Recently a Kansas City Radio Talk Show Host, Chris Stigall started a campaign named REAL MEN DON'T TWEET. And so it caused me to think about this social phenomenon of Twitter.
Frankly I don't get it.
It seems to me that Twitter is the equivalent of the person at the party or in the office that has to tell you every detail of their last operation; or the know-it-all that has done everything you have done - only better. You know those people that no one likes to be around because they talk all the time. The only difference between talkers and Twitter heads is that when the talkers finally do stop talking those words end and they just float off into space. We are not that lucky with Tweets.
More importantly though, I have been considering the following:
Why has it suddenly become the social norm for everyone to know what everyone else is doing all day, every day?
It seems to me like the inventors of this scourge on society have created a means to make everyone think that their minute-by-minute activities are so important that the rest of the world MUST know about their activities, no matter how mundane or trivial, immediately and for posterity to have and hold (or at least until the internet dies). We used to have a word for that type of personality or mentality ... what was that word?!? What has happened to make us such a self-important society? (Rebecca just told me about someone out there that updates his Twitter every 4 minutes!!! He must be REALLY important!) I'm not sure I know the answer to the previous question but I do know one thing...I refuse to give in. I will not become a twitter head.
Canaries Tweet. People shouldn't.
By the way the same ideas probably apply to Facebook.
Once again this editorial post is brought to you by Kevin. The rest of the family should be granted your grace.
2 comments:
Amem Brother
For full disclosure: I do however have a facebook account
That Amen..these computers....
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