While the critical mass is still trying to wrap its head around blogs, the trendiest social media dabblers are ramping up their Twitter games.

Lost?

Translation: Twitter is a compelling text-based service that allows users to post messages of up to 140 characters in length.

Still lost? Think Nate Robinson or Andre Barrett: short, quick, but altogether effective.

Bounce recently took the plunge; Charlie Villanueva suffers from a full-fledged addiction; and Shaq? Well, he’s entirely more consistent with posting Tweets than he is with connecting from the charity stripe.

All of this begs the question: If I join, how do I connect with members of the basketball community? Simple. Kevin Rose, who bears no relation to Chi-town’s cornerstone distributor, just created the most user-friendly directory–aptly named, WeFollow. Ya Digg?

Under the popular tag of basketball, you’ll find 40,034 users. The NBA tag lists 489,893 Twitter accounts. And streetball? Well, let’s just say the sole registrant is doing an individual workout for now. This void offers a ripe opportunity for Bounce readers to cash in on this keyword. If you didn’t know, Twitter is the fastest growing social media platform in the industry.

So what are you waiting for? Follow Bounce and don’t forget to follow me.

Peter Robert Casey is a basketball columnist, coach, tournament/event planner, and online social media strategist. Click here to view his homepage.

(photo courtesy of Stanley Lumax)

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