Twitter Jumps On User Stories Bandwagon; Debuts 'Tales'
Twitter Tales range from and Indian member who uses Twitter as a form of self therapy to the Caltrain account, that notifies users of delays around the commuter train service. Tales will be posted as Tales.Twitter.com, and you can email Twitter to submit your own Tale to be featured on the site.
Last year, Twitter launched a business destination which includes case studies of organizations and companies that have used Twitter as a social media and marketing tool. Tales seems to take a for consumer focus
Considering that we now have Facebook, Google and now Twitter spreading stories as a marketing tool, I’m sure we can expect other tech giants to start encouraging consumers to share their own “tales” of use. Who’s up next? Zynga? Foursquare?