Twittering

Twittering. Isn't that what birds do? Yes, although I suppose birds both "twitter" and "tweet," but let's look at those dictionary definitions:

Twitter (verb) - to utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird
Tweet (verb) - to make a weak chirping sound

Oh wait, when it comes to Twitter, don't people just "tweet?" Awkward...

Not gonna lie, I find Twitter annoying. I'm not going to full-out hate on it, because I don't full-out hate it, but I just can't get into it. I have an account, but it was made for the sole point of bothering one of my suitemates freshman year. That's about all I've used it for. I have no idea what my password is. Or my account name...

One of my friends once stated that he had realized Twitter was "all the bad parts of Facebook put onto one site. It's every status update that I don't care about reading all on one page." I can't help but agree. People generally put some level of thought (maybe not much, but some amount) into their Facebook updates. It at least takes a little bit of effort. That level of thought seems to be lacking when it comes to tweets.

I'm sure not everyone tweets multiple times an hour, but I know quite a number of folks who do. It just makes me wonder what happened to the personal filter that used to dictate what was important for everyone to know and what should really just be kept to oneself. I will go ahead and accuse Twitter of helping to destroy that filter. Or being the ultimate demise. Probably the latter.