Tweeted Out
Monday, June 22. 2009
I think Twitter is "over."
It seems to have become mainstream and mostly noise now. The people I started out following on Twitter whom I found interesting seem to be tweeting less and less. The overall fun level is way down, too—Darth Vader has only made three tweets in the last six weeks, and Michael Scott hasn't been on Twitter in over a month.
My own little experiment with celebrity impersonation was mostly a flop. It seemed hardly worth the effort to put a lot of time and thought into being amusing for only a couple of followers, and time management eliminated any opportunities for regular updates some time ago (nearly three months). Of course, had I 30K followers like Dunder-Mifflin's dunder-boss or 90K like the Sith Lord, I wouldn't give up so quickly. Life is not a popularity contest, but Twitter is. So...
I'm walking away from Twitter. It's not "uber-cool" anymore, anyway, and I'm finding it's become more a drain on productivity than a useful or interesting diversion. Maybe I'll change my mind in future, but for now anyway..."tweet out."
I think Twitter is "over."
It seems to have become mainstream and mostly noise now. The people I started out following on Twitter whom I found interesting seem to be tweeting less and less. The overall fun level is way down, too—Darth Vader has only made three tweets in the last six weeks, and Michael Scott hasn't been on Twitter in over a month.
My own little experiment with celebrity impersonation was mostly a flop. It seemed hardly worth the effort to put a lot of time and thought into being amusing for only a couple of followers, and time management eliminated any opportunities for regular updates some time ago (nearly three months). Of course, had I 30K followers like Dunder-Mifflin's dunder-boss or 90K like the Sith Lord, I wouldn't give up so quickly. Life is not a popularity contest, but Twitter is. So...
I'm walking away from Twitter. It's not "uber-cool" anymore, anyway, and I'm finding it's become more a drain on productivity than a useful or interesting diversion. Maybe I'll change my mind in future, but for now anyway..."tweet out."
It seems to have become mainstream and mostly noise now. The people I started out following on Twitter whom I found interesting seem to be tweeting less and less. The overall fun level is way down, too—Darth Vader has only made three tweets in the last six weeks, and Michael Scott hasn't been on Twitter in over a month.
My own little experiment with celebrity impersonation was mostly a flop. It seemed hardly worth the effort to put a lot of time and thought into being amusing for only a couple of followers, and time management eliminated any opportunities for regular updates some time ago (nearly three months). Of course, had I 30K followers like Dunder-Mifflin's dunder-boss or 90K like the Sith Lord, I wouldn't give up so quickly. Life is not a popularity contest, but Twitter is. So...
I'm walking away from Twitter. It's not "uber-cool" anymore, anyway, and I'm finding it's become more a drain on productivity than a useful or interesting diversion. Maybe I'll change my mind in future, but for now anyway..."tweet out."
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