So I’ve been on Twitter for a few months now, and I have to confess that I just don’t get it. I don’t. Don’t get me wrong. I see value in almost every social networking site. I wrote my Masters’ thesis about them. And I love Facebook. I love seeing pictures and seeing what’s new with friends and family. Even the games, the quizzes, and the silliness are fun and funny. It’s entertainment. With Twitter, I feel like it is too much work. I can’t find users, and I don’t understand how people can spend so much time on the website. I get updates on my phone and was getting so overwhelmed with them that I had to turn them off. I love getting the latest breaking news, but it doesn’t appear to be the most pertinent or at least it is filtered. I’m thinking more and more of cancelling my Twitter account.
So am I doing it wrong? What’s the fascination? How do others spend their time using Twitter?
@Hopeful – I’ll hang with it. As I finish my schoolwork, hopefully I will enjoy it a bit more.
@Stephanie – I can understand how it would be like instant messaging. I’ll stick with it a bit longer. And if I see you online, I’ll be sure to tweet you!
Actually, I’m kind of addicted to Twitter to be honest. But I think it’s all about who you follow. I have a group of blogging friends that I follow. And with my weird schedule, I know what times they will be on. To me it’s almost like “instant messaging” with a large group of friends instead of just one person. I’ve been involved in a couple really cool conversations.
My biggest problem is the huge time drain all this twitter, facebook, blogging turns out to be. I would rather do that than stuff I need to be doing…like housework!!
You know, I felt the same way when I first started following Tweets. BUT, I have to say I enjoy some of my Twitter experiences now.
I follow a few of my favorite musicians on Twitter and they give us fans a little insight into their days, their latest writing, etc. I’ve also started following people that my fav musicians follow and now I have some new fav musicians. I also follow Ashton Kutcher and Rob Corddry and they just add comedy to my day.
Agreed, Twitter updates on the cell phone is annoying. I just like checking in when I can on my own time.
I also follow some friends from far off places…trade recipes…etc.
I found my favorite part of Facebook was the status updates. And that’s pretty much all Twitter is. I also heard a great quote from someone…Facebook is where you connect with everyone you used to know, Twitter is where you connect with the people you want to know. Somewhat true I think.
Give it a chance. Look at who people follow and follow them for a while. If nothing else, look for the daily laugh.
Happy Tweets =)