I remember first hearing about Twitter and thinking it sounded like a stupid idea. It wasn't until one day I realized how Twitter could benefit me. I am a news whore. I am obsessed with keeping up on the latest gadgets, phones (android mostly), applications, programs, local news and world news. I love staying in the loop of information. As Twitter started gaining users, I started noticing all of the websites I normally visit have their own Twitter accounts.
One day I finally took the plunge, and created an account, and started adding all of these web sites, and influential people in the tech, sports, and political industries or segments. Now I realize what I had been missing. What I basically have is something like an RSS feed of info going straight to my phone. Tweets can have links in them, so for example, when I get a tweet telling me that a new pic has surfaced of the Droid X coming to Verizon, there is a link right there I can tap and go straight to the website to see it. I do this all the time with all of the websites I follow, and I am now obsessed.
I do not however tweet anything myself, nor do I follow anyone I know. I would consider myself a different type of Twitter user than your stereotypical one most think of. My tweets are bits of news that I receive instantly, faster than if I was just browsing the net.
Please do not discredit Twitter. It has its uses, and I have found that it is people who have never used it are always the ones to put it down, but don't truely understand how it works, and the different ways to implement it into your life.
On a last note, my roomate made fun of me for months because I was using Twitter. Finally one day he sat down next to me while I was checking my feed, and started asking me about it. I showed him how I was following one of the developers of a game I was cuurrently playing, and they just announced their would be new downloadable content in the next day or so. He was pumped because he played the same game, but wouldn't have even known about it because he isn't as much in the loop as I am. He is now just as addicted to his Twitter feed as I am, and is adding new sites and people to follow each day.
Sorry for the long post, I just want to show others out there Twitter is not just for socialites and preteens. It is a great source of quick information, and every one should at least try it before bashing it.
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For anyone that is curious here is my
Twitter Profile. If you look at the right side you will see all the accounts I follow. Feel free to add me if you have Twitter, but I won't be hurt if you don't because, as I said, I don't tweet often and mostly just read what others have written!
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