What I want from Tweeples in 2010 – That means you!

Twitter kinda summed up a lot of 2009.

There wasn’t any earth shattering product announcements, no conference that changed the way we look at the world entirely and no single thing that got as much discussion or produced as many “lists” as twitter did.  We (for the most part) didn’t know what we were doing or how it should be done.  We were learning as we went and were making a lot of mistakes in the process.  But you know what?  At least we were trying! We’ve had a year to get this under our belts – we’ve seen each other make mistakes, have some amazing wins and be really annoying at times.  We’ve watched as people struggled to figure out just how much they were and weren’t comfortable sharing and others determine if they were comfortable on it at all.  We’ve seen pictures of cats and kids and dogs in sweaters.  We’ve watched romances blossom…and fizzle.  We’ve built networks and relationships of people that are equally as geeky as we are. And honestly, we’ve had a lot of fun doing it.

But now, its time for us to move on a little from our tweeting adolescents….So I ask - what was your role in 2009?  Were  you an influencer, educator, connector, friend, entertainer, voyer or just noise in the background?

Ok, honestly, I don’t really care what your role was in 2009 – Focus on your role in 2010 and read some of my suggestions:

Here are my top 10 resolutions for all the tweeters I know:

1. People – DO NOT  put “Please RT” in your tweets.  If it is interesting, I will RT.  If it is interesting and you ask me to RT, I won’t cause that’s just how I am.
2. The authenticity debate ends.  No one is actually authentic unless you see what they do in their own house all alone when no one is watching.  You are who you are.
3. #FF AKA #FollowFriday will actually have different people every week.  I get it, you have friends on twitter.  What else you got for me?
4. People start RT’ing more frequently.  If you see something great – RT it – it might introduce us to someone we don’t know.
5. Don’t just tweet a link.  It makes me angry.  I want to know what I am going to be looking at.
6. Stop the stupid “influencer lists”  Everyone is influenced by different things – who are you to tell anyone else what they are influenced by
7. Engage people.  Its simple – but talk to people that follow you on occasion.  You’ll be surprised what you may have in common.
8. Meet people offline.  Believe it or not – there are still these things called phones.  Apparently some people even have them that aren’t cellular.  I think they are called boomers.
9. While we are on that topic, Can we get over the generational issues debate on twitter?  Unless of course you are part of the #genYunconference
10. You will send me brownies from @ftbrownies or other goodies – cause these last few weeks have been delish

PS. Don’t stop being personal and sharing all the fun things that I really do love!  I kinda secretly do like the kitty pics.  

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