I just farted
by asi
I don’t get the Twitter craze, sorry. I didn’t sign in and I’m not going to. Now before you all Twitters go nuts and telling that I cannot make a judgment on something I didn’t try etc, I don’t mind. Twitter my ass. Get a life.
First, it looks to me like the longest dog lead anyone ever invented. Don’t you already feel like you are very well, not to say, over-connected? you need a tighter collar around your neck?
Secondly, It looks like one of these things that can really get you hooked up but have no value in life whatsoever.
Dino was making an interesting point about the difference between saying and doing:
“The simple question “what am I doing right now” is both incredibly mundane, yet much more revealing about who we really are than what we might say about ourselves. It’s a very direct and personal manifestation of the “do, don’t say” mantra that is at the heart of new marketing and the post-communication world we live in.”
I agree with that observation but thats not the case with twitter.
And David wrote: “You can expect to get a few glimpses of the quirky, non glamorous moments in life that we all share.
Well, I flicked through some random twittering and you know what? It is definitely not revealing or authentic, direct or personal. Twitter is just another useless, silly self-presentation management tool. (un)Surprisingly, I didn’t find anything like: “I just farted”, or “I have an amazing hard-on”, or “Standing in line and that ugly old lady behind me stinks, I wish she’d be dead right here and now”, or “taking a good, long, relaxing dump while the wife and kids are at the movies” etc. [apology for lousy humor and bad taste, really].
My point is that it’s COMPLETELY USELESS. I read this [via Iain] and still not convinced. Everything this dude mentioned can be done with already existing tools.
Don’t know what about you but I already can’t find enough time to read my books or listening to some new music or the movies, or spending time with my mates.
I don’t want people to know what I’m doing right now, I don’t want to hear what other people are doing right now.
Get some space people.
Oh mates are so social life 1.0, what do you need those for anyway? Twitter is da bomb. It’s like virtual crack. If you were twittering you would have saved yourself some time and just said ‘I don’t get it’ and we would have all got it…Instantly! Nobody does Tolstoy on Twitter so it’s a time saver really. Convinced?
Anyway I’m a fan.. I’d rather a Twitter fart than any of that Second Life flatulence… hmm there’s a thought.. Twitter on Second Life
Good post Asi. I had the same feeling about Twitter when I first checked it out months ago and my opinion about it only changed recently when using it.
But I don’t feel I have to post things like “I just farted” or my innermost deep secrets or feelings. I see it as a way to capture “short stories” as they happen.
It’s probably not for everyone and I can see why you’re turned off. Like I said in my post, I only use a technology when I see a fit, and this feels OK to me.
BTW, how do you judge authenticity? This morning I was so happy that it was not freezing out and I quickly captured the thought. It might be silly, but why is that not authentic?
lol, nice post asi.
just for the record: if you ever twittered “i just farted”, my first thought would be: “great. i wonder what he’ll do NEXT”.
to each his own, as with all things. but it is interesting that “twittering” has become a verb. that’s not easy.
Asi I don’t get Twitter either, then again I haven’t used it. Then again I haven’t seen a reason why I should.
And DA has groupies, the rest of us have no one to give a damned about our ‘less than glamourous’ moments
Asi – Have you seen L&E’s Q about advertising polluting Twitter?
http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2007/02/could_advertisi.html
Mack,
I heard that! Don’t you try your “A-lister” Jedi Mindtricks on me. You have groupies too!
Look, let’s not take ourselves too seriously. We’re all trying different things. Personally, I don’t like the Mybloglog widgets and I won’t put one on my blog. I like anomonymity unless I choose to disclose myself through a comment. But I don’t mind that people are using it on theirs. It’s how it goes. Everyone is using stuff in a way that makes sense for them.
Asi, I think I need to Twitter about a fart. Be back here in a few…
wow…hello friends,
Mack – A-listers have their own needs and etiquettes
what do we know?
The point I was trying to make is that twitter looks like social media for the sake of social media without any real purpose behind it.
And it’s the worst kind as I can see how you can get hooked on being reflexive and share your snippets with the world – it’s not that you have to articulate your thought and make a meaningful contribution, so FOR ME it’s Just another time waster…
But as DA said, “everyone is using stuff in a way that makes sense for them” so who am I to make a judgment?
Peace
yeah asi, stop being so bossy!!!!!!!
take care
d
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