I’ve started Twittering (Tweeting?), although I have to admit I’m not sure what the sense of it is. Right along with Facebook, I can’t help but feel this is an outlet that will end up working against my productivity rather than with it. I’ve seen countless articles and newscasts with flashy titles like “How Twitter can make you a better writer!” and “Twitter starts paying the bills!”, but I’m not buying it for a second.
It seems to me that the main problem facing a company that’s built around the question of “What are you doing?” is that, barring a few exceptions, nobody much cares what you’re doing. There is something disingenuous about the service, and while all online networking is hollow at the core, Twitter–with it’s 140 characters–is even hollower.
At any rate, I’ll be trying it on for a while. There are a couple of people that I enjoy following. Notably, realjohngreen (one of the beloved vlogbrothers) and, a first-rate Twitter celebrity and founder of Digg.com, kevinrose.
As always, here is a youtube video that sums up my feelings better than I can (courtesy of Kevin Rose’s via Twitter).
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