Imagine if astute political
observer and philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli parachuted back into our world to see all the strange new media specimens of
Planet Earth twittering away during their idle moments.
Anyway, I recklessly bumped
into Niccolo on the street while we were both twittering about, well, going across the street. We decided to
sit down over Italian roast and biscotti to discuss his acute
observations. Most importantly, he had
started to carefully analyze and “segment” all the curious personality types
and behaviors emerging from Twitter land. I couldn't resist sharing his thoughts. Please contribute your own categories. Your contributions will be credited in the final version.
- Niccola (channeled through Pete Blackshaw)
This reminds me of my "What would Jesus Twitter?" post a year or so back. Well, actually, this approach might yield more valuable insights than an attempt at humor.
Think of the town crier from back in the day. What if this person had the ability to project their voice anywhere at anytime and his exclamations were permanent record?
Cultural anthropologists and historians would love to have a running record of this information.
Will noodle some categories. Fun experiment.
Posted by: Kevin Dugan | May 12, 2008 at 02:23 PM