Twitter Chat

I must confess, of all the social tools the most incomprehensible for me was Twitter. Granted, I am not a fan of any social tool, I can still find my way around most of them to find something interesting for me. But Twitter was still a mystery to me. I understood the basic principle that is: someone write a short post to his followers. They can then reply or forward the post.
That was it for me. Beyond that I was clueless.  

Not anymore.

Looking for some interesting topics on groups in social media I came across TwitterChat. These are scheduled chats on Twitter where you can interact live with people interested in the chat subject. The chats are moderated by a host and gives the opportunity to meet new people. During the chat you can asked question or reply to others question. The idea is to share and discuss on a specific topic. It is a very dynamic group as it vary from chat to chat.

The tricky part is to find an active TwitterChat. I found an interesting one #contentchat that was having place this afternoon. The chat was moderated by Erika Heald @SFerika ‏ and had many participants. Some asked questions while others answered or commented on the post. In all the experience was interesting and I think this kind of social group is very effective by its dynamic nature and heterogeneous composition depending of the subject.