Tools of the Trade - by Patrick Thornton on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 11:26 - View Comments

A Very Real Twitter Network in Michigan

Twixperiment part II: Michigan Twitter Network launched

The other day I mentioned that the MLive Twitter account will try to follow all the Twitterers in Michigan. I know I didn’t catch every Michigan Tweeter, but I did find more than 1,300 people to follow. That was phase I of the MLive twixperiment.

Now for phase II

Some of the Michigan twitterers were so excited to have MLive follow them, they sent us direct messages and “@”’s to thank us for following. We have yet to receive any negative feedback.

So creating a page for the network was the logical step. Check out the Michigan Twitter Network on MLive.

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  • http://www.wwj.com TJ Ansley

    I read this blog alot and this really got me going today. WWJ Newsradio has just started to Tweet to deliver breaking news and other news from around South East Michigan and Detroit. Hope people will follow.

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