I’m not the type to be up on the latest technologies or absolute newest trends in the media world, so it took me a while before I even heard of the most recent media “fashionâ€Â:
Twitter. My first question when I heard about Twitter was: “What is it?†From my research I discovered that it is basically a series of Facebook statuses. Seriously?
I
don’t even like to use my status update on Facebook, so Twitter has no purpose in my eyes. If a friend of mine really wants to know what I am doing at a certain point in time, then he or she
can call me. I would much rather choose to have personal contact with a friend than have them check the web for my schedule.
Further, who cares? Frankly, I’m not interested in what
someone is doing every single moment of his life, nor do I care what perfect strangers are doing at that point in time. It seems a bit weird if someone wants to spend their time reading up on what
strangers are doing. To me, Twitter just seems like another excuse to lose more personal contact through technology.
Clearly others have a different opinion than mine or else Twitter
wouldn’t be as popular as it is. It may even be bigger than simply knowing what people are doing, but I don’t see it. What do I seem to be missing?