There's something about Twitter that just begs people to love it. It probably has a lot to do with the brevity and personal nature of Twitter (who am I kidding, of course that's it.) But probably the most interesting thing to me is people's fascination with making Twitter more than just an online network.
Enter Twestival.
It's, you guessed it, a Twitter festival. But rather than being 100 dorky dudes sitting on laptops in a Starbucks as you might have first thought, it's actually a world wide effort to bring people together for a good cause. As of now there will be over 140 Twestivals around the world on Februrary 12th, each with the goal to raise $4,000 for the charity:water group. $4,000 is enough to create one water well in a developing nation. It's going to be very interesting to see how this all works out.
One thing to note is that I can't recall facebook or myspace ever having this sort of grass-roots, member-lead community organization feel to it. Sure, facebook has those "for every person who joins this group I'll donate a dollar to..." groups, but there's not a lot of accountability there. And they typically didn't lead to a real-life meetup. If Twitter continues to gain traction in connecting people digitally and then having the power to bring them together physically facebook and myspace had better take notice. An online social network that also turns into a social network will have serious clout in the coming years.
Of course, one question still nagging me about Twestival is: Will there be any funnel cakes?
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