I will be curious to see how well it performs, though, given that so much valuable weather information is already available free of charge on the platform.”Īnd not to mention the fact that the potential for overlap between these services might end up being something of a dubious prospect. Since Twitter has to make money to remain viable, monetizing the service using its new features is probably a natural step. “In fact, a few loose organizations of weather-related accounts on Twitter have already occurred organically and have been well-received. “While Twitter has always excelled at breaking news, the ‘breaking’ nature of extreme - or even inclement - weather falls right into its wheelhouse as well, so I’m more surprised that this is just now occurring. “I’m honestly not surprised to see a service (like Twitter’s) being offered,” Proseus told me. They fire up either Proseus’ mobile app or the social media presence for his DIY operation, MemphisWeather.Net.
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And it’s the reason why, when skies get dark in Memphis, so many of the digitally savvy don’t instinctively reach for the TV remote anymore to switch on the local news. It’s as seemingly recession-proof of a news model as it gets, since peoples’ interest in what’s going on outside will surely never wane. Years ago, in fact, this Memphis-based weatherman had already cottoned on to the inherent potential in offering tailored weather news to an audience that you assemble yourself, free of the strictures and broadcast imperatives of a corporate overlord. Long before Twitter announced in June that it’s launching a subscription-based local weather service - to capitalize on the way users flock to the site during events like weather emergencies - meteorologist Erik Proseus had already spent years conditioning tens of thousands of Internet users to do that very thing. A weather presenter, explaining the latest forecast.
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