Guess I'm not the only one thinking about how mainstream visibility will impact Twitter in the future.
About five minutes after I issued my original post, I came across a post by Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang on Twitter), an IT analyst with Forrester Research, and one of the early Twitter/social media pioneers: 'What Happens When Twitter Gets Mainstream Attention.'
He makes some really good points about how the expected rush of new celebs joining Twitter will impact the service and existing users, including:
"Being world famous comes with challenges, it’s hard to tell who your friends are, and as a result, they will likely use these tools to communicate with each other, or talk about their personal insights. We shouldn’t expect them to engage in individual conversations with their community."
and
"This increase in people, and brands of all sorts joining Twitter will cause more noise and content to be created....The ‘A-Listers’ are now just ‘B-Listers’ again...Expect the early adopters to shift back to blogs, Friendfeed, or put up stronger filters in Twitter. The power is shifting back, and the bruised egos will force them to move on."
What do you think?
Geo2
