Kelby Carr

OK, maybe this is just kind of weird. I blog about Twitter, and now Twitter blogged about me blogging about Twitter. Umm, thanks Twitter. I’m not sure I’m entirely ready for this kind of relationship. It’s not you. You’re great! It’s me.

Seriously, though, I love that Twitter sees that moms are such a force on Twitter (and I totally adore any link love from such a major blog, with a PR7 no less!). We are a force. We are taking over the world. We’re just starting at the Twitter level. Baby steps for moms, 140 characters at a time.

Watch out world!

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I’ve been social networking for a while, and I think Twitter has nailed the mom demographic. I see moms on there left and right, and there is a wonderful mom conversation happening at Twitter. If you haven’t been listening, check out this ab-fab Ultimate List of Moms on Twitter. (And thanks so much eMom… you rock for taking the time to create this list.)

I’ve stumbled (which, for the record, I still totally love), sphunn (is that a word?), dugg, spaced, facebooked, you name it. I netscaped until it propellered. I have a secondlife (but do I even have a life?). I babblzed until it fizzled.

Some are more enjoyable than others, and some are better for networking than others. Some will bring a torrent of traffic that, I suspect, never returned. Some boosted a site’s PageRank, odds are likely. Some connected me with old and new friends.

MySpace is too filled with spam, pre-pubescents and glittering graphics for my taste. Honestly, I know Facebook is supposed to be so hot, but I just can’t get into it. You know why? I don’t have the time to delve into it. And I don’t really WANT graffiti.

But then I discovered Twitter. Oh, to Twitter. My day consists of not a single stretch to focus on one thing for more than, oh, a millisecond. Then there’s a whine, cry, dog who needs to piss, kid who wants to be fed, blog I need to write, web article that needs editing… Like every mom, this list is endless.

Twitter’s genius lies in the beauty of 140 characters. It lies in the ability to send without even opening a new browser window, without even needing a computer.

I don’t have time for much, but I have time to Tweet. That I can do. Microblogging is social networking for time-deprived, short-attention spanned mom.

Beyond that, it’s also appealing to a mom. It’s more intimate and personal. You see a page full of faces, you see what they’re saying. It’s a real conversation. It’s also very effective. When I see a link posted by one of these moms, women I’ve never met or said more than 140 characters at a time to, I click it.

I can talk to the momosphere, and I can do it quickly. Better yet, I can listen to the momosphere. Very cool.

What do you think? Why do you Twitter (or not)? And hey, don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.

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