To Twit or Not to Twit?

06.24.09 in Twitter, business, social networks, tools
Tags: EPA, NASA, twitter, WSDOT

Well, just how are ‘companies’ using Twitter? Nedra at Spare Change starts us off with a tantalizing list of possible usage categories. I noticed some variations when browsing a couple of government agencies I follow:

Providing Information/Early warning system: Washington State Department of Transportation:
@wsdot – main account
@wsdot_traffic -puget sound traffic reports
@wsdot_passes – mountain pass reports
@wsdot_media – media happenings
@wsdot_tacoma – Tacoma traffic

Blog/story link back=Providing Information at the Environmental Protection Agency:
http://blog.epa.gov/blog/
http://twitter.com/dipnote

Voyeurism into an ‘in group’ ongoing conversation. Is the goal to ‘personalize’ government? NASA:
http://twitter.com/NASA