Totally agree with you. I have people following me on Twitter because I work in social media, because I work at the local paper, RL friends, other journalists and people who think I'm funny (for some reason). And they all get a little bit of everything...
Pete S
· 9 months ago
Twitter is a weird beast. I follow some people almost like I'd sign up for their RSS feed. I don't really care about them as people, but I care about them as a barometer for what's going on in the world. But for the most part those people tweet about what's going on in whatever slice of the world they're invested in. They don't add much personality to their twitter presence and rarely go 'off message.'
I find these people useful, but it seems like what they're doing must be dead boring.
Other people I follow because they seem like interesting people, and I want to hear about all different aspects of their life and interests. These are the people I'm always @replying to. I feel like I'm getting to know the people behind the tweets. For these people, I think twitter absolutely is the place to just be yourself. And I think if I had to lose one or the other aspects of twitter, I'd rather lose the 'broadcast' types than the people types.
Of course it isn't always easy. I've been on the fence about one fairly 'internet celebrity' level person because she stepped out of her usual role of technology/gadget reporter and started talking about global warming, and what she said just dumbfounded me. To this day I can't decide if she was being sarcastic or not. I enjoy what she has to say about gadgets, but I find myself wrestling with the issue of where I should be following her. Is # of followers a kind of currency? By following someone am I giving them a vote of confidence, telling my friends "This person is worth listening to?" To some extent I think it is. And I do think this person has some interesting things to say about gadgets, but I hate even indirectly supporting someone who shares her apparent views on global warming.
Erm, sorry for the ramble, but your post got me thinking out loud...
Bottom line, I'm glad that you tweet about all your interests. It makes you a really interesting person to be following.
Cuppycake
· 9 months ago
Good points Pete.
Glad to hear you feel the same about Twitter as i do. :)
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I find these people useful, but it seems like what they're doing must be dead boring.
Other people I follow because they seem like interesting people, and I want to hear about all different aspects of their life and interests. These are the people I'm always @replying to. I feel like I'm getting to know the people behind the tweets. For these people, I think twitter absolutely is the place to just be yourself. And I think if I had to lose one or the other aspects of twitter, I'd rather lose the 'broadcast' types than the people types.
Of course it isn't always easy. I've been on the fence about one fairly 'internet celebrity' level person because she stepped out of her usual role of technology/gadget reporter and started talking about global warming, and what she said just dumbfounded me. To this day I can't decide if she was being sarcastic or not. I enjoy what she has to say about gadgets, but I find myself wrestling with the issue of where I should be following her. Is # of followers a kind of currency? By following someone am I giving them a vote of confidence, telling my friends "This person is worth listening to?" To some extent I think it is. And I do think this person has some interesting things to say about gadgets, but I hate even indirectly supporting someone who shares her apparent views on global warming.
Erm, sorry for the ramble, but your post got me thinking out loud...
Bottom line, I'm glad that you tweet about all your interests. It makes you a really interesting person to be following.
Glad to hear you feel the same about Twitter as i do. :)