what’s the buzz?

social media lends itself to some very useful applications.

in the old days when pr’s wanted to get a feel for public sentiment, they had to go out and do surveys and ask alot of questions. nowadays with social media, there are a number of tools that let you simply search for terms that people are using, when they write on walls in facebook, searching in google, or tweeting on twitter.

well I found twistori through nathan’s blog which almost turns social media into art and is mesmerising.

twistori provides a feed in which other people tweets which contain the words:

• love
• hate
• think
• feel
• wish

are displayed on one side and you can select one and all of the tweets containing those words are streamed down to you.

more of a novelty than a tool, but it displays beautifully and gives you a bit of a snapshot of what’s on people’s minds.