Every now and again I'm asked about the Favorites option built into the Twitter interface. People want to know what it's there for. While the answer is somewhat self-evident, I'm starting to use it as a kind of testimonials page," favoriting tweets that contain business-related compliments from followers. (I say "starting," because there are only a couple in there right now.)
Of course, Favorites can contain any tweet you want. Twitter help says, "Some twitter updates are just too good to be forgotten. When you stumble upon such a gem, mark it as a favorite by hovering over the update and clicking the yellow star that pops up at the end."
It's just that I'm using Twitter primarily for business purposes, so it makes sense to keep favorite business-focused as well.
I read one blogger who noticed that the Favorites RSS feed was public, so he's importing it into Friendfeed as a Custom RSS/Atom feed and now has a stream of all the Tweets he finds interesting, shared as another item. Not a bad idea.
In what ways are you using the Favorites option?
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