Having grasped the internet, discovered My Space and Bebo, dabbled in Facebook now it’s Twitter time.
That strange little blue t that seems to be appearing on so many websites is growing daily, hourly and probably by the minute.
But what is it?
Twitter is a nice informal add on to most websites as well as a running diary for some, an extension of text messaging and a fair but cheaper.
Finding out that Joe is on the train, heading out, stuck in traffic waiting for tickets or whatever has very limited appeal, finding out what Darren Bent thinks of Spurs delaying tactics over his transfer fee, Rio Ferdinand’s injury, racial abuse of Maurice Edu or DaMarcus Beasley leaving Rangers is much more interesting.
Much like NewsNow Twitter allows you to put together the sort of news, information and gossip that suits you best, your own personal news service.
At the moment there doesn’t seem to be any Celtic players tweeting other than a few bogus accounts but I’m sure that that will soon change.
Players tend to be suspicious of traditional media and curious/wary about new media.
Communicating directly has many advantages, enough to outweigh the occasional idiot that gets silly or abusive.
Giving away confidential team details is clearly a no-no as is bad mouthing team-mates or opponents.
Explaining injuries or giving any sort of insight into the workings of the player or club is invaluable and appreciated by supporters hungry for any snippets of news or trivia.
For football club’s the chance to communicate directly on a fast growing platform should be grasped.
Twitter allows clubs to give snappy updates on what’s going on, signing news, injuries, postponements, commercial news and can all be linked back to the ‘feeshel site.
Other than the American’s at Ibrox Twitter is still in it’s infancy in Scotland, down south it’s much more popular and worldwide it’s essential.
During the season just passed there were plenty of tweeting highlights with Darren Bent’s slagging off of Spurs as memorable as his pledge to stop tweeting.
There was also Liverpool’s Ryan Babel voicing his disappointment at being left out of Rafa Benitez’s starting line up yet again.
Away from the club PR officials footballers have taken to Twitter like ducks to water and whilst some Premier League clubs have taken steps to stop their players tweeting their thoughts, there are still many gems out there.
As well as footballers most news organisations are using Twitter to get their message across to as big an audience as possible as quickly as possible.
If you’re curious about what’s going on in the football world, then the brand spanking new FootballFanCast Tweet Central is the place to go to.
Fancast have done all the hard work and searching for you. They’ve searched high and low for the best footballing tweeters out there, from the best players in the world to a-list celebrity fans and collected them for your pleasure.
A Twitter account can be set up in minutes, after that a search around for the news that you want is easily completed, and can be added to as you get more familiar with the system.
Not only have we got all their tweets in one place, updating in real time, but we’ve even separated them into different categories.
www.twitter.footballfancast.com and you’ll never look back!
And you can, of course, follow Video Celts on Twitter!