I’ve posted before about the weird environment that is Twitter, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are a ridiculous amount of tools to help you sort through the platform. There are tools to help you find people to follow, there are tools to help you find people to tweet to, and there are tools to help you find interesting content to read…
My favorite tool so far has to be the twitter publishing tool, paper.li.
This tool takes a snapshot of the linked content your twitter friends are sharing. It’s like a Who’s Who of the Internet, but for websites. Linked content that is most popular is highlighted on one page for easy access.
Why is this significant?
Well, it gives the everyday online user, the power big sites use every single day. What many people fail to realize is: you don’t have to create content to be significant online. You can simply collect the best content to grow a following. Paper.li does this through Twitter, and even lets paid members completely brand their content aggregation for their own profit-making ventures.
Not a bad deal, huh?
Look, the truth is everyone cannot create great content. Even with an expert content writer, if you aren’t doing something new, you are simply re-writing what’s already published online somewhere. How about, instead of copying each other, we acknowledge each other? If both of us gain by sharing the same content, why waste everyone’s time with copy-cat content?
So, I’ve jumped on the content aggregation bandwagon, and have created my own twitter-paper.. it’s a collection of links that are passed around from the people I follow. All of the links are curated by me, and double checked to make sure they are reputable sources. It is also updated daily, so subscribe if you want to be kept updated.
I can’t promise to make Twitter less crazy, but I can help you dig thru the noise.
Writing My Way Up 