Twitter groups

September 29, 2008 | Written by

Twitter now has a section dedicated to the 2008 presidential election: http://election.twitter.com/

It features:

• A live, scrolling feed of tweets posted about the campaign
• McCain and Obama’s latest tweets
• Hot topics (currently Tina Fey, SNL, VoteForTheMILF, Bill Clinton, Katie Couric, Bush, GOP)

If Twitter creates more of these types of sites, it would be great to see them offer some degree of personalization to people who would like to start their own groups. For example Ruder Finn could have a landing page on Twitter where all employees could go and see tweets from across the company and the globe.

Other potential uses for Twitter groups include

• Corporate watchdog groups
• Music artists
• Politicians
• Families
• Events
• Alumni associations
• Celebrity gossip
• Non-profit causes

And many more. I hope Twitter continues to evolve to include these types of features, which could be very useful for corporations (and that they offer to pay me for these great ideas!)

**UPDATE 1**

While we’re on election coverage, C-SPAN, known for mind-numbing coverage of all things Congressional, has pulled an about-face with a ridiculously awesome election site: http://debatehub.c-span.org/. Here’s a review: Gizmodo (thanks Simon).

This is a shining example of how an organization, one notorious for lack of technology, can make effective use of web 2.0.