I recently started a Twitter account and I’m really into this method of short burst communications. Many people ask me why I don’t link my Twitter and my Blog. In other words, why don’t I tweet that I just updated my blog. Consider me old school. I feel like different forms of communication should be left separate. I notice many people want the opposite. I see people asking for full integration of their Facebook, AIM, Twitter and SMS accounts. I’m not one of them.
Here’s what’s great about Twitter: You have 140 spaces in order to craft a feeling, thought, or visceral nuance. It’s technological haiku. It’s intriguing even to read the tweets of people I don’t know. Here’s what sucks about Twitter: (And I know this is gonna hurt a lot of people) But I hate it when people only tweet replies to other people. Their entire twittering life is having personal conversations with other people. Or people who just throw links as tweets all day. In my mind, if you want to have a conversation with someone, email them! Call them! Need something more direct? Then SMS or AIM them! Twitter ain’t meant for this! Want to share a dope website of something you found online? Blog it! Twitter is like the digital version of PostSecret. Let’s try and keep it that way.
最近僕はTwitterを始めまして、この単発にはじけるコミュニケーション方法をすごく気に入っています。たくさんの人が僕に、なぜTwitterとブログをリンクしないのか聞きます。要するに、なぜブログを更新したことをtweet(訳：Twitterすること）しないのか。僕はオールドスクールかもしれません。僕は異なったコミュニケーション手段は別々にしておくべきだと思います。たくさんの人は僕と正反対であることに気づきます。Facebook、AIM、Twitter、SMSアカウントすべての融合を望む人が多いです。僕はその一人ではありません。
Twitterのすばらしい所はここ：気持ちや考え、ニュアンスを140字以内にまとめないといけない。テクノロジーの俳句です。知らない人のtweetを読むことも面白い。でも、Twitterの悪い箇所はここ：（これはたくさんの人を傷つけるかもしれないが）人が他の人への返信しかtweetしないことが嫌いです。彼らのTwitter人生は他人と個人的な会話をすることでしかない。それと一日中リンク先しかtweetしない人。僕の中では、会話したければメールするか電話すればいい！もっとダイレクトに話したい？SMSかAIMすればいい！Twitterはこのためにつくられたんじゃない！ネットで探したやばいウェブサイトを教えたい場合は？ブログすればいい！TwitterはPostSecretのデジタルバージョンだと思います。そのように利用しましょう。
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good points. i think i need to reconsider my twitter abuse.
I used twitter for my racist thoughts.
Not sure if I agree. What you propose here sounds to me, well, like blogging. That’s what I do to post my thoughts. Using Twitter to reduce this to 140 chars feels like putting a system with wide potential into a small box.
And conversation on Twitter is very different from the one you’re having on IM or the good ol’ telephone because anybody can chime in into an ongoing conversation.
However, I will think about your proposed usage and who knows if in the end I might go there.
Technological Haiku – priceless.
read your twitter. what exactly are you teaching at columbia?
that is one of the best descriptions of twitter i have read. and i read them all the time being in the nyc tech/internet space. well put. enjoy reading your tweets and hope to drop some interesting thoughts into your stream as well. thanks for the follow.
that was one of the best descriptions of twitter i have heard/read. and i come across them all the time being a VC in the emerging media & internet space. anyways, hope i have injected some amusing interjections into your stream. thanks for the follow.
i was following your twitter but you blocked me.
how comes?
Love how you’ve compared Twitter to Postsecret. It def. has that feel to it. I love how you get these tiny glimpses into others lives/minds without it being intrusive. I think that is what makes Twitter so addictive =)