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Published on: 3/2/2009
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Monica Guzman
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Monica Guzman says she began using Twitter in April 2007.
"Like many who started that early, I got into it out of curiosity and I thought it was kind of silly" because reporting what she had for supper wasn't her idea of news.
Guzman abandoned Twitter almost immediately and didn't pick it up again until several months later.
But, she admits that she is hooked now.
"It's a mistake to say this is all you get, these mundane little 140-character comments," Guzman explains.
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In a sense, Guzman says, "Twitter is like an instant messaging service that's on all the time.
All that's required of you is to check in now and then.
Unless, that is, your curiosity leads you to follow just about everyone.
At that point, she says, "it can become absolutely overwhelming.
There are ways to dam the flow by reducing the number of Twitterers you follow, but as a reporter with a nose for news, Guzman admits she is reluctant to do so.
"I find Twitter very useful for putting out questions to find out what people are thinking," Guzman explains.
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While Twitter can be used as a self-promotion tool to pitch products, services or content, "you don't push yourself, you don't push product, you don't fish for customers and you don't come on with a robot," Guzman explains.
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