I’m sure I will be forced to broil these words, season them, and choke them down (as was the case with MySpace and Facebook) so I’ll keep this brief.
First of all, who named it “Twitter”???!!! For the sake of being politically correct (yes, as a California resident even I have now contracted the PC disease) I won’t go into all of the things that are wrong with it being named Twitter. But Twitter? Who EVER decided it was cool to sign up for something called TWITTER?
Second, the Twitter website actually says “Find people. Follow them.” Aw heck, go ahead and Stalk ‘em.
And do you really need another way to know that your best friend’s cousin that you only met twice in your life is “pumped about her awesome weekend”?
When I wanted to talk to a friend back in the day, I could A. call her on the good ole land line, or B. send her a letter. Now I have to decide if I want to call someone’s cell, or work, or email them (again, personal or work?), or MySpace, or Facebook them. Oh, or text. I would add IM into this SAT-worthy problem-solving exercise, except that I don’t have IM. Yes, I know, I am the last person on earth that doesn’t IM. Or Twitter. Yet.
Geez. Its enough to make a person crawl back into bed, put a pillow over your head, and plead to be left alone. OK, so don’t leave me alone, I love you all and want you to call, email, post on my wall, read my awesome blog, etc. Just, please, don’t Twitter me into joining Twitter.
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That's a great blog. It's so true but unfortunately if we are going to keep up these days we must do all of these.
ReplyDeleteBrian, stay strong. We CAN change the world, one fewer Twitter account at a time! :-)
ReplyDeleteLove this. I, too, am anti-Twitter.
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