Bowing to Our Twitter Robot Overlords

I have an anti-robot stance on Twitter. By that, I mean to say that I don’t want to follow things that aren’t people (with all due respect to Bruce Sterling’s spimes). I just don’t need to add something automated into a place that’s inherently human. Or at least that was my stance.

Now, Tom Peters is evidently loosing a robot on Twitter, such that it will blurt out little Tom-isms. Hmm. I passed on the Seth Godin robot (wish to devil it was Seth for real), but the way Shelley Dolley put it has me thinking:

Tom’s not planning to jump on the micro-blogging bandwagon anytime soon (limit Tom to 140 characters? I don’t think so), so for now, this is the only way to get your Tom fix on Twitter.

So, hmmm. If it’s a little spurt of Tom Peters advice, and I like Tom (or Seth or Covey), maybe I should follow the robots?

Not sure. What say you?

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http://www.themultitasker.com Corby Fine

Funny, I found following Clinton and Obama to be much like a robot. Incredibly scripted, routine Twitter posts that sounded like they were written by an automated speech writing machine full of the best 1,000 cliches available to modern day politicians.
http://jeremyvaught.com Jeremy Vaught

I’m generally not a bot follower either. I follow 1/2 as many as follow me, so I’m not much of a follow everyone kind of guy, but I’ll try this out before coming to any conclusions. What’s three more tweets a day…

Besides, I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice.
http://jeremyvaught.com Jeremy Vaught

I’m generally not a bot follower either. I follow 1/2 as many as follow me, so I’m not much of a follow everyone kind of guy, but I’ll try this out before coming to any conclusions. What’s three more tweets a day…

Besides, I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice.
http://jeremyvaught.com Jeremy Vaught

I’m generally not a bot follower either. I follow 1/2 as many as follow me, so I’m not much of a follow everyone kind of guy, but I’ll try this out before coming to any conclusions. What’s three more tweets a day…

Besides, I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice.
http://www.davekawalec.com Dave Kawalec

“Since Twitter can be used on a computer or a cell phone, it’s fun to imagine the varied locations and circumstances of the folks who will be reading the tips at the same time.”

It’s interesting that Tom sees all of this value in Twitter, and yet at the same time feels limited by the 140 character limit. I don’t really understand his position here.

Bots are OK if they are providing useful information. Especially with Twitter, where you choose your own information stream, why complain about purity? Just stop following the bots.
http://www.davekawalec.com Dave Kawalec

“Since Twitter can be used on a computer or a cell phone, it’s fun to imagine the varied locations and circumstances of the folks who will be reading the tips at the same time.”

It’s interesting that Tom sees all of this value in Twitter, and yet at the same time feels limited by the 140 character limit. I don’t really understand his position here.

Bots are OK if they are providing useful information. Especially with Twitter, where you choose your own information stream, why complain about purity? Just stop following the bots.
http://www.davekawalec.com Dave Kawalec

“Since Twitter can be used on a computer or a cell phone, it’s fun to imagine the varied locations and circumstances of the folks who will be reading the tips at the same time.”

It’s interesting that Tom sees all of this value in Twitter, and yet at the same time feels limited by the 140 character limit. I don’t really understand his position here.

Bots are OK if they are providing useful information. Especially with Twitter, where you choose your own information stream, why complain about purity? Just stop following the bots.
http://www.theviralgarden.com Mack Collier

“so for now, this is the only way to get your Tom fix on Twitter.”

Then I won’t be getting my ‘fix’ of Tom on Twitter. I use Twitter as a tool to connect with and talk to others. Not to be marketed to with no way to respond.
http://www.theviralgarden.com Mack Collier

“so for now, this is the only way to get your Tom fix on Twitter.”

Then I won’t be getting my ‘fix’ of Tom on Twitter. I use Twitter as a tool to connect with and talk to others. Not to be marketed to with no way to respond.
http://www.theviralgarden.com Mack Collier

“so for now, this is the only way to get your Tom fix on Twitter.”

Then I won’t be getting my ‘fix’ of Tom on Twitter. I use Twitter as a tool to connect with and talk to others. Not to be marketed to with no way to respond.
http://socialmediaforchange.com/ Michelle Riggen-Ransom

Funny that tweets coming from an alleged robot @MarsPhoenix are actually very human, expressing the heartfelt wonder, excitement and joy of its creators. This is a major scientific event and NASA is doing an amazing job using social media to communicate. Spent a good twenty minutes today showing their tweets and website to my four year-old who wanted to know “How do people learn to go to outer space?”

Hooray real robots!
http://socialmediaforchange.com/ Michelle Riggen-Ransom

Funny that tweets coming from an alleged robot @MarsPhoenix are actually very human, expressing the heartfelt wonder, excitement and joy of its creators. This is a major scientific event and NASA is doing an amazing job using social media to communicate. Spent a good twenty minutes today showing their tweets and website to my four year-old who wanted to know “How do people learn to go to outer space?”

Hooray real robots!
http://socialmediaforchange.com/ Michelle Riggen-Ransom

Funny that tweets coming from an alleged robot @MarsPhoenix are actually very human, expressing the heartfelt wonder, excitement and joy of its creators. This is a major scientific event and NASA is doing an amazing job using social media to communicate. Spent a good twenty minutes today showing their tweets and website to my four year-old who wanted to know “How do people learn to go to outer space?”

Hooray real robots!
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Shelley Dolley

Mack – the intention is not to market to you without letting you respond. Just as we (team Tom) offer a daily quote delivered to your email inbox, the DailyLit Twitter service is merely another way to hear pieces of advice from Tom, free of charge. We’re simply trying out new technologies to see if they’re of use to Tom’s fans. If it were a marketing ploy, we’d plug Tom’s books or speeches. That’s not what this is about. I’m sorry you had that impression.
Shelley Dolley

Mack – the intention is not to market to you without letting you respond. Just as we (team Tom) offer a daily quote delivered to your email inbox, the DailyLit Twitter service is merely another way to hear pieces of advice from Tom, free of charge. We’re simply trying out new technologies to see if they’re of use to Tom’s fans. If it were a marketing ploy, we’d plug Tom’s books or speeches. That’s not what this is about. I’m sorry you had that impression.
Shelley Dolley

Mack – the intention is not to market to you without letting you respond. Just as we (team Tom) offer a daily quote delivered to your email inbox, the DailyLit Twitter service is merely another way to hear pieces of advice from Tom, free of charge. We’re simply trying out new technologies to see if they’re of use to Tom’s fans. If it were a marketing ploy, we’d plug Tom’s books or speeches. That’s not what this is about. I’m sorry you had that impression.
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hmmm. If it’s a little spurt of Tom Peters advice, and I like Tom (or Seth or Covey), maybe I should follow the robots?

Bowing to Our Twitter Robot Overlords

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