Schwarzenegger Just called to congratulate @JerryBrown2010. Looking forward to Maria & me getting together w/ him & Anne to talk abt a smooth transition.
Schwarzenegger Speaking to No on 23 party just now. World Series or an election, I'll always take California over Texas
Schwarzenegger We beat Texas last night and now we're here getting pumped up to beat Texas on Prop 23 tonight.
Twitter was first introduced to me in the 2008 election when CSPN2 asked me to be one of their blog contributors in a feature they titled Debate Hub. I was offered a twitter account at that time. I couldn't figure it out, but I did save my "name" and my "password."
Now, it's a couple of years later, and "everyone" is "twittering." So, I logged into my account, and voila, a few followers and a few I follow.
At first, I thought this was perfect for doubling my blog audience. But then, it really became obvious that only the "famous" people use this social communication method to keep a following and/or put out to a mass audience an opinion. Lady Gaga does that, and I have no problem admitting I am one of her "lil monsters" as she affectionately calls her followers.
But, I realized that twittering didn't offer me a personal forum to express myself, although it did offer me an ability to get personal "tweets" from famous people. Now, I'm not getting Bieber or Kardashian tweets, mind you. But I do subscribe to Arnie's twitter page, and liberals Rachel Maddow and Sam Seder. I really don't care to tweet since I don't have followers (unlike the fact that I do have regulars that read my blog, where I can dispense my own personal opinions to those that care to read the blog) but it is very interesting to get tweets from people like the friggen governor of California. Or what Tommy Lasorda thinks about the world series.
Seriously, though, I find it interesting to use Twitter to follow, rather than to lead.
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