Twitter no more...

[sleigh]

Having played with Twitter for a month or so now, I'm finding that I'm not all that interested in everybody's tweets, nor do I bother to tweet much myself. The character imitation makes everything feel shallow and superficial to me, and far too many of the posts are of the "I'm eating chicken for dinner" variety, which bore me entirely. At this point, I think I'll simply let Twitter lie fallow for a week or so, see if I miss it (I expect not to miss it at all), and then close the account...

Anyone want to argue for staying active on Twitter? Am I missing something?

Comments

[msagara.livejournal.com]

I think my initial response (ahem) was the same as sleigh's: I expected it to be something like the rest of the internet, or rather, what the rest of the internet has that I actively look for, and I could not see anything of interest or substance being said in 140 characters.

But I've found that I like the very minor sense of connection to the outside world, because I am often so very internal and inward looking when in my cave, and it pulls me back to the surface for a bit. It's like listening to conversations on the bus, or in the grocery store, or ... anywhere.

Otoh, I'll remember that you were laughing about this when I see you in Montreal...

[trektone.livejournal.com]

I recall you were quite dismissive of Twitter at ConClave; this is what amuses me. :)

For msagara and sleigh: I'm curious to know if Facebook is somewhere in the middle of LJ and Twitter, or not at all related/relevant.

Also, does sleigh have a fan club on FB, like msagara?

[msagara.livejournal.com]

Facebook and Twitter are more alike, to me -- but the constant stream of everyone else's quiz results make me crazy, some days. I realize that they're fun for the people who do them -- but I spend so much time "hiding" apps when I check my status list.

Twitter is like the status without the apps.

However... Facebook does allow a conversation to congregate in a way that people can actually read; the @replies on Twitter make that a lot harder.

Overall, when I have time, I really like LJ.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

I think, yeah, Facebook is somewhere in-between. It doesn't encourage 'conversation' the way the LJ 'post-and-comments' structure does. You can't say anything terrifically lengthy (but you have far less restriction on that than Twitter). I have my LJ journal tied to Facebook as "Notes" but no one seems to pay any attention to the notes on Facebook, seeing as I have almost no comments there. On the other hand, Facebook has been responsible for me reconnecting with several people with whom I'd lost touch, as well as people who aren't on LJ.

"Stephen Leigh" has a regular page on Facebook; "S.L. Farrell" has a fan page...