March 2nd, 2009
I want to talk a little bit about Twitter. Specifically, what I like about it, what I think it should be used for and also what I don’t like about it. First of all, to get a good idea about what Twitter is, where it came from and a really good look at what people use it for right now, click the title of this post for an awesome TED Talk about it.
Alright… I like it because it’s short and sweet. You can’t drone on and on (like I do here). If you wanna say something, you have to do it fast. In terms of sharing information, it’s mostly done by links to external websites. If you follow a lot of people doing different things, you get exposed to a vast array of articles, information and interesting things that you would otherwise never even think about. From a personal aspect, I enjoy the short snippets of what other people, specifically my friends, are doing. I don’t want a minute by minute journal of their day, but it makes me think of people that I would otherwise rarely think about.
I think Twitter becomes annoying once in a while if I don’t find people’s tweets interesting. For instance, I started following a website called WindowsObserver. I received a tweet about ever minute about completely inane things involving individual people I didn’t know. Basically, I think those that tweet should remember their audience and make their tweets relevant to as many people as possible. If you want to keep your friends informed of your dinner plans, get a second twitter account just for them because I don’t want to hear about it!
Basically, I like being able to share information with a lot of people at once. It keeps me occupied during the day. It gives me new things to read that I otherwise wouldn’t think about. To everyone that says they hate Twitter, I say that’s alright! Don’t use it if you don’t like it! It’s just as much of a problem as too much e-mail and people using the internet too much in general. It’s overall impact is actually pretty small, so don’t freakin’ worry about it!
Twitter
March 2nd, 2009
I want to talk a little bit about Twitter. Specifically, what I like about it, what I think it should be used for and also what I don’t like about it. First of all, to get a good idea about what Twitter is, where it came from and a really good look at what people use it for right now, click the title of this post for an awesome TED Talk about it.
Alright… I like it because it’s short and sweet. You can’t drone on and on (like I do here). If you wanna say something, you have to do it fast. In terms of sharing information, it’s mostly done by links to external websites. If you follow a lot of people doing different things, you get exposed to a vast array of articles, information and interesting things that you would otherwise never even think about. From a personal aspect, I enjoy the short snippets of what other people, specifically my friends, are doing. I don’t want a minute by minute journal of their day, but it makes me think of people that I would otherwise rarely think about.
I think Twitter becomes annoying once in a while if I don’t find people’s tweets interesting. For instance, I started following a website called WindowsObserver. I received a tweet about ever minute about completely inane things involving individual people I didn’t know. Basically, I think those that tweet should remember their audience and make their tweets relevant to as many people as possible. If you want to keep your friends informed of your dinner plans, get a second twitter account just for them because I don’t want to hear about it!
Basically, I like being able to share information with a lot of people at once. It keeps me occupied during the day. It gives me new things to read that I otherwise wouldn’t think about. To everyone that says they hate Twitter, I say that’s alright! Don’t use it if you don’t like it! It’s just as much of a problem as too much e-mail and people using the internet too much in general. It’s overall impact is actually pretty small, so don’t freakin’ worry about it!
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