In our fast paced world of micro messages and real time communication we are always looking for ways to save keystrokes and characters and express ourselves as efficiently and effectively as possible. Hence the popularity of the simple Facebook "Like," the ease of a RT (retweet) on Twitter, and of course the almost ubiquitous smiley emoticon. :-) Thanks to Google I have a new favorite emoticon: +1
A Two Stroke Engine of Encouragement
This morning, as I am often wont to do, I sent out a "Good Morning" tweet to the world, but I added a simple, "Hope your day is a +1" paying homage to Google's newly announced "social" tag. After all, it is a way to imply something positive in only two keystrokes - less than the word LIKE, or LOL and even shorter than the average emoticon. ;-) Almost immediately I received a +1 on my tweet from the iconic Twittizen, @Iconic88.
Soon the +1 meme began to spread and @carissaO chimed in as well and @Iconic88 cleverly suggested that Google should add a +1 button to the Android keyboard. I say +1 to that suggestion, and I think I will continue to use +1 in my tweets to show positive encouragement. Perhaps Google is listening and we will see a +1 coming soon to an Android device near you...
What do you think? Do you give this blog post a +1? Will +1 pivot its way into your daily vernacular?
1 comments:
Jeff, I love the concept. What more could I like than another way to express solidarity, approval, likability, encouragement.... etc. What I get frustrated with is the way these methods get hijacked. I am thinking of the #FF (Follow Friday) and the Facebook like. I have used #addedvalue on twitter for a while and luckily (isn't it odd that I think that is good) it has only caught on with a few people who get that it really is about who is adding value and not a way to game the system for more klout, followers, buzz, you name it. Now if +1 really does help to promote greatness, then I am fully on board.
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