Comments | k00kaburra: How I feel about Twitter

k00kaburra

How I feel about Twitter

Mar 24, 2009 08:02

Seriously. Thanks, boyfriend, for finding this for me.

I think part of my problem w/ Twitter is that a lot of folks who used to use on-line journals like Livejournal to post coherent, thoughtful entries about their lives and the world around them now reduce all their writing to 140 words or less. There's no depth or real thought in it. Just a ( Read more... )

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ying_ko_4 March 24 2009, 15:20:55 UTC

Calling somebody a twit has never been a good thing.

While amusing, this was also frightening.

Mommy!

k00kaburra March 24 2009, 15:22:20 UTC

Yeah, that totally cracked me up :D

flameelf March 24 2009, 15:25:30 UTC

I so agree! I hate seeing Twitters coming through, and you're the second person I've seen post the Twitter flick.

It's reaching the point where people find it acceptable to say "L-O-L" and "O-M-G" instead of speaking the words, which is...nuts.

I will remain someone who posts, although I suppose my blogging is as mind-numbing as any Twitter!

Grey :)

k00kaburra March 24 2009, 15:30:15 UTC

:) It's the best kind of mind-numbing! It's like...Twitter posts are like those cheap, store-brand oreo knock-offs that nobody likes but they'll eat because they're on the plate. Your posts are like rich moist brownies.

Mostly because I'm really, really hungry. Time for breakfast!!

flameelf March 24 2009, 18:58:13 UTC

Aw, shucks!

Thanks for comparing my 'twitter-pated' nonsense to a nice, gooey, wonderful brownie! Now I want one!!!!

*hugs*

Grey :)

lemontree11 March 25 2009, 00:23:02 UTC

It seems like people are moving too fast in society. Like demos have to be catchy and good within 30 seconds or it's crap. Classical stuff takes longer or the whole time to understand it's greatness. Books get to the point faster than in the time of Charles Dickens who got to the point after 5-10 pages.

Twitter is sorta the same...

kerotab March 25 2009, 02:11:39 UTC

I love twitter and I think it's a great way to keep in touch with people. I don't think it should EVER be combined with Facebook or plurk. Nor was it ever meant to replace blogs.

I miss the days when people didn't know what it was. Now everyone knows and it's annoying. Damn the celebrities who abused it.

k00kaburra March 25 2009, 02:22:06 UTC

See, when I look over the twitter pages of people I know I usually end up thinking, "You know, I didn't need to keep in touch *that much* with people." It's like the filter in people's brain between interesting thoughts and interesting conversations (you know, you think about stuff that you wouldn't necessarily talk about to another person, like 'gee, i'm hungry' and 'my left butt cheek itches') just gets shut off completely when they're tweeting.

I think, as a general rule, I just don't want to hear from people that much, though. I mean, I never answer the phone, stopped using IM programs years ago, and think more than one facebook update each day is excessive. :-p Clearly, twitter just isn't meant for people like me.

Yoink! saru_kage March 25 2009, 04:49:02 UTC

I'm totally stealing that video. I've been meaning to post a self-righteous diatribe about Twitter for about a week now, but didn't get around to it yet. I keep getting distracted by loud noises and shiny things (and also a pile of like fifteen or twenty new books I picked up in the last couple of weeks).

But yeah, I'm not a Twitter fan either. I fail completely to see what's so great about it.