MetroTwit

MetroTwit is a new desktop application that integrates Twitter, but in a more filtered and organized way. MetroTwit is specifically for the Windows user and it allows you to organize and filter your Twitter the way you want to. You can choose to view a number of columns including your timeline, replies, @mentions, direct messages, and more. One interesting aspect is that you can choose to just view tweets about a certain terms, hashtags, or even just view the tweets from a specific person. This application also allows you to set up taskbar notifications and you will be notified whenever someone follows you or tweets at you. It of course allows you to tweet and retweet right from the main screen and it has a very simple and easy to navigate layout.

While the site allows you to customize your MetroTwit and give it a theme, people on the other end will not be able to see that. A way that it does affect your image is that it is still connected to your Twitter profile. Pew talks about someone’s digital footprint online in his article, “Part 3: Searching, Following and Friending: How users monitor other people’s digital footprints online.” What you search for and what you tweet about can say a lot about your image. This goes hand in hand with Gormans article about filtering and curating. One of the main things this application offers is that it allows you to filter and only see what you want through hash tags and key words. This helps to get rid of the rest of the stuff that does not appeal to you. This can contribute to your image because if you tweet more frequently about school or your careers then your footprint online will be more academic or professional as a result of the refining capabilities of this application.

Cowan and Ferenstein talk a great deal about trust building in their articles. MetroTwit has done a number of things suggested in her article to draw people to the application. The site has set up its own timeline of users who are tweeting about MetroTwit and these testimonials give credibility to the application. This tactic also provides a sense of community within the MetroTwit world. All these people are tweeting about something that you could in turn become a part of. Another thing that gives a sense of community for MetroTwit is that it is exclusive to Windows users. People who prefer Windows over Apple are considered to be a community within themselves. Finally, the site is getting exposure. You can go to metrotwit.com or you can find them on twitter.

 

Works Cited:

MetroTwit - the Windows Twitter client you'll love to use. (n.d.). MetroTwit - the Windows Twittet client you'll love to use. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://metrotwit.com