That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to tweet? I couldn’t tell you. As of October 26, 2009 I have not become part of the twitter-rific phenomena. According to Dana Oshiro, this translates into meaning I’m a hermit crab. And I quote: “And it seems at this point, if you haven’t gotten involved you’ve been living under a rock.” Evidently she’s all pumped up and excited about Twitter.com giving it’s layout a…you ready? Makeover! That’s right boys and girls, as if Twitter wasn’t awesome before when you could just tell everyone what you were doing when you were doing it, now it’s SUPER awesome because you can do that AND network. WOW. Okay, sorry. I laid on the sarcasm a little too thick on that. Phew. Okay.
In case you’re wondering what the hell I’m ranting about:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_redesigns_as_streaming_trends_site.php
Maybe there’s something wrong with me, but I can’t seem to grasp this inherent awesomeness that everyone (well, mostly everyone) else sees in Twitter. I mean, yeah, streaming is cool and all. So is being updated on world news. But do we really need to know when Ashton Kutcher takes a leak? Or when Mario Lopez gets a wax? Where do you draw the line between TMI and useful knowledge? Am I wrong for not wanting to tweet my tweeting life away?
I like the angry whale that eats all the users in the Twittersphere much better.
MEH. I don’t know where you draw the line. If you want to really do a response, dig around for some answers. This is, after all, getting into some pretty crucial rhetorical differences between Twitter and other, admittedly less trendy, media. Revise this post a little bit to dig up some more definitive ideas. Put it in conversation with the other things we’ve been talking about.