It’s not unusual for me to turn to Twitter for technical support. When Parallels on my Mac wasn’t working correctly, I was able to troubleshoot using Twitter. When I was trying to get my Mac and my PCs to “speak” to each other, I got it working with aid from my Twitter friends. Non-technical? When I needed to write my first press release, I recieved tons of tips via Twitter, and several kind folks even edited the document for me.
So Lazy Tweet seems like a brilliant idea to me. In it’s own way, it’s a combination of Metafilter and Yahoo! Answers. If you have a question, you can tweet it to your own followers and friends. Use lazytweet or lazyweb (with or without hashtags or @) and the tweet will be picked up by @lazytweet and display on the Lazy Tweet page. You can watch for your answer,subscribe to their feed, or they’ll @ reply your answer to you on Twitter.
The advantage to Lazy Tweet is two-fold: your question is exposed to a wider audience than your immediate friends and followers, and you can play “expert” by answering questions to which you might know the answer.
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