I have had a Twitter account for around two years now, and I occurred to me the other day just how worthless it is. Or at least worthless to me. Or maybe I am just not using it to its fullest potential, which is most likely the case. At any rate, I am considering turning in my twit card and dropping my Twitter account all together. If you guys would like to talk me out of it, for whatever reason, I am all ears. If not, then expect it to quietly fade into the void within the next week.
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Have you considered linking it to post your blogs? It's what I do with mine; otherwise, yes, worthless to me too.
@Simon - yeah, advertising my blog posts are really all I ever used it for, but I have been pretty lazy about get some of the posts linked these past few months. Looking over Google Analytics, I have never found a significant amount of traffic coming from the folks who follow me on Twitter. I have a higher number coming from Facebook, or just direct traffic.
I recently dropped off of social media entirely and haven't missed it a bit. But I'm a crank.
@Scott - I am a crank as well, and find that I have grown very tired of the social media treadmill. Though Google+ is a shiny new toy, and has my interest peaked for now.
The promise of G+ is intriguing, as the recent spate of interest in video chat games demonstrates. (I considered running a pickup game but simply have too much on my plate.)
In practice, G+ seems to operate much like Facebook - complete with "the guy who never has a thought he doesn't post," the wacky [right-wing fascist/dirty hippie] political posts, and the insane comment wars - only with a more flexible filtering mechanism.
I tried Twitter briefly. Not worth it. My observation is that the culture is extremely weighted to later editions, with the occasional 'indy' game developer.
It becomes a time sinkhole. As someone who is more productive than consumptive, you're probably better off without it.
I enjoy the challenge twitter provides. As a writer, 140 characters in which to say something meaningful and witty is both punishing and delightful.
@Scott - I too am intrigued by the possibilities that video chat games offer. If you decide to give it a go and run a pickup game give me a shout. I would love to try it out.
@scottz - time sink is right, at least for FB, and only when I first signed up. It is amazing how easy it is t get distracted by novelty. And FB is all about novelty.
@Martin - I go and decide to drop Twitter, and I pickup a new follower with the announcement. Thanks, Martin! :-P
I never saw the point of Twitter. But then again, I'm an un-hip antisocial curmudgeon :)
@Sean - I would say this is the very reason we get along so swimmingly! :-)
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