I began my week of Twitter very sceptically. It seemed to be a completely useless services. I didn’t understand why people needed to update their status every time they did something. I’m the kind of person who checks facebook once a week and all most never updates my status. I found myself frustrated. Why did I have to do this stupid thing. I had things to do, places to go and people to talk to face to face. But I needed to contact Dr. Nixon, so I sent her a tweet on line and she got back to me within the hour. It was impresive how fast our communication wasand I started to think that it was a good tool for that specific purpose. I still didn’t like it. The website seemed utterly useless in any other respect. I was angry that I had to do a week of this, my work, class and rehearsal schedule made it very hard to update. When I found time to actually tweet, I found myself forcing useless statements that I knew no one cared about. But I saw everyone else was communicating and telling each about their day. I also found that I was being fallowed by people I hadn’t spoken to in a long time. One day in class I saw that the student in front of me was fallowing Paula Dean. She was thrilled by this, and I was happy for her. This is when it occurred to me. These interacts are what bring us together, what allows us to be a part of each others lives. I don’t think that I’m the kind of person who is apt at using social networking sites. I don’t use them very often, but I know that there are many that do and that is why I respect them. I guess what I’m saying is that I’ll keep using Twitter.
31 Jan
My Week Of Twitter
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Posted by Barbara Nixon on February 4, 2009 at 12:51 am
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Twitter. It does take some time to get used to using it. Glad to hear you plan on continuing using the service.