I was sent an alpha invitation to 12seconds yesterday, by fellow digerati on the West Coast, Giannii. *secret fist pound*
From what I've seen so far, 12seconds is a small, but growing web community of spontaneous conversation. Users' interact with each other through recording and sharing short video clips, which are (of course) limited to exactly 12 seconds in length. It seems the majority of the current users are using the service in conjunction with Twitter, which is the same way Seesmic positioned itself when it got started.
I don't think it's like Seesmic at all though; it's actually more like Twitter. 12seconds and Twitter have the same essentials: an interconnected web of short conversations, restricted in length but not scope.
I think 12seconds will stick around for a while, and possibly get Twitter's attention, and even find themselves bought by them, possibly. Anything is possible now with Twitter (finally) getting ambitious with Twitter Election.
I Want More Followers than Sol Lipman
I've been feeling competitive these days (well, it's actually more like a constant and persistent feeling that I could take on the world with just my Macbook.) With that in mind, I think I bet I could get more followers than Sol Lipman, the founder of 12seconds, by Saturday afternoon. Yep, I'm breaking it down like that and I only have 4 days to do it. As of right now, Sol has 396 followers, and I have until Saturday at 4pm to surpass that. Note to self: Get head start at "eating your own words," on Oct 4th @ 3:45pm.
This will sure be a test of my reputable "mad networking skillz." Given the number of people I have to connect with (396+), I suspect I will be participating in lots of 12-second-long conversations between now and Saturday. I better get started.... ;)
