Twitter me this.
While it’s true that I scoff at bloggers, facebook status updaters and twitterers when they don’t adhere to my perceived standards, I still regularly steal my husband’s iphone so I can read the tweets of his friends and those he follows. I myself do not post tweets or subscribe to twitter, because I’m above all of that self-importance. … Now read my thoughts about why others’ thoughts should be up to par with my own.
I once blogged about my rules for blogging, and now I will do the same for tweets.
1. Same as with blogging, don’t tell me about your workout regime or daily caloric intake. Unless you ran a marathon or won a hot dog eating contest, it’s not of interest.
2. Keep all bodily functions to yourself. This almost always applies to boys — the same who would make a poop joke will do the same for a tweet. Please don’t.
3. I love when you make me laugh out loud or get a song stuck in my head. But that doesn’t mean you should re-tell a joke and claim it as your own or post song lyrics.
4. I realize that the *edit option for fixing typos in status updates means that you must post the same, modified update twice, which in itself is annoying. So let’s conserve energy and time of the tweet stalkers out there … read twice, post once.
5. And in conclusion, don’t let me read your tweet, hoping for insight into your life or a breath of fresh air, if you’re only going to complain or give me a mini-lecture. That starts a vicious cycle (click here).
Wow. I am glad you aren’t shy about sharing your feelings about things. Holding those in could be hazardous to your health.
I tend to disagree with you on a couple of points. Twitter like blogging is a very personal form of expression. If you don’t like what I am writing, don’t read it. Now in your case that is tough as you are a closet Twitter lover and aren’t actually following anybody, so unsubscribing is difficult.
Also, I am a passionate person. i don’t do much that I am not excited about, so when I exercise, I do something I love, and if I love it, I will probably talk about it, so If you are not interested in my posts about working out, refer to my previous point.
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quepash Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
True. I guess it comes down to whom you twitter for — yourself or others. Those who update regularly things like “going to gym” or “time for bed” probably doesn’t expect a strong following, whereas someone who asks questions like “paint.net users, is there a way to save in CMYK?” is a twitterer who relies on readers and their interaction.
And you can say it: if I’m a closet Twitter lover who doesn’t even subscribe, I don’t have a right to criticize those who do.
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I went skiing today… shouldn’t everyone? I think also burned 392 calories… but I replaced that with 200 calories of chili
Gosh… what’s going to happen to the generation right below us… the me generation who grows up with one hand on the cellphone and the other on the keyboard get’s old enough to have some power… scary.
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