An Epiphany!
02/Apr/2009 11:10 AM Filed in: Personal
For
the first time, I was scanning through twitter posts
using the search term “video games,” and it finally
dawns on my why I hate Twitter so much.
I don’t hate the premise of Twitter, but rather it’s users’ need for using Twitter. I liken it to the hybrid car craze, and more specifically, the class of consumers who would make absolutely sure they let you know they’re driving a hybrid, and for all the right reasons, and you’re not.
I can see a real earnest use for Twitter, especially in the academic sector (social psychologist must be having a field day). That is something I could be excited about, even though ironically, having that information available would require the very participation I’ve already described as inane. (Hilarious).
But in a more troubling sense, this ecosystem of self-affirmation seems to provide the most vivid glimpse into a possible future that I would rather not be a part of. So instead, I’ll maintain my thoughts on an obscure, empty website like this, hoping that no one ever reads whatever I put on here. Cause its probably a waste of their time.
I don’t hate the premise of Twitter, but rather it’s users’ need for using Twitter. I liken it to the hybrid car craze, and more specifically, the class of consumers who would make absolutely sure they let you know they’re driving a hybrid, and for all the right reasons, and you’re not.
I can see a real earnest use for Twitter, especially in the academic sector (social psychologist must be having a field day). That is something I could be excited about, even though ironically, having that information available would require the very participation I’ve already described as inane. (Hilarious).
But in a more troubling sense, this ecosystem of self-affirmation seems to provide the most vivid glimpse into a possible future that I would rather not be a part of. So instead, I’ll maintain my thoughts on an obscure, empty website like this, hoping that no one ever reads whatever I put on here. Cause its probably a waste of their time.