Comments on: Why Twitter tires me out http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/2009/09/twitter/ @jennyjenjen's space on the web Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:24:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fr3dly http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/2009/09/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-678 fr3dly Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:18:18 +0000 http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/?p=381#comment-678 i once quit twitter for two months. didn't miss it. i have a cyclical pattern when it comes to the usage. it's like a sine wave. for awhile now, i've attempted to start writing - and it's not like your writing - it's just small streams of thought mostly. to the reader, i would think it doesn't make any sense. i'm cryptic and private, but i like what it makes me feel when i do it so i usually put it out there. tumblr is a nice escapism when i'm all twittered out. i can just appreciate what i find aesthetically pleasing. i can add to the pile with a picture i took while i was walking outside. i don't have to communicate with anyone, really, and that's nice. because sometimes, i don't want to talk. i'm sure being an infp has something to do with it. or anxiety. or shyness. or boredom. or life. i'm rambling. i once quit twitter for two months. didn’t miss it. i have a cyclical pattern when it comes to the usage. it’s like a sine wave.

for awhile now, i’ve attempted to start writing – and it’s not like your writing – it’s just small streams of thought mostly. to the reader, i would think it doesn’t make any sense. i’m cryptic and private, but i like what it makes me feel when i do it so i usually put it out there.

tumblr is a nice escapism when i’m all twittered out. i can just appreciate what i find aesthetically pleasing. i can add to the pile with a picture i took while i was walking outside. i don’t have to communicate with anyone, really, and that’s nice.

because sometimes, i don’t want to talk.

i’m sure being an infp has something to do with it.

or anxiety. or shyness. or boredom. or life.

i’m rambling.

]]> By: swedishfish http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/2009/09/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-505 swedishfish Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:44:14 +0000 http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/?p=381#comment-505 Nice plug, but I like it, so I'll leave it up ;) Nice plug, but I like it, so I’ll leave it up ;)

]]> By: Timo Zimmermann http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/2009/09/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Timo Zimmermann Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:31:20 +0000 http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/?p=381#comment-499 Twitter is not intended for discussions, no matter how hard you try. That's it. But as every other online service with more than thousand users there are attention-whores that just try everything to get noticed. Starting a discussion and dropping the last bit of decency is the easiest way to achieve this. What you described is no Twitter problem, it's the Internet. If 140 characters are not enough, maybe http://woofertime.com/ is the solution ;) Twitter is not intended for discussions, no matter how hard you try. That’s it.
But as every other online service with more than thousand users there are attention-whores that just try everything to get noticed. Starting a discussion and dropping the last bit of decency is the easiest way to achieve this.

What you described is no Twitter problem, it’s the Internet.

If 140 characters are not enough, maybe http://woofertime.com/ is the solution ;)

]]> By: swedishfish http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/2009/09/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-498 swedishfish Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:50:53 +0000 http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/?p=381#comment-498 I'm between where you are with new technology and where a lot of early-adopters are; I'll try something out if it looks good, and if it suits my needs, but I hate building reasons to use a service. It isn't that great of a service if it requires one to build need around it. I think a lot of services encourage passive-aggressive behavior. Instead of asking someone about something, you wait for someone to tell you. Or you bait someone into telling you. I don't know, the idea came from a drunk conversation a few months back, but I think it could be true. PSA understood and noted. Tin foil... bad. I’m between where you are with new technology and where a lot of early-adopters are; I’ll try something out if it looks good, and if it suits my needs, but I hate building reasons to use a service. It isn’t that great of a service if it requires one to build need around it.

I think a lot of services encourage passive-aggressive behavior. Instead of asking someone about something, you wait for someone to tell you. Or you bait someone into telling you. I don’t know, the idea came from a drunk conversation a few months back, but I think it could be true.

PSA understood and noted. Tin foil… bad.

]]> By: Willi Vanilli http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/2009/09/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Willi Vanilli Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:29:05 +0000 http://www.jennifermnewell.com/blog/?p=381#comment-495 I never caught the twitter thing - taking the same approach to it that i did with private email back in the 90's - who gives a damn! my life isn't that interesting. someone wants to know something? ask. but keeping it to 140 characters is a load of crap. as far as the discussion type that happens over twitter, can't agree more. much like people having "deep" political discussions over facebook. i got so fed up with reading those that i just started trolling them with crackpot theories. too bad my theories make more sense than their political rhetoric. ha! go me! anyhow, watch out for tinfoil helmets. what a lot of folks these days don't realize is that back in the day, you'd make little tinfoil balls for your tv antenna because it would *ENHANCE* the signal. putting a tinfoil helmet on only enhances the government's brainwashing rays. keep 'em off kids! that's your PSA for the day. I never caught the twitter thing – taking the same approach to it that i did with private email back in the 90’s – who gives a damn! my life isn’t that interesting. someone wants to know something? ask. but keeping it to 140 characters is a load of crap.

as far as the discussion type that happens over twitter, can’t agree more. much like people having “deep” political discussions over facebook. i got so fed up with reading those that i just started trolling them with crackpot theories. too bad my theories make more sense than their political rhetoric. ha! go me!

anyhow, watch out for tinfoil helmets. what a lot of folks these days don’t realize is that back in the day, you’d make little tinfoil balls for your tv antenna because it would *ENHANCE* the signal. putting a tinfoil helmet on only enhances the government’s brainwashing rays. keep ‘em off kids!

that’s your PSA for the day.

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