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Comment of the Day: Family Twitters

Written by Richard MacManus / March 4, 2008 12:53 AM / 2 Comments

We have two $30 Amazon vouchers to give away today - and both come from our current poll: Will Your Mom & Dad Ever Use Twitter? Our two winners are: Merredith and Nick Nichols, who both wrote about how their family members use Twitter. Merredith has a 16 year old daughter, who likes Twitter but her "Universe is still all about texting and MySpace and Facebook." Nick lives in the Philippines and his 83-year old mom keeps up with him through his Twitters. Full comments, and the poll, below.

Congratulations Merredith and Nick, you've both won a $30 Amazon voucher - courtesy of our competition sponsors AdaptiveBlue and their Netflix Queue Widget.

Note: we had intended to make one winner from the SXSW Breakout Apps post, but no further great comments came in on that post.

Merredith

"My 16 y/o daughter thinks Twitter's really interesting, but for her the Universe is still all about texting and MySpace and Facebook. Same goes for my older son.

But I figure that at some point, when they join a larger community -- something beyond friending and hot-or-not, a little more about ideas -- they could totally see the value in Twitter. I am a fan. And a mom."

Nick

"My Mom is 83. (I'm 56) She uses the computer a lot - email, Google, and keeping up with my Twitter. She lives in Dallas, TX. I live in the Philippines. She keeps telling me over and over how much she appreciates being able to keep up with me through my Twitters.

I don't twitter, usually, for my Mom. I almost never think about her monitoring it. But sometimes I'll specifically post something there knowing she'll see it -- saving an email and allowing a bunch of other people to see it too.

But I can't get her to Twitter herself. She lives in a retirement complex and stays very actively socially. I'd love to know what she's up to; what's going on in her live. I have to wait for email - which isn't quite the same.

So with my Mom, Twitter is in half-duplex mode essentially. But the half that is in use is in tremendously effective."


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  1. I LOVE Twitter. Sadly...I can't get my parents to use it. They are 60 and 62 years old. They tell me "It's nobody's business to know what I'm doing."

    Posted by: Dann McNulty | March 4, 2008 7:42 AM



  2. We've started using Twitter to let the world know what type of design we're working on.

    As for my parents... mid 60s, and they love it.

    Posted by: Photo Birth Announcements | March 13, 2008 8:35 PM



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