Karen Rubin's Ramblings

A friend of a friend wrote a great piece in Vanity Fair about getting fired for tweeting. He points out that "tweeting your mind and keeping your job can often be incompatible," and that this might be because "tweets tend to be banged out on a cell phone or BlackBerry in a matter of seconds." Essentially, people don't think before they tweet! 

 Just ask yourself this one question before you send a message out to the Twit-o-sphere. "Would I say this to my boss's face?" If the answer is no, slowly step away from the keyboard. 

Last week on HubSpot.tv we discussed Brian Solis's article Twitter Visits Surpass New York Times and Wall Street Journal and I have to say when I looked at it for the first time, my jaw dropped open. Look at this graph!

 All I could say was WOW! The big question is if this is just a bubble of popularity because of Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN and Oprah or if this is sustainable growth that actually means something. A couple weeks ago some numbers came out saying that 60% of people who sign up for Twitter don't come back the next month. That pretty much sucks. It will continue to be interesting to watch Twitter grow and see if will be something awesome, or just another fad.