Twitter-Pated

[ornoth]

Twitter-Pated

Twitter.

Well, I signed up, if only to reserve my username. I don’t expect to ever use it, although that’s kinda how I originally thought about LJ, so let’s use the word “unlikely” rather than “never”.

If you don’t know about Twitter, you’re probably old and out of the loop. It’s a social network, like LJ with ADD. Short posts, often made from—and read via—IM or SMS. It is, of course, the rage among teens who want to stay connected every moment of the day and have the time and misplaced desire to record and share the tiniest bits of every day of their lives, rather than experience them fully in the moment.

On the other hand, I think Twitter could significantly improve LJ. If Twitter becomes the place to post the brief, ephemeral, and everyday events of one’s life—which I fully support—then LJ becomes the place for ideas that are deeper, more complex, more thoroughly explored, and worth saving. The division seems pretty clear to me.

I probably would, in fact, use Twitter myself if I really thought my fleeting moments were worth saving and sharing, but I prefer to let my ideas gestate and come forth as fully thought-out discussions. And most of the straightforward event-based stuff, if it’s sufficiently noteworthy, shows up on OrnothLand.

So that’s Ornoth on Twitter, at least for the mo’.

Comments

[hyzathra.livejournal.com]

Forget the twitterings -- when ya gonna put stuff on Ornoth.Com? :-)

[ornoth.livejournal.com]

There's some stuff there, it's just not public yet. It's a background task that I play with from time to time. But you're right, I need to migrate over sometime soon!

[dafyddcyhoeddwr.livejournal.com]

Seems to me like Twitter is conversation in a loud party ... and probably not worth the effort. Of course, I *am* old and out of the loop. I also have never, and expect never to, sms. And if I IM, it's only because I don't know the difference between IM, Chat, ChatRoom, etc on iChat ...

[awfief.livejournal.com]

In fact, I find it quite handy for the one-liners I never get around to posting to lj.