When we last left guest blogger Katie Sweeney, she had just invited Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter to shovel her sidewalk via Twitter. Join Katie and me for the exciting conclusion about how Twitter connects and influences real people in real life.
Katie Sweeney: Kicking it off with Mayor Michael Nutter in under 140 characters.
“Jarring” is how I’ll describe seeing my name appear in a Tweet from a celebrity, even one whom I’ve just addressed. But there it was, a retweet of my invitation to Mayor Nutter with a vague acknowledgment that he’ll “try” but also asking which block I lived on. If the conversation ended there, he probably could have counted a happier resident. People want to know they’re being heard, and he’s out there trying, folks.
But things were just getting started. Within five minutes I had a new follower and a request to direct message the mayor my phone number. Minutes later I was chatting with one of his people who asked what we had going on outside on the street. This is where I sort of started feeling bad because surely there were worse streets in Philadelphia, and we’re a pretty hardy crowd. Although it is a small street, and we do usually shovel it out ourselves, I told him, because equipment doesn’t usually make it down. “Get a bunch of people out there helping and we’ll be there in 10 minutes” the voice on the other end of the phone told me.
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