After seeing this thread up on the active topics lists so many times over the past few weeks, I've decided to go ahead and setup a twitter account for GC: http://twitter.com/GreekChat

I never expected to be joining twitter, simply because I'm always so busy with so many other things, but it does seem as though it might be a good, quick & easy way to post brief GC updates for anyone who is interested in receiving them. Besides, you were all quite convincing in this thread about how useful twitter can be :)

It's not likely that I'll be posting very often to GC's twitter account, so no worries about being flooded with GC twitter updates.

The most important use I can think of at this point is for it to be used as an alternative contact method *just in case* GreekChat's server ever crashes again in a major way. The last server crash happened 3 years ago and, if I'm remembering correctly, caused GC to be offline for a few weeks while the data was recovered. Back then twitter would have been incredibly useful for posting updates on how things were going with restoring GC, posting an alternative temporary forum and to post when GC was back online.

Other uses will likely be to quickly announce any significant changes or new major features on GreekChat, etc.

Feel free to follow at http://twitter.com/GreekChat

Twitter is nothing but a status update version of facebook. SMH.

That's probably what I would mostly use GreekChat's twitter profile for, simple status updates. So... everybody cross your fingers and hope that you never receive a status update that says something like "oh no, server crashed..." ;)

If there are enough twitter followers then that group might end up being the first to be notified of new GC features, etc.

i thought i couldn't handle any more addictions, but twitter has actually helped to wean me off FB. and im not doing a whole lot on twitter anyway, so this is great! pm if you want my info.

Check me out: twitter.com/RainaL

greekchat is on twitter also but doesnt seem to use it :(.. you guys can follow me for updates in my crazy 20something yr old college student life lol....that was wack...anyway! twitter.com/tinydiamondz

That's because it was set up yesterday.

Scroll up to the 3rd post on this page.

reading is very fundamental...thanks!

No problem ;)

Someone set up an account as one of our founders- it's EstelleLeonard. She updates it with fun history facts about Alpha Chi!

I'm moderately addicted to Twitter too... I tweet all the time *smh*...

For those blackberry users out there that don't like/have trouble with TwitterBerry, check out TinyTwitter. I used TwitterBerry for about 47 seconds and decided that it wasn't going to be my friend... So I deleted it and got TinyTwitter, and I love it!

Anywhoooo, follow me if you'd like... amesbelle

Yea, the BB Twitter apps I've seen so far are less than amazing. Does TinyTwitter use data or SMS?

Data... But, you can set up Twitter to use SMS to send/receive tweets. (Without twitterberry, twitterfon, tinytwitter, etc).

Ive been on twitter for a while through our journalism classes which use it more now. Also ASAHQ is on twitter too which is really convenient.

i just started really using it and im looking for good ppl to follow.