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title: "Comment of the Day: Family Twitters"
date: 2008-03-04
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
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  - name: "2008"
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# Comment of the Day: Family Twitters

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104152644im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/twitter-logosmall.jpg)We have **two** $30 Amazon vouchers to give away today – and both come from our current poll: [Will Your Mom & Dad Ever Use Twitter?](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104152644/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_poll_mom_dad.php) Our two winners are: Merredith and Nick Nichols, who both wrote about how their family members use Twitter. Merredith has a 16 year old daughter, who likes Twitter but her “Universe is still all about texting and MySpace and Facebook.” Nick lives in the Philippines and his 83-year old mom keeps up with him through his Twitters. Full comments, and the poll, below.

Congratulations Merredith and Nick, you’ve both won a $30 Amazon voucher – courtesy of our competition sponsors AdaptiveBlue and their [Netflix Queue Widget](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104152644/http://www.adaptiveblue.com/widgets_auto.html?section=nfx&name=Personalized%20Feed).

Note: we had intended to make one winner from the [SXSW Breakout Apps post](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104152644/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sxsw_breakout_app_of_2008.php), but no further great comments came in on that post.

## Merredith

> “My 16 y/o daughter thinks Twitter’s really interesting, but for her the Universe is still all about texting and MySpace and Facebook. Same goes for my older son.
> 
> But I figure that at some point, when they join a larger community — something beyond friending and hot-or-not, a little more about ideas — they could totally see the value in Twitter. I am a fan. And a mom.”

## Nick

> “My Mom is 83. (I’m 56) She uses the computer a lot – email, Google, and keeping up with my Twitter. She lives in Dallas, TX. I live in the Philippines. She keeps telling me over and over how much she appreciates being able to keep up with me through my Twitters.
> 
> I don’t twitter, usually, for my Mom. I almost never think about her monitoring it. But sometimes I’ll specifically post something there knowing she’ll see it — saving an email and allowing a bunch of other people to see it too.
> 
> But I can’t get her to Twitter herself. She lives in a retirement complex and stays very actively socially. I’d love to know what she’s up to; what’s going on in her live. I have to wait for email – which isn’t quite the same.
> 
> So with my Mom, Twitter is in half-duplex mode essentially. But the half that is in use is in tremendously effective.”

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/family_twitters.php))*