I Hate Twitter

It seems like everywhere I look these days someone is talking about Twitter. Whether it's on the news, commercials, or online Twitter definitely seems to be "the next big thing". The thing is, I just can't understand why.

So I'll just come right out and say it. I hate Twitter!

My addiction to Facebook is bad enough, but at least there I can do more than tell the world my deepest thoughts (with more than 140 characters no less). I understand why companies love Twitter, with its ability to spread free advertising in the blink of an eye. What I don't understand is why so many individual people are drawn to it. Do you think your life is so meaningful that everyone is dying to know what it is you're doing at every waking moment throughout the day? Are you so materialistic your world revolves around the latest product announcements and sales? Or are our lives are so dull we have to read what famous people are thinking about all day and fantasize about what it would be like to live the lavish and luxurious lifestyle ourselves? Well, I'm sorry but I just have to say, NO ONE CARES!

I use TweetDeck at work to browse Twitter for any mention of our company name. Unfortunately, our name is similar enough to a mall in a Hawaii to pick up the tweets of people referring to the mall. I'm tired of reading people mindlessly ramble about, "Going to Windward mall. Hunnnngrrrrrrry," "The Windward mall is the haps, yo!" and, "OMG WINDWARD MALL LOLZ!"

I read somewhere that 10% of Twitter users account for 90% of tweets. Furthermore, a painstakingly large percentage of Twitter registrants tweet once, and then never tweet again. Obviously I'm not alone in my thoughts that Twitter is just rather meaningless.

Celebrities love to share the intimate details of their life on Twitter. From cooking breakfast to boasting their thoughts on politics, people just can't seem to get enough. It blows my mind. Are we such a narcissistic culture that face-to-face conversation and human interaction has been traded for 140 characters of garbage?

Maybe I'm missing the big picture, or maybe I have a brain and can actually think for myself and recognize Twitter as being entirely pointless. You decide.

Do you use Twitter? Think I'm being pompous and inconsiderate? Sound off in the comments.

Comments

[Jason C. Black]

Twitter is absolutely assanine, and matches the self absorbed morons who buy a techno gadget that they can't afford.They probaly still live with their parents and have them pay for it too.......Nobody cares what your doing...do you get it? And stop trying to look busy or important you idiots, get a f@@@ing job.!!!