When my @TreeBanker account stopped working on Twitter a couple weeks ago it could have been devastating. Weeks of long hours cultivating followers gone as quickly as it takes a page to load with a high speed connection.
But those followers didn’t just disappear, they wondered what happened. They came looking for me to see if I was alright.
The very idea that people form all around the world, many of whom have never even heard each others voices, can come together to support each other is an incredible concept. The fact that we know each others online habits so well that we notice immediately when something changes… it’s like seeing the same person everyday at your favorite coffee shop… eventually strike up a conversation… find out you have more in common than just your taste in coffee and your geographic orientation… develop a friendship… then one day they break the pattern… they don’t show up for a few days. Some people value their friendships enough to go looking for their friends, to find out what happened.
A handful of my online friends did just that. They went to a mutual online friend @iempoweru, and asked what happened to me. Today’s blog post is dedicated to those people.
@Radiance80 : A prolific blogger from Sydney Australia who is interested in science and technology, history and future of human race, planet Earth.
@SandipSen : An author, economic analyst, entrepreneur, risk manager, engineer, consultant and freelance journalist from New Delhi, India.
@Upamanyu : A Student, Learner, Thinker, Wannabe Astronomer, Sky-observer, Eater, Poet (!), Writer, Blogger, Atheist, Cinema-enthusiast, Reader, Listener, Speaker, and Watcher from Kolkata, India.
@Fantasy_Art : A purveyor of amazing fantasy art in both print and digital media from BC Canada.
All of these great people were brought together by Linda at iempoweru-online-entrepreneur. If you’re serious about building meaningful online relationships I strongly recommend visiting her site and becoming part of her team.
Many other Twitter associates quickly followed me over to @TreeBankerII and expressed a lot of “Great to see you back”s, but these people really went out of their way to support me during the transition.
I AM Grateful to them for their friendship.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:11 am
Its great to know that you value our friendship as much as we do yours. We’re bound by a common cause and this is what good friends are for
. Of course, these are the situations in which one understands the power of social media/web2.0. It lets you socialise and strike up relationships with people from around the globe, who you’ve never even met, based on common interest! Its amazing 
. Anyways, its good to have you back.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:17 am
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July 5th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Thanks for the follow on Twitter… now you have another friend in Toronto
Btw, how did you come across my account?