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It may be an age thing, but I really don’t understand what all the fuss is about Twitter and tweets, even though I do apparently have my own account, which has – amazingly – attracted a few followers. I just don’t see the need to be informed when a celebrity walks down the street, gets stuck in a lift, or has a game of golf. But apparently other people do – including many people working in financial markets.
A few years back, I set up what proved to be a pre-blog blog, where, in the guise of Mr Angry, I sent hard-hitting emails to various chief executives and the senior management of mainly financial companies asking why their businesses were so rubbish. The site proved popular, although ultimately I had to stop ranting as it took up too much time and got me into too much trouble, particularly with the London Stock Exchange.
I’ve always had a yearning to do something similar again and I’m wondering if there’s a need for a specifically financial-market oriented version of Twitter. Talking around, it seems there could be; I’ve already got a few backers behind me who have promised the funding to set up Twatter.
Unfortunately the domain name has been taken, but the idea is that users will be able to send messages, or twats. As one mate has told me: “I think this could be a real money spinner. Instead of communicating via inter-dealer brokers, Bloomberg Chat or Reuters, market participants could just twat each other.”
But I need some help: if Twitter’s logo is a bird, what should Twatter’s be? Answers in 140 characters or less, please.
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