What’s All This Then!

Up until a few years ago, you didn’t want to be called a twit. The connotation was that of an insignificant or bothersome person. The Internet has changed that perception. Today, the latest, the greatest, the most talked social application is Twitter. To be a online Twit is supposed to be a good thing now. At least, this is the hype that I’ve been reading about for the last two years. So a couple weeks ago, I signed up to see what the excitement was. It turns out that Twitter is a lot like the AOL chat rooms of the 90s. But instead of multiple chat rooms that were limited to 50 or so people, you have one chat room that’s limited to everyone on the planet with a computer and an Internet connection. We have become a world of 6 billion potential twits.

Do you want to tell the world that you’re about to clip your parakeet’s toenails? Then Twitter is for you! But if you’re trying to expand your social network, I’ve noticed that it helps for you to be part of the in-crowd on this global chat line. Apparently, I haven’t achieved the hip-enough social standing to get replies to my twits that I’ve sent to the twitter community in general or to specific people. So far, being connected into Twitter has made me feel like one of those crazy people you pass in public who are talking to themselves. Maybe the problem is that my twitter name is mysticfree. At this point, I’ve found Twitter to be nothing more than an overrated chat room. At best, I can get breaking news type coverage from the popular news networks like CNN and the BBC. And if you get your family or friends signed up, you could follow the latest gossip — much cheaper than texting and the whole world can learn about your parakeet’s affair with his manicurist. But as far as twitting with the rest of the world, I have yet to figure out how to get replies from people that aren’t trying to sell me something…

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