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In reply to the discussion: Am I the only one here who's "just not that into" Twitter? [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)I interact with reporters all over the world (many of whom follow me as well), I get news on the fly often long before I see it on main stream sites.
The Middle east, china, natives in Canada, etc - I am able to keep up with a slew of issues and not even do a search, just watch the feed. Pusblishing companies have lots of contests and all you have to do is retweet, won 3 books this month (not ebooks, the real thing, including a pre-release copy of a book intended for reviewers and editors).
I tweet back and forth on a regular basis with authors, people in movies/tv shows, etc - I follow the cast of Supernatural which includes several writers and get behind the scenes looks at the show (not to mention all the fun when they live tweet the episodes and fill you in on all the fun things that went into making some scenes).