No, I don’t Tweet. In fact I barely blog. But I do feel like I’m missing out on something because EVERYONE around the blogosphere seems to tweet. I, for one, simply don’t get it. Unless you are very important or lead a fabulously exciting life, why would we want to know what you’re up to all day long?
However, I would be interested in hearing the true and actual day to day activities and random thoughts of someone like perhaps Oprah or Barack – if they were in fact true and actual. I’m sure their days are very interesting. Or possibly even Amy Winehouse or Jon Gosselin (for the crazy factor).
But it seems to me that many celebs have some Public Relations-ish person tweet on their behalf.
And it seems that tweets are starting to become more about promoting your product, your brand or your cause. Like a bunch of little 140 character commercials. Do we really need more “commercials”?
Ah – No thanks. I’ll pass.
And trust me – you would want to pass on reading my tweets too. How boring would it be to read the same tweets over and over, day after day? Because my days are all pretty much the same.
“Finally got the boys off to school, now I can sit in some traffic for an hour”
“I love coffee in the morning”
“Heading to the mall for my lunch hour to do some errands”
“My cushy high paying job bores me”
“Back in the car for another hour to get home. No wonder my ass is flat.”
“Why doesn’t anyone in my family pick up after themselves?”
“Off to hockey/soccer again”
“Why are the cute ones always so cheeky?”
“Someone neglected to flush the toilet – AGAIN!”
“How can one skinny 9 year old possibly eat so much food?”
“How can I get him to stop snoring?”
There you have it. Just select these tweets at random day after day, and you’ll know exactly what I’m up to.
Am I missing something here? Does Twitter have a value that I’m unaware of? Do you wish you tweeted? Are you sick of tweeting? Educate me.
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January 13th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Hmmmmm. I don’t commute. Why is my arse flat?
January 13th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
haha I feel the same way. I have a Twitter, but I rarely ‘tweet’, I basically read it daily to read
1. the houston news
2. houston traffic
3. houston food/concert/nightlife reviews and happening
4. cnn./ny times/texas monthly…so look polished and know what’s going on
5. perez hilton….guilty pleasure
Whenever I DO actually tweet, I’m usually inebriated, so they go more like this…
“WOOOOO I LOVE MARGARITAS AND I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”…..and there you have it.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I’m with you. I don’t get Twitter nor do I tweet. My days are to boring to be of interest to much of anyone let alone me. I feel no need to document the minor things, I’m doing good to blog regularly.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I honestly dont even know what the heck tweeting is, not a friggin clue. I dont even know how to text (tex) dunno anything about that either.I dont really know what a black berry, an I pod, or an I phone is???????? No I’m no Amish, just a house wife who loves a good gab on the phone with her pals, and still loves getting letters in the mail!!!! Gotta go I am going to go through my Rolodex and call up some of my gals!!!!
January 13th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
I don’t get the twittering thing either. And I’m not doing it. Unless I change my mind, which I’m 98.9999% sure I won’t, because the whole thing just bugs me.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I am not a twitter-er. But one of my favorite TV moments in 2009, one of the best EVER was when Meredith Viera asked comedian Stephen Colbert whether he “tweeted” and he said “I haven’t tweeted. But I HAVE twatted.” to which Meredith said “Well who hasn’t?”
you can’t make that shit up.
So funny!
Kiran
January 13th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I do have a twitter account. But I don’t mindlessly tweet. My blog postings feed on there so people who dont follow me with a reader know a blog is up. I also use it to annoy the hell out of celebrities. As is seen in my current blog postings. I like to tweet stupid crap to them. Also I have gotten my favorite comedian’s from Chelsea Handler’s round table to read my blog via Twitter. So yeah, that’s about how it goes.
You’re right on the mini commercials on there though.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I keep asking myself these same questions. I fear I’d have to make up stuff to get any followers at all.
In other news, you used the word “cheeky”! I love that word. I would follow you on Twitter just for that.
Cher
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January 13th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Cheeky Cheeky Cheeky.
(how do you like me now?)
January 13th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
i would totally follow you on twitter! (that is, if i were on it…) to be honest, i don’t entirely get that shit either. plus, i have to many other things to do to add tweeting to my plate.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
LOL my tweets would be almost identical!!
January 13th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I use twitter for p90x support. There’s so many people out there that do that program, it’s a great way to meet new people and support one another.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I dunno. I had a Twitter account back before I was into blogging. It seems like I did things backwards.
I closed out my account because I got hacked twice. I don’t have time for Twitter. I barely have time to floss.
Cher
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January 14th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Floss???
January 14th, 2010 at 2:35 am
I only got onto Twitter because of blogging. I’m glad I did. Nathan Fillion is hilarious, and following him on Twitter has provided me many laughs.
I have one of his Tweets saved as a favourite, I’ll share it with you now..
“Put on super hard bullet proof vest. Told Jon Huertas to punch me. He punched me in the face. My own fault.”
And by not being on Twitter, you did miss me tweeting about having sex with one of the TV networks mother, labradoodle and grandmother because they didn’t play my show. That’s the sort of stuff you’re missing out on.
January 16th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
I love Twitter and I do not use it to update the interweb on the minutiae of my day-to-day life.
I use it for those random thoughts that are priceless and worth sharing with your girlfriends, except they don’t work at the same place as you do, and you can’t really justify making 5 (or 25, depends how popular you are) phone calls.
I also use it when I am looking for some clarity – like when something insane happens at work, and I want instant feedback from a trusted source to confirm that I am not the ONLY one who thinks that it was insane.