So, I’ve recently signed up and explored what Twitter (twitter.com) actually is. I was thinking it was just another profile site type thing, like myspace.com or facebook.com, but it’s not. Basically, it’s just a “what’s your status” site and there’s a simple box asking what you’re doing and you simply type it in. I think it is a neat idea, espcially if you have tons of friends that use it, you can all stay updated on each other. It’s very simple and easy to use.
I personally would not not find it useful mainly because most of my friends, family, and significant others are on Facebook and some on Myspace. Frankly, with no one I know personally on Twitter, who cares what I’m doing? And the other way around. I don’t particularly join social networking sites to meet strangers and to be updated on them. I join them because most people that I know in real life are joined and that’s how I mainly keep in touch with some of them and I feel myself of more importancy (on facebook and myspace) being that people actually want to be updated on my life and status.
The way I meet new people online is through my personal blog (not this one), not through social networking sites, maybe rarely though. I think I will stick to Facebook for “what are you doing” updates, where I actually matter, lol. It seems like with Twitter, if you don’t know anyone, you’d basically have to work your way up to popularity or something for people you don’t know to actually care. I am not particularly seeking online popularity, well…Twitter popularity that is.
