Musical Twitter

Are you a Twitter aficionado? Twitter literate (twitter-ate)? Well then, read on. If you don't know what Twitter is, how it works, or why a Twitter message is called a tweet instead of a twit then this post isn't for you.

People develop their own Twitter usage strategy. Whether you think about it or not, you do. Stating it in words is one thing, but why not put it to music? Better yet, let's dig up songs from amazingly forward-thinking bands who, dare I say, predicted the emergence of Twitter.

There's the Genesis approach of let's all follow each other...

Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me  I will follow you will you follow me  All the days and nights that we know will be  I will stay with you will you stay with me  Just one single tear in each passing year

How nice. In the twitter-verse this is known as #teamfollowback, among other things. Face it, I need more followers, you need more followers, let's do this.

And then there's the Uncle Kracker approach where you assert that people should follow you and that will make their life better...

Uncle Kracker - Follow Me  Follow me everything is alright  I'll be the one to tuck you in at night  And if you Want to leave I can guarantee  You won't find nobody else like me

Why, you're a fool if you don't follow someone like me. I'm here to help you. I'm doing you a favor by putting myself out on Twitter for people like you to follow.

Finally (for today), there's the U2 approach which I consider to be a sheep strategy...

U2 - I Will Follow  Walkaway, walkaway  I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow  If you walkaway, walkaway,  I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow  I will follow

Sheep, lemming, you decide. No matter what you do I'm going to follow you. You don't know who I am... no problem. I'm there following what you do. You don't need to acknowledge my existence, that's perfectly okay. It could be construed as a stalker approach, but I think not. I'm sticking with sheep.

Everyone has to define their own Twitter strategy. Whether you sing it out loud, hum a tune, or lip sync badly, there is a Twitter melody inside of you somewhere.