…or is it “Why I Don’t Tweet?” Twit? Whatever.
It seems more and more of my blogger comrades are selling out beginning to use Twitter in addition to all the other connectivity programs out there.
Little by little everyone starts to Twittle Twitter. (Dangit. Thought I had a rhyme going there.)
Well, I’m still holding out–for now. And here are some reasons why…
- I’m not technologically advanced enough for it to matter that much. For example, though my cell phone is Interweb-capable, I don’t use it for cost reasons, and because I don’t really need to. Twitter, from what I understand, works best when you can Tweet/Twit throughout the day. And though I carry my
dinosaurlaptop with me quite often, it isn’t really practical to stop, hook it all up (my battery is dead), open it up, start it up, to tell you what I’m doing at the moment. Almost every Tweet/Twit would read, “Jeff is booting up his laptop to send you a message.” - I’m a little concerned about becoming even more addicted to tech. Most of us already walk around like so many cyborgs with Bluetooth earpieces in our ears. And once we start using a new technology, we tend to get addicted to it quickly. I have a feeling if I ever start Tweeting, I won’t be able to stop. 🙂
- I want to resist keeping up with the technological Joneses. I already feel about 2 years behind everyone. My cell phone isn’t flat and shiny with lots of buttons. It actually flips down. I started on MySpace a year ago because everyone who was anyone was on MySpace. By the time I figured MySpace out, everyone had gone over to Facebook. Once my Facebook page was up, everyone was Twittering. Crap. I can’t keep up. Although I have to admit it gets a little lonely back here, watching everyone’s technological backsides…I just don’t want to join the race. What purpose would it serve, except to be chic and cool? None, right now. I’d rather wait until I really “need” Twitter.
- There are times when, quite frankly, I don’t want everyone to know what I’m doing. The coolest Tweeters/Twitters/Twitterrerrs do it all throughout their day, at any given moment. If I’m going to Tweet, I want to do it right; so I’d feel pressured all the time to let you in on my every move. “Jeff is going to the bathroom.” ??? Sorry. That’s none of your freaking business. 🙂 In our day of “Big Brother”, we’re already losing our privacy fast. Why would I want to just hand it over voluntarily?
So…bottom line for now…I don’t really need Twitter right now, so I’m resisting.
For now. 🙂
Wayward Son
Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo.
I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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Jeff,
I’ve had an on-again, off-again, on-again affair with Twitter. At first I didn’t get it. Then I thought I got it, but was still skeptical. Then I caved, although there were problems. Then I stopped. Then I started again, because a friend of mine is running a Twitter aggregator that’s supposed to bring together tweets from all sorts of high-tech people. The funny thing being he doesn’t tweet that much himself.
I am still debating whether I am going to carry on with it. Right now the main thing I use it for is to update my Facebook and MySpace status from one place. But that’s not really that important to me. And I find I really don’t follow anyone else in Twitter, even if I am “following” them. At the end of the day I find it just too trivial. If something is important enough to tweet, it should be important enough to blog, I think. So, bro, don’t feel like you have to jump on this bandwagon – to me, it is still highly suspect, and it’s probably better than a 50-50 chance I will stop again.
Good for you! 🙂
I signed up, but I just don’t have time for twitter. I’m sure one day I’ll get sucked in…
I have two reasons for not doing Twitter:
1. Not that many people read my blog, so I figure no one really wants to know what I am doing every minute of the day.
2. I’ve been called a Twit and I’d rather not deal with that. 🙂
I don’t even know what the heck you’re talking about.
as far as number 1, you can twitter by text message. you register your number on the site and it will realize all text from that phone come from you and post them on your account. doesn’t use the net feature of phone…. but depending on your text plan, may not be much cheaper.
I used it on a recent trip to South Africa just to keep people up to date with what we were doing. Haven’t done it since late March, 08. It was cool though -imagine reading: “Hey, we just saw two Zebras by the road.” or – “A monkey just flung some poo at us.”
You sum up my thoughts as well. So often people want to twitter because it’s new. Not because it offers advantages in communication. I will stick with my poor tired blog.