I still don't get Twitter

posted by Jeff | Wednesday, May 30, 2007, 11:04 AM | comments: 2

There were another two entries on News.com today about Twitter, and I keep asking, who cares?

If you're not familiar with the service, it's like short attention span blogging that can blast everyone with text messages with whatever you post. You can do RSS or view on the Web as well. But honestly, so what?

I mean, aside from Tyler who posts lots of pictures of himself balancing beverages on his knees and sporting Crocs and shades (;)), who needs this? Not only am I not interested in giving the world a play-by-play every time I take a shit, but I'm even less interested in seeing other people do it. It's like the people who change their status on Facebook ten times a day. I just don't care.

It really strikes me as a short-lived tech fad for narcissists and the people who love them. I'm starting to realize that some people spend way too much time being plugged in (and this from someone who makes his living doing so).


Comments

Neuski

May 30, 2007, 3:08 PM #

It's so hard to reply with a thought out comment when you get singled out. ;)

eightdotthree

May 30, 2007, 3:28 PM #

Someone made a comment on a podcast that they were starting a service called shitr.


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