cn sy nthng u wnt 2 IMH
5. Have a Twitter sanctuary - whales are endangered creatures (though I can't give an exact count of how many are left, unlike tigers). So, please act reponsibly Twitter - don't let them loose to fill in the show when your servers go down. Believe in CSR - have Twitter sanctuary for the fail whales. The downtime message should then look like this: 'We are working on the issue, in the meantime, why don't you take a tour around our sanctuary and visit the whales we are breeding?'
If you have endured all the five points, then congratualtions - you (like your truly) - do believe that Twitter can change the world, truly!
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