Why I hate Twitter


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6 Responses to “Why I hate Twitter”

Andrew K. on March 22nd, 2007 at 6:04 pm

So…umm.. what did you have for lunch? :P

*runs away*

Lisa on March 27th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

I pretty much feel the same way chez, but it’s such a good tool for keeping tabs on my boyfriend… hey, I might twitter that!

Doug A. on June 26th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

I hate twitter because it DROPS MESSAGES!! I always seem to miss important messages in a conversation, and then nothing makes sense. Does anyone else have this problem?

Ben on April 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 am

I hate twitter because people don’t stop talking about twitter…

http://www.benjitao.com/2009/04/i-truly-hate-twitter/

Chris Cavallucci on September 2nd, 2009 at 7:13 am

Ha!
It’s a little ironic that I just sent a message through your contact page asking if YOU were on Twitter. I guess my take on it is a bit different because I’ve found so many great UX and creative people via Twitter. Before I joined, I thought I wasn’t going to waste my time on it. Thereafter, I realized some of its potential for developing relationships, referrals, finding stuff, etc.

Have your thoughts about Twitter changed much since ‘07?

Cheryl Gledhill on September 2nd, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Hi Chris,

Just noticed the content of this article has been lost, I think it was when I upgraded Wordpress and didn’t back up my database.

Yep, my thoughts on Twitter have definitely changed since then. I wrote this right after SXSW in 07 when it was still a fairly new app for everyone and there was a tendency to “over-twitter” - people would tweet that they were going to the bathroom, were thirsty, were thinking about getting some water, were hungry, etc.

I no longer follow people who over-tweet, which has changed my outlook considerably.

Also since then I’ve started working from home rather than in an office so I find it an incredibly valuable way of keeping ambient intimacy going with other industry folk, as well as finding things, referrals, etc.

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