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Totally cool story about how social networking through Twitter saved the day for one IKEA customer. Story told by OzDJ (@OzDJ) on his Phlog and retold by LaurelPapworth on her Social Media Blog: the business of being social.

Long story short:

1. @OzDJ needed some shelves. 
2. @aDB was at the local IKEA.
3. @OzDJ bribed @aDB with some IKEA food and instant karma to check on the stock.
4. Less than an hour later, @aDB posted a picture on TwitPic as evidence of available stock.
5. Social Networking for the WIN!

I actually saw these tweets go by in my twitter stream, (!!) and having witnessed the same on IKEAFANS on many occasions, I nodded and went back to work. The difference here is IMMEDIACY. Within an hour, OzDJ had posted this picture of said stock:

Now, THAT’s the power of social networking. I always knew IKEA fans are just the best kind of people there are! Now, proof.

Check out the evolution of TwitterCaching that grew out of this exchange: #twittercache and OzDJ’s post about it here: Forget the Obama Inauguration – this is the first ever #twittercache.

Communities, People, Weblogs #twittercache, @aDB, @OzDJ, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter