Mindless, meaningless, nothingness, nothingness

[venta]

I hear people talking about Twitter. I do not understand what it is. I distrust it inherently. Despite not knowing what it is. And despite - presumably - the ease with which I could find out what it is by typing "Twitter" into google I have apparently instead chosen to retain my ignorance.

However, thanks to the unutterably marvellous Lore Sjöberg I now know what Twitter is and I feel completely justified in maintaining my irrationally-adopted distrust. For, well, pretty much all the reasons he says, really. Except he said them better than I would have done.

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[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Except he said them better than I would have done.

Not bad, but my vote goes to Penny Arcade.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I always feel like I don't quite get Penny Arcade. This is no exception.

[cumbrianheart.livejournal.com]

I've got a theory, that it's a demon (a dancing demon - no, something isn't right there...)

I think that many people have a little bit of a fantasy about being in a film about their own lives. Hence the need to tell someone, somewhere, about every last little sneeze, cup of coffee, conversation, etc. It's the only explanation I can come up with for why something like twitter is so popular. And yet twitter has virtually no content - it is fuelled entirely by minutae, much like the status announcements in Facebook or on MSN.

And no, I'll never use Twitter. I've enough of an online presence!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I've got a theory, that it's a demon (a dancing demon - no, something isn't right there...)
[snork] Brilliant!

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Penny Arcade's view on Twitter

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Damn, too slow.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Except he said them better than I would have done.

Mm, me thritto.

Mind you, plenty of people say similar about LJ.

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

Only twitter I'm watching is that of 'Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Hero'. Bit-part character in Phil Foglio's Girl Genius comics, he has a daily twitter. It's fun, because it's fictional, and since the Foglios are used to writing for comics, each day's snippet is like one panel of a strip. It works for me.

I have no interest in any other form of twittering.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hurrah. That there are people who can take something quite inane and go something clever and creative with it gives me hope for the world as a whole :)