ooh. i totally forgot to say. lordkilljoy signed me up to twitter over the weekend.
it's ok, but i have one (ok, maybe two) problem(s) with it. i think the @ sign is the least aesthetic thing i have ever seen on a messenger / blog type thing. so i may boycott it, except that it happens automatically when you reply to another persons micro-blog.
i don't really like the name; it makes me feel like the butt of some kind of sadistic joke. ha hah - you use twitter. you are a twit for being pulled into that one. and that makes us all twits for following the crowd and posting like lemmings about all the things that we think each day.
for all that, it is a kind of neat idea - mini posts that let people know the little intimates of your life without having to read through a massive rant.
it helps with being precise - you have to cut out all the ramble, which is definitely something i need practice with. i like to ramble - a lot (if you hadn't noticed). even the way i phrase my sentences: they hold a lot of excess words. so that's good.
but i do miss a structured reply system - like the comments on livejournal. people reply to a particular post and you can just see them all and don't need to remember what went before, because you can just scan up and see. but i guess this is something to improve my focus and memory.
hhmmm, the goods are more like placations than definite positive arguments. oh well.
oh yea. for anyone who's interested: i'm zarkia over there too.
to be honest I don't think twitter should ever be viewed as a replacement for a blog but a complementary product where you can post the naff that just ain't worthy of a full blown post, but is sufficiently interesting to those who know you. I don't think a twitter should demand a response (not that I ever abide by that rule).
ReplyDeletemy two cents and a stick of chewing gum
oops that was me.
ReplyDeletei had wondered who it was.
ReplyDeletei view twitter as a spontaneous thing, like those silly moments you want to share with everyone because they are funny / interesting / stupid when they happen but you know you will forget them in a few minutes.