I'm a Twitter-er. I love using Twitter - it's a great immediate way to communicate, a good way to promote your products or brands (if you're agile enough to do this in 140 characters or less) and it's even a bit social.
I have several of my blogs fed automatically to my twitter accounts (yes, I have more than one) and I use software that allows me to "tweet later". I tweet, retweet and even art tweet - I've created an entire store that's all Twitter and social media - TweetleBirdie.
But there's a few things that bug me about Twitter and Tweeters and the Twits who people this unique little micro blogging service and they are my Thursday Thirteen Today:
- I really am sick of all the so-called gurus who populate Twitter (and other web spots) telling you they can make you a bazillion dollars if you "follow this link" - isn't it funny how these people are making money telling you how to make money? Then you can also make money by telling people how to make money and so on, ad nauseum.
- The people who send out sweet little quotes all day long - you know, "life is grand is you're a good person blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda" - I'm all for positive but that crap makes me want to smack people upside the head.
- The people who only tweet about "trending topics" so they can get a nano second hit on the main page.
- Celebrities who are making a game out of how many followers they can get - ya'll know who I'm talking about if you're on Twitter - Holy Bratola - go back to high school to play those little popularity games you dweebs.
- Celebrities who don't follow you back - how rude. And you wonder why I won't be paying ten bucks to see your next movie or I'm turning off your vapid TV show.
- Celebrities who ignore your tweets - I guess they're just too important OR MORE LIKELY they have their "posse" handling their twitter accounts.
- Anybody who ignores your tweet to them - rude, rude, rude. Unless, of course, your tweet to them was rude to start with then shame on you!
- That big ass whale on strings being held up by teeny tiny little blue birdies - which shows up when "Twitter is over capacity" which happens a lot
- The whole new language that has popped up in Tweetville - like tweeps for peeps and the shorthand texting that we're forced to use to get a point across in under 140 characters. R U w/ me 2?
- The number of Twitter-ers who tweet only Twitter crap - how many of you are there out there anyway? I'm being followed by at least ten!
- People who follow you just so that you'll follow them so they have lots of followers - and unfollow you if you don't follow them back IMMEDIATELY! Hey, I never volunteered to pat your back when you patted mine so quit sulking!
- Pundits of any kind unless they're being tongue-in-cheek - which means making fun of the word pundit. It is a dumbass word. Pundit, pundit, pundit, pundit - there try saying that four times in a row and not laughing and thinking something dirty!
- The naked chick avatars. No, I'm not interested in your porn, go away, peddle your perversity elsewhere - unless you're really a hot, sexy guy and then why do you have a naked chick avatar??? Nope, too twisted for me.
ON THE UPSIDE: I still love Twittering and I follow a number of people who entertain me, make me laugh, give me great links to recipes and good articles and otherwise enlighten or enliven my day. I'm following you and I will continue to follow you because you are worthy of being followed - you know who you are because you'll see me respond to you or RT (that's retweet to you non-twitter-ers) you. Thanks to youse guys - you are bright spots on my little twitter window!
If you Twitter you can follow me as
@popartdiva or
@themartinidiva - I don't promise to follow you back but I will if you tweet good stuff! And don't forget to stop by:
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Yeah, she's adorable. She's a soft fluffy little fur ball of cute. And she's also a perfect PILL! In case you're don't follow me on Twitter or you've missed some of my other blogs - I recently came into possession of a cat or rather she hijacked my life about a month ago.
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