The Up and Up of being a Twitster

For Ali and Emily:

Reasons to tweet:

1) You can update your status all you want bc that is the purpose- Sometimes on fb you might want to update your status lots with general feelings/ideas about your day...but too much self activity on facebook can seem losery and give the impression that you have no life. However on twitter...that is the whole point!

2) Also you can say more things on twitter than you would on facebook. Bc you (usually) have less "followers" than "friends" so if you want to say something like:
PEOPLE WHO WEAR VISORS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!
you can usually say it without offending a bunch of your "friends" like you would on facebook. Also unlike facebook "following" does not work both ways. Just because someone is following you does not mean you have to follow them...and you can block people who are following you so that they do not receive your tweets...and it will just look like you never tweet. This allows you to be selective without feeling the guilt that comes along with unfriending someone on fb...you know what i'm talking about.

the urban dictionary definition of blog is:

A meandering, blatantly uninteresting online diary that gives the author the illusion that people are interested in their stupid, pathetic life. Consists of such riveting entries as "homework sucks" and "I slept until noon today."

I whole heartedly agree with this and apply the same definition to twitter. That doesn't mean it isn't fun...

3) You can follow important public figures and get other interesting updates besides just what your friends are doing. For instance you can follow publications and sources of news (paste magazine, ajc) in order to keep up with current happenings... which is something I have failed at in the past. You can also follow famous people if that is your bag such as ... members of bands and movie stars and whatnot. You can also follow helpful tweeters that are of specific interest to you and your life for instance I follow a few Nursing information sites.

What to tweet about:

I prefer to tweet random updates about my life and silly pointless realizations -- basically whatever pops into my mind. This is probably more significant in my life than others because I live at home now....and don't have anyone to tell these things to on a regular basis so it makes me feel more in touch with the outside world and I enjoy reading other peoples random updates.


You can also use it the same as fb to share links and articles and whatevs. oh and pics.

Tweet texting:
If you have unlimited texting you can add twitter to your cell phone for free..there is a link somewhere on the site. This way if u r like me and do not always have access to internet you can tweet via text and you can also receive tweets via text... you can add someone to your text list by hovering over their name and clicking the cell phone button. It is funny because sometimes if you are following people you don't actually know it feels like they are texting you but in reality they are not... it's a stalkers paradise.

HA I cannot believe I have said this much about twitter. Even tho I also feel like there is a lot more to say.

Whatever life outside of college is lonely so DO IT!