Congrats! (and "sorry"). You'll get used to it--I went kicking and screaming too. How do we follow?

Best,
Joel

• Posted by: Joel
• April 30, 2008 1:45 PM

here's the link for everyone to pile up on John and finally then maybe that will crash twitter once and for all: http://twitter.com/battelle

:D nmw

• Posted by: nmw
• April 30, 2008 2:04 PM

I feel your pain. I hope I can figure out a way to use it as well. So far not much luck.

cougarmark

• Posted by: cougarmark
• April 30, 2008 2:13 PM

Yes! Okay, its a horrible addiction, but great for news. http://www.twitter.com/longhornkate

Let me know when you're signed up! You're gonna gain a lot of followers real fast.

• Posted by: Kate
• April 30, 2008 2:19 PM

you haven't even tried it out yet!

• Posted by: Tim Broder
• April 30, 2008 2:29 PM

There are few time-wasters that are also great marketing tools. Twitter is one of them. Enjoy!

http://www.twitter.com/Jason_Rodriguez

• Posted by: Jason Rodriguez
• April 30, 2008 2:31 PM

I turned up my nose at twitter at first too, but then a week or so ago I got a job interview at a cool startup within about three minutes of the notice being posted, just because I happened to see the tweet go out. I have to admit that's pretty useful.

http://twitter.com/charlieok

• Posted by: Charlie
• April 30, 2008 2:37 PM

Glad to see you on twitter, John!

If you like the idea of complete information overload, you might like http://WhoShouldiFollow.com. Once you are following some people it should give you recommendations on other people you might want to follow.

• Posted by: Gary
• April 30, 2008 3:18 PM

That's really weird. yesterday i looked you up on twitter, trying several alias, checking friendfeed, but nothing.

And now here you are. So, what are you doing ?

• Posted by: Armando Alves
• April 30, 2008 3:52 PM

As long as you're not compulsive ... you'll love it ! :)

• Posted by: Charlie Anzman
• April 30, 2008 4:51 PM

You are going to be perfect for twitter the way you post on your blog! Is the link you posted accurate? If not DM me your screen name :)

http://twitter.com/jimjeffers/

• Posted by: Jim Jeffers
• April 30, 2008 11:47 PM

It might mean the beginning of another Searchblog like obsession. thanks John.

• Posted by: konteyner
• May 1, 2008 12:26 AM

I've just signed up BECUASE OF THIS POST. I'm not going to use it - but its essential that I grab http://twitter.com/coxy whilst it's available.

(because I've checked previously, and it'd been taken)

• Posted by: coxy
• May 1, 2008 1:06 AM

That's really weird. yesterday i looked you up on twitter, trying several alias, checking friendfeed, but nothing.Thanks

• Posted by: oyun cambazı
• May 1, 2008 3:37 AM

Welcome to the Twitterverse.

I'm interested search, semantic web, and we're applying it to the travel vertical at UpTake.com (formerly Kango).

Glad you decided to take the "red pill"...down into the Twitter rabbit hole you go.

http://www.twitter.com/elliottng

• Posted by: Elliott Ng
• May 1, 2008 5:53 AM

Folks, John has two accounts to protect his name, and the active one is below. Follow him and welcome him there:
http://twitter.com/johnbattelle

• Posted by: Danny Sullivan
• May 1, 2008 6:02 AM

John,

To really be Twittering you need to follow someone. Right now you're simply blogging in 140 characters. It's a one-way medium for you right now. Try following only real world friends (just ~20 or so) and see if it hooks you.

• Posted by: Andrew
• May 1, 2008 6:35 AM

Twitter was so last year. FriendFeed is where the action is now.

• Posted by: Thomas Hawk
• May 1, 2008 6:38 AM

Andrew beat me to it. He is right John. Start following back your followers, or if you want to be more selective start following the people who's blogs you normally read. Of course your welcome to follow me =p http://twitter.com/blogworld

Next stop FriendFeed.

• Posted by: Rick Calvert
• May 1, 2008 6:58 AM

Thomas is right: Twitter sooo last year. FriendFeed rawks. But feel free to friend me on Twitter too... ;-D

• Posted by: BarbaraKB
• May 1, 2008 7:01 AM

Good Lord! if you are going to do it, do it right. Throw an icon up there man! o_0

http://twitter.com/cheapsuits

• Posted by: Cheapsuits
• May 1, 2008 8:08 AM

John,

Also be sure to bookmark Summize.com--twitter search for tracking keywords, monitoring trends, threading conversations, translating tweets, filtering by language, real-time updates, attitude search, sentiment detection (in labs.summize.com) and much, much more.

• Posted by: Jay Virdy
• May 1, 2008 9:53 AM

Well John, this just happens to be my last Twitter post and I was not originally one of those Twitter geeks...

"ok I said last post of the day but was wrong M Baker @firefox is right. We don't just browse the internet, we live on the internet"

You are caught in the Twitter web now.

• Posted by: Clara Kuo
• May 1, 2008 10:29 AM

John, what Andrew and Rick say: you need to follow people. Twitter really becomes interesting as a way to keep an eye on what your friends/contacts are doing, rather than just a soapbox to express stuff through.

It's about conversation!

• Posted by: Stephanie Booth
• May 1, 2008 11:38 AM

John has two accounts to the

......................

dinesha

Wow, check out this site called www.fluc.com. Free SMS and free mobile ads!! Its fantastic

• Posted by: pilkumara
• May 1, 2008 9:51 PM

Niedu John. Welcome to Twitter. To repeat, you should follow some folks to get the complete Twiiter experience.

http://twitter.com/jhipkin

• Posted by: James Hipkin
• May 2, 2008 7:12 AM