Twitter made me a twit
April 7th, 2008 by Bill
I was reading a post somewhere about Twitter, followed a few links, saw articles about it being a growing social network phenomenon … the usual malarkey about “the next big thing.”
Of course, I had to check it out.
Mistake.
Having registered and so on, I foolishly said, “Yes, check my email for contacts on Twitter.” The end result was, thinking I was adding contacts who might be on Twitter or, in the future, could be on Twitter, I wasn’t told that I’d be sending an email to all of them. So I ended up spamming a bunch of people.
As for Twitter (other than that), I haven’t really looked at it much but from what I can see it’s a bit like Facebook in that it seems designed for bored people with small amounts of time.
Blog posts have generally been short, and much of the Internet is about brevity, but I really think we’re moving toward the ridiculous with some of the most recent social networking tools. They seem primarily designed as platforms for marketers who can possibly grab the fleeting attention of people trolling the Internet looking for something, anything, that might be briefly interesting, even if in a facile fashion. But the tools (networks) seem more than a little superficial.
As I’ve said before, regarding Facebook, it’s primary value seems to be in the contacts you find and maintain. But what we do with those contacts, at least on the platforms themselves, seems mainly frivolous.
Or maybe I’m just cranky because I ended up spamming people.
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