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Not me!
Really.
I mean, I totally love Twitter and enjoy seeing what other folks are up to all day with the Firefox plugin TwitterFox. It’s rad because I can quickly see it just by turning my attention (not even my whole head) for a split second and then, it’s over. Or, I can reply with a snarky “me” (yes, I’m a snark in real life) comment or whatever.
Generally, I only comment on other people’s Tweets throughout the day, though they have to be important. I mean, I’m picky. Really. John Reese was in a car accident in Greece! Worth a Tweet? I think so. “Hope you’re OK.” Simple. He had to make a “get the heck off the road fast move,” says he. And on with my day.
But I usually reserve my Tweets for blog posts or something cool like being interviewed by Early to Rise (which I was for the second time last week, BTW). And I don’t spend a lot of time messing with Twitter, really, because I have too much work to do.
Here’s the thing, though, and it really fries my bananas…
Some people Tweet about every stupid thing under the sun. I mean, I really don’t give a hoot what you ate for breakfast unless it’s something totally, incredibly funny or awesome. I mean, if you’re in Kawabunga and eat a tarantula or some monkey brains… Hey, that’s worth a Tweet.
But if you had cereal. Keep it to yourself, K?
So, don’t be a Twitter Whore. (I didn’t make that up, but the Friday Traffic Report had a cute video about that that I went to watch at: http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/blog-marketing-videos/how-not-to-use-twitter-to-generate-traffic/. (Whew! Hey, Jack… That’s one long-ass URL, BTW)
Totally cracked me up, and then it dawned on me that people like that make me nuts. If you don’t have something really, really cool to Tweet about… tell your mom or your cat or someone who really wants to know this stuff, K?
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July 21st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I completely agree. Just because you have the ability to post about every little thing in your life doesn’t mean that you should share it with the whole world. Which is exactly the reason I haven’t got a Twitter account yet. It would be too easy for me to abuse.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:36 am
Nice post Pam. I agree with you on keeping the flossing of one’s teeth to ones’ self!
Fries your bananas huh? That’s a new one! lol
I’ll have to check out ETR for your interviews. What great exposure for you.
I ‘m sorry I couldn’t keep your q&a call working last night. It sounded like it was going to be full of good stuff.
Have a fine day. tr
July 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I have to laugh in agreement at keeping “one’s potty breaks” to themselves!
Twitter is definitely my favorite social networking element and I use it primarily for when my
blogs are updated.
Definitely a great tool that should be in one’s website marketing arsenal.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I have to say that I agree with you. I have friends who feed their Twitter into their Livejournal, so I have to read it whenever I view my friends list. The site can be useful I suppose, but I really don’t need to know every time my friends do something minor. I had thought that it was a rather innane site at first, but this post is making me reconsider that decision. Maybe it’s just bothersome because of how some people use it? I think I’m going to have to give it a chance, in the end.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!