A little over a month ago, I started using Twitter despite a lot of skepticism. I really didn’t think it would have much value for me, despite what a boatload of journalists have said. I said I would give it a one-month trial run and re-evaluate afterward.
The result, which I hope will be taken to heart by other reporters who have been similarly skeptical:
It’s a lot better than I expected, and worth the time for any reporter or news organization.
I found 14 local users in the first day, which was more than I thought but still not a big number. I used a combination of the site’s search feature, Twitterlocal, TwitDir and Tweetscan to find them.
But a funny thing happened: Apparently my presence on the site motivated others to give it a try. After many of the local bloggers made a run onto the site, one of them wrote:
What was this impetus for this local surge in interest? My research has traced it to Daniel Victor,
