TweetChannel.com - Make Channels Out of Tweets

The cult-like mania around Twitter has spawned yet another utility aiming to enrich your Twitter Tweets. It’s called TweetChannel and it let’s you make Twitter channels. Here’s a quick rundown of how it works: first login with your Twitter ID and password as you normally would; next Tweet Channel will be added automatically to your friends list; then, whenever you add #channelname before your tweets, your tweet will be added to the channel discussion on TweetChannel.com. You can follow other people’s TweetChannel news on the site. As yet, there’s no RSS feed, but you can add tracks in regard to what you’re writing about. You should be able to select broadcasts and personalize your channel selection by sorting through contributor names.

“TweetChannel makes it possible to create channels by twitter.

Log in with your own twitter username and password in the sidebar and start right away (The twitter user tweet_channel will be added to your friends list).

By adding #channelname in front of your tweets, your tweet will be listed in the channel discussion on TweetChannel.com. (Please use #sandbox to test your account.)

Follow TweetChannel to keep in touch with the latest TweetChannel news.”

TweetChannel demonstrates the simple twists and turns that can be made with Twitter content. It’s interesting as an extension of social media, and the extensions that can be built around something like Twitter. As it’s already a popular phenomenon, Twitter, that is, TweetChannel could become a favored accoutrement.

How is TweetChannel going to make itself known? While Twitter is already popular, it’s only popular within a certain tech savvy crowd, can TweetChannel break through and get people interested?