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

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

I find that I'm browsing Twitter for folks that I am a "fan" of, rather than my friends, and that I am looking for semi-news items, rather than chatter.

That is, it's interesting when the pro cyclists post links to YouTube selections of the ends of various races, and when various authors and musicians (hint, hint) post about where they will be signing or performing. In your case, I think you should keep the feed active, and post about once a week about where you'll be appearing in the next month or two. Let us know if anything exciting - like a book release or a story in a magazine - happens.