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Twitter has arrived.

06/24/2009

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“I just don’t get why people need to be in communication so much”

“what are people even saying to each other on this thing.  I don’t get it.”

“I’d rather talk to people the way I always have. This is so impersonal”

“I’m not participating in this.  It’s silly”

I’m guessing this is what people used to say about the telephone when it was first invented.

I definitely remember hearing these comments about cellphones.

Definitely facebook.

And now there is a good chance you are acting this way about twitter.

It’s fine.  You have a right to your opinion.

Just know your opinion doesn’t count unless you still are without a facebook account or a cellphone plan.

If you’ve never had a telephone at all, then we can talk.

In person of course.

**If you do decide to start a twitter account, make sure you follow me.  If I can add more than 1000 new followers in the next week, one of my lucky followers is going to win a free iPod touch.  I’m not kidding.

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  • Leigh Anne

    This generation is all about community. I'm almost 40 years old. Our parents, my husband's parents had block parties, sat on their front porch and hung out with neighbors. My generation, we don't talk to neighbors, much… we were all kind of closed in. This generation, my son's age, they are all about community… it just happens to be online… Twitter, Facebook, blogs… It is so much better than being closed in! Trip – I'm already following you on Twitter!

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  • Anonymous

    sorry to write again, but you left one d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y, misspelled. I love you blog, but hate misspellings……. AHHHHH! and Tyler knows how to spell definitely

  • http://www.dlake108.posterous.com D.Lake

    True Dat. I am just not sure how to feel about both of my parents twittering … they are in their 60's for Pete's Sake!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/andydarnell andydarnell

    I've got one friend under 30 who is all for the face to face communication. Doesn't go for twitter or facebook. Would rather you call him up on the cell or get together to talk in person.

    I respect him for it. But roll my eyes too sometimes, because I've ruined my communication skills except for twitter, facebook, and email.

    By the way… throwing my name in for the iPod Touch. :)

  • J.B

    Is it Twitter or is it us? Not all technological creations are equal so we’ll see where Twitter stands over time, but for now I see why 60% of all users aren’t using their Twitter accounts after two months. I think when people complain about Twitter they are mostly commenting on how readily people are communicating such trivial and dull things about themselves. It really comes down to how we are using Twitter (what we are saying and how often). But is Twitter encouraging us to be boring or have we always been desperate to talk about tacos to no one specific more than just enjoy the moment we are living? Not everyone is using Twitter this way, but a quick review is depressing how little meaning and purpose is in so many Tweets. If Twitter is here to stay I hope we can figure out a way to use it more for building community than for exhibitionism.

  • anon

    if you hate misspellings, then you should have picked up on "I love you(r) blog"

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trippcrosby trippcrosby

    This is a very valid and well expressed comment. I have to agree that most twitter users are purely wasting people's time. (and their own time) I have to believe that in time the good uses of twitter (community, creative expression, marketing) will live on while the superfluous uses will die out. It's a technology that's figuring itself out, and the people will be the filter. Youtube is a great example of a cluttery mess that can certainly be an outlet for people with little or nothing to say. But, chances are you visit YouTube regularly, and your time is largely spent ingesting content that is relevant and useful to you. (given that comedy is useful)

  • Matt Minor

    i can imagine it. A conversation in the 1840's that went something like this…

    – "Hey Sam, what's up man?, Say, how about you and I go push a metal hoop around with a stick, it'll be off the chain"
    ——"Ah thanks for inviting me, but I'm gonna stay and work on my project some more"
    –"dude, seriously, when are you gonna realize that all those dots and dashes are stupid. You are missing your life man. C'mon lets push a hoop with a stick" "Don't you know that everybody thinks your project is bullsh*t?"

    Samuel Morse probably cussed him out in his new language while inventing the twitter of the 1800's. The guy whose name we will never know never even knew it.

  • Matt Minor

    This might be the funniest thing I have read in a week. It's Classic!

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