Another New Feature of Twitter With Which to Experiment

Thanks to MG Siegler's TechCrunch post "Twitter Testing A New People Tab: All Your Social Graph Steroids In One Place," I've been trying out the three options available at https://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow

View Suggestions -- https://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/suggestions -- "Twitter accounts suggested for you based on who you follow and more."

Browse Interests -- https://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/interests -- "Select the topics you are interested in. Find a few people you want to hear from, then follow them."

Find Friends -- https://twitter.com/#!/who_to_follow/import -- "Search the services you use to discover which of your friends are already using Twitter. Follow any of the friends you find to add their Tweets to your timeline."



Here's the message I got for View Suggestions, which is somewhat strange:

"Sorry, we've temporarily run out of recommendations for you. We're out there looking for more right now. Please check back soon!"

On the other hand, I really like the Browse Interests section.

Here are the categories for interests – and each category has a different number of entries:

• Art & Design

• Books

• Business

• Charity

• Deals & Discounts

• Entertainment

• Family

• Fashion

• Food & Drink

• Funny

• Health

• Music

• News

• Politics

• Science

• Sports

• Staff Picks

• Technology

• Travel

• Twitter

And the Find Friends gives four options:



Gmail

LinkedIn

Yahoo

Hotmail & Messenger

Play around with this new feature if you're on Twitter. (And if you aren't on Twitter, why aren't you?)

But if you find Twitter addictive, set an alarm clock for how much time you'll spend trying out this new feature before returning to higher priority activities.

Yes, Twitter can be very effective in helping further your business. You just want to be careful not to let excessive time spent on Twitter hinder your business.

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