I know, I know, Twittering is the latest and greatest in amazing advances along the hi-tech highway, but you just won't see me jumping on that bandwagon. Even if, according to an article in our local paper last week, it is more popular among the hip, older crowd than the hip, younger crowd. One 18-year old who was interviewed on her opinion of Twittering was quoted as saying, "I just think it's weird and I don't feel like everyone needs to know what I'm doing every second of my life". Well, I have to say I agree with her completely.
I think that between constant texting, talking on cell phones, online chat rooms, online discussion forums, webcams, Skype, Facebook and MySpace, we all have plenty of opportunity to know all we need to know about one another, and then some. Now must we add Twitter to the great melting pot of technology? Can we not just take a break from all the incessant, virtual chitter chatter? Really, I think it's ironic that the term MySpace does not mean at all what I think of as "my space", which is something I need alot of. Rather, it really means "lots of people in MySpace" and that is just one too many people for me!
Although somewhat grudgingly, I have learned how to text so I can communicate from afar with my teenage son who never actually uses his cell phone to talk with. I have also learned how to navigate my laptop and the internet (mostly), and I have awesome music on my iPod, which is pretty impressive for a gal who still has her entire collection of '80's tunes on cassette tapes and her original Sony Walkman to go with them.
So the point is, I appreciate today's technological advances in communication, and I use many of them myself. I even created a blog! But I really have to draw the line somewhere, and Twitter is it. How about you?
4 comments:
I have to say that I'm not interested in informing people of what I'm doing at every waking moment either. Although in this age of "reality" entertainment it seems that semi-voyeurism ranks high on the list of entertainment for many, it seems to me that the time some people spend reading posts about who is riding the bus or waiting on an order at a restaurant could be put to much better use.
Thanks for the feedback!
I do believe Twitter is used to promote a business or a service more than Facebook, etc. which is for building relationships, either with friends or work related. I select people according to writing activities. Most friends, I still e-mail or call and meet for coffee.
Thank you for a different perspective!
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