As a way of doing some research for my essay, I decided to scroll through my Twitter feed (which mostly consists of various bands, artists, venues, music industry professionals and music news websites) to see how different people or groups were making use of the platform.
A lot of tweets were used as a way to get traffic to a website, including links to outbound sources. This tweet links people to vote in a competition.
[V] Music – Channel [V] Australia Oz Artist Competition is open for voting! Make your way over to pick your fave… http://t.co/w55uLnoWmg
— Mushroom Publishing (@MushroomPublish) October 2, 2014
Triple j have a whole Twitter account dedicated to posting the songs played on the station.
.@The_Creases – Gradient [15:04]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) October 2, 2014
Some users pose questions to their followers as a way to quickly find out information.
Any good indoor Bball courts around Kangaroo Point, Brisbane? — Stavros Yiannoukas (@stavwasthere) October 2, 2014
And then you have those that just post whatever thoughts enter their mind.
damn i look so good as a skeleton. i wish i could be dead but still walk among the living
— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) October 2, 2014
