The true definition of Twitter
Posted 1 April 2007, by Aaron
Rule number one when launching a new product or service, is to check all potential names to see if they’re mentioned in Roger Mellie’s Profanisaurus.
I assume the creators of Twitter did not follow rule number one.
It may be unfair of me to criticise Twitter, primarily because I’ve never signed up and used it, but I fail to see the point. Twitter claims to be, “A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?”
I am obviously a grumpy old git with no friends asking another simple question: Who cares?
In fact I do have friends - I have real-life friends who I struggle to spend enough time with due to the sometimes overwhelming amount of things I fill my life with. This superb chart I found on Kathy Sierra’s article, Is Twitter TOO good?, demonstrates my point excellently:
It seems that Twitter is one of those things that you either love or hate. It is incredibly popular and many people are putting it to good use. On 901am, Sharon Sarmiento lists five ways smart people use Twitter, and over on lifehack.org, Chris Brogan lists another five ways to use Twitter for good. Whereas over on the Intuitive Life Business Blog, Dave Taylor is another Twitter-cynic wondering who the heck cares?
Personally, I just don’t get it and don’t particularly want to get it. And at this point I revert back to my rule number one and our dear friend Roger Mellie. Be warned, do not to click the following link if you are offended by profanity. Otherwise, enjoy the true definition of twitter.
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Tony
2 April 2007, 2:04 am