I got rid of the thing just as it was becoming popular for similar reasons. Among them I felt the onus to keep looking at it or feel 'left out' of banter and goings-on distinctly insidious.
Unfortunately as a result my online socialising has dwindled to almost nothing. If you're not on twitter, you're not in the loop. And even then, if you're not looking at twitter at just the right moment, or looking back through endless drivel, you're still not in the loop. I genuinely don't understand its appeal (other than for celebs to posture and massage their egos and fans to boast about their famous 'friends', which seems an obvious application).
To be honest I'm pondering killing even this thing. I'm not sure it serves me much purpose these days for the opposite reason. Seldom few use it for anything.
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Date: 2011-09-20 06:04 pm (UTC)Unfortunately as a result my online socialising has dwindled to almost nothing. If you're not on twitter, you're not in the loop. And even then, if you're not looking at twitter at just the right moment, or looking back through endless drivel, you're still not in the loop. I genuinely don't understand its appeal (other than for celebs to posture and massage their egos and fans to boast about their famous 'friends', which seems an obvious application).
To be honest I'm pondering killing even this thing. I'm not sure it serves me much purpose these days for the opposite reason. Seldom few use it for anything.