As a follow-up to my December 2008 blog post describing Twitter in 14 ways, and countless articles since, I feel there is no better time than the present to revisit the question why people use the social media tool.

Why do you have a Twitter account? I realize this may be self-serving, but consider me curious. Your replies will become a blog post, I scribbled on Twitter this week.

Here are their — your — responses.

Each tweet is a separate image and may be clicked.

Tweet from @fredchannel

Tweet from @jrick

Tweet from @abbiemf

Tweet from @dan_munz

Tweet from @cluelessek

Tweet from @scotthorvath

Tweet from @sarahebourne

Tweet from @dmullen

Tweet from @kwooleyy

Tweet from @marciamarcia

Marcia’s link points to April 2009 story she wrote for Fast Company, explaining how she joined Twitter out of spite and progressively used the tool to merge her business interests with her personal thoughts:

Before Twitter (and her enterprise-strength counterparts) we didn’t share our layered thoughts casually so we appeared always on task. Via Twitter, you now see my mind periodically follows tangents, that sometimes circle back, and other times leads to wholly new roads. Engaging with a wide circle of people — celebrating our focuses and interests along the edge — deepens and widens everything we do.

Looking at the above extracts from real people such as you, in comparison to what people said last year this time, not much has changed, has it?

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