There’s a concept i’ve been thinking a lot more about lately ever since I started finally accepting that I secretly loved Twitter, even though I have said mean things about it in the past. I really didn’t mean those mean things in hindsight, because it’s not like I was really mad at the company or mad at the downtime. I was more just mad at myself for being upset about it. At any rate, I’m here to say that Twitter and me are friends again. I’m back on the bandwagon and I’m pleased to see that Twitter seems to be really together now, too. Their downtime is not an issue anymore and the company is expanding and starting to do some cool things, especially with the 2008 Election approaching so rapidly.
Coming up on Tuesday, they’re going to be hosting a real-time Twitter crawl with Current TV by asking users to add #current on the end of their tweets. They’ll be monitoring the channel, I’m sure with a bit of a censored mind in order to keep such a passionate topic in safe territory when broadcasting on the air, and they’ll be displaying the updates from users on the Current live broadcast of the debate. This should be interesting and something I may try to get a sample of. This is the third one, so I guess the first two have already been done, too. Anyone think these are cool?
At any rate, I like the idea of using this for concerts and it’s something we may try to get together on the music blog soon. I’ll be looking to them for ideas.
Current & Twitter have teamed up for the very first time to integrate real-time Twitter messages (aka “tweets”) over major portions of a live television broadcast.
Hack the Debate by adding your Twitter posts to our live broadcast of the 2008 Presidential Debates.
We will broadcast as many of your debate tweets as possible right over the candidates, in real time, on our live broadcast.
How to PARTICIPATE:
1. Tune in on October 7th at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for the Live Presidential Debate. Find Current TV on your local cable/satellite provider or come here to watch the live stream of our broadcast.
2. Make sure you’ve registered with Twitter to participate.
3. During the debates, chime in by including “#current” in your tweet. Example: “This discussion about universal healthcare makes me want to pop some pills! #current”
4. We won’t be able to air every single tweet on TV, but you can see all of the #current tweets by searching #current on Twitter search.
5. If you have any questions about participating, send us a tweet @current.