Tweet Meet Greet

 Twitter. What do I think about Twitter?

Well, first of all I am not a Journalism student. Taking a class about journalism, specifically feedback journalism I can see that value in utilizing Twitter as a means of communication between journalists and interested parities to share information.

That aside, what do I think personally about Twitter? I’m just going to say “…not so much”. Yes, I am a Twitter hater, and this is for a few reasons. First I am not a journalist, so thusly I can’t really utilize it in a professional manor. Next my life is pretty boring. I don’t really go anywhere or do anything particularly interesting. I would be willing to guess that my Twitter audience doesn’t care that I “went to the mall” or “ate a bowl of soup for lunch”.  Lastly, I don’t care what celebs or even most of these journalistic figures have to say in 140 characters or less. For the pretty peoples, John Mayer and the like, I realize they are famous for a reason (usually), but I really feel no need to know much more about them than the generic label of singer or actor. As for our friends the journalists… I watch the news, I read actually printed newspapers, that’s enough for me. I think that Twitter is an information overload, for people like me who would like to keep informed, but do not want to spend hours clicking links.

My other gripe with Twitter is that I think the format is ineffective. It is way too confusing to try to remember what all of the symbols. All I have to say about this is @#&*%!!! Pardon my language, but I’m sure all of you Twitter users are not offended because you make those symbols daily.

Ultimately I feel like Twitter is a thing for an older crowd. Larry King and Barbra Walters are two notorious Tweeps, (did I seriously just say that?) and they clearly are no spring chickens. Maybe I could get into the Twitter community a little more if they reformatted and someone I know, in person (you  know, like a friend?) had an account. Until then I think I’ll just spend my time blocking strange men from viewing my account.

May 5, 2009. 1.