Tweets Are Us
Do we have time to read everyone's tweets and still tweet ourselves?
Good day.
Good morning depending on where you find yourselves at this very moment and at the very moment you choose to read this.
This needs no entry, so let's begin.
Twitter. It is all around us, it is taking our everyday lives on the web and showcasing them to the world 140 characters at a time. What we're doing, what we're thinking about, or any upcoming plans; basically what's on anybody's mind. Newsworthy? Constant tweeter? Marketing? Connector? Or just simply personal? We all fall into ONE of those categories. So for each one of us, there is a reason why we do it. Maybe we want to recall that tweet we posted last year or even just a couple of minutes ago. Maybe it's a daily planner; writing something down an hour at a time on what you did, what you will do and what you have done. So, once we signed up and logged in for the first time, we kept coming back because it was constantly addicting. We wanted to let others know what we were doing/thinking and we wanted to read what others were doing at this very moment. It's a live feed that gets generated so you and I can view what other people are thinking/doing. Hence, the reason why so many of us follow our favourite bands, celebrities, actors, or professional athletes. How do you think Gaga, Bieber and Obama got so many followers? (Quite ironic how a Canadian and two Americans lead with the most followers on a world-opened website.)
But when do we have time for reading everyone, or anyone's tweets for that matter? And, when do we have the time to update our statuses? No matter who we are, a businessman, a newscaster, a musician, or a world figure, we are all very busy during the day, (which I guess is the case if most of us have jobs or are using our likes and dislikes to make a living.), but for the most part, we should be usually busy. But think now, it doesn't take long to tweet. Most of us take less than a minute to type and send it off, and then get on with the rest of the day. That's a small time between ME time and EVERYBODY ELSE time, but it's still the perfect amount of time. But now say, when do we have time to read everyone elses' tweet? For people who are constantly updating their tweets: news sources, everyday people, these updates go quite fast during the day, and what's this morning's news may not be tonight's news. Well, I can relate it to news stories because the media business is exactly like that; news is constantly changing. Let's go back for a minute. What's the average number people like you and I follow? 100? Maybe a little more? And say if most of them tweet almost everyday, sometimes they even tweet more than just once a day, it's more like 20 times a day. Well, how easy is it for us to check every tweet they make during the day AND follow the other 100 tweeters? It's kind of difficult when you have tweets to make yourself and, possibly, a job. And it may become a complication. Is it getting in the way of everyday life? Does this question have an answer?
Well, if you had a phone that has internet service, or just simply a twitter app, then you can access your tweets and read everyone elses' at any time of the day. You could make it so that your phone let's you know when you have a tweet, but that will get annoying, trust me. And what news outlets are doing now are creating apps for iPhones or iPads and giving you access to information you could only receive on TV or on the web. So it kind of helps when you get stuck in that traffic jam or you get bored on your way to work/school. And I'm sure, without a doubt they've made Twitter the exact same way. In other words, Twitter is made available to anyone, anyhwere. So whether or not it is taking away from everyday social life, is the question I'd be willing to answer in more than just a blog post. In my opinion, Twitter hasn't taking anything away, but it does make social interaction that much closer and much more easier to "be there" than what it had been before Twitter was invented. And simply posting a tweet takes less than just a few seconds and it's not like we are going to get fired over it. In fact, most companies out there today rely on Twitter to keep the business growing. These businesses use Twitter as Ads to reach across to the general public. And is it selling? Is anyone following Coca-Cola on Twitter? You bet cha. So it has become a past time. And it has developed a sense of it's own presence.
Personal preference: For example, this past weekend, I was out of town for three days without a laptop and didn't have any signal because we were camping in the middle of nowhere. But it was the first time in a while I've been out of reach from Twitter and Facebook, so I couldn't update my status nor read any one else's. So I was out of luck (just cause I have an old phone...), but it was different. When I came home and opened my laptop, I didn't take anytime to scroll down and read everyone's tweets. 1. Because all of the previous tweets were in the past; only that day's tweets seemed interesting at that minute. Usually I come home and take the time to scroll all the way down until I last read up to, but this time, it didn't really mean much to me if I didn't read on anything. I rather stick to the current time than go back in time and recall when that tweet was posted and so on. From a Journalistic perspective, you have to stay in the present; you can never go back to the past because what was news yesterday may not be news today. And at that moment, I didn't want to live the past again. I'm living at the present future and that's what matters and that's what I want to read about.
So do we have time to read everyone's tweets? No. Not everyone has the time to do so. (Most of you won't even know I posted this post because you would've missed it in my Twitter feed.) We are all efficiently busy most of the time and if we weren't working for Twitter, there would be no reason why we should be on all the time. We follow people who we WANT to follow. We read tweets of those we WANT to read. We don't follow tweeters just for fun or to have more followers than anyone else. And though, if we have the time, then it's good to stay up to date with everyone in the universe.
New post coming later this week - music update + Canada on the world stage.
For now,
-Drew
Good day.
Good morning depending on where you find yourselves at this very moment and at the very moment you choose to read this.
This needs no entry, so let's begin.
Twitter. It is all around us, it is taking our everyday lives on the web and showcasing them to the world 140 characters at a time. What we're doing, what we're thinking about, or any upcoming plans; basically what's on anybody's mind. Newsworthy? Constant tweeter? Marketing? Connector? Or just simply personal? We all fall into ONE of those categories. So for each one of us, there is a reason why we do it. Maybe we want to recall that tweet we posted last year or even just a couple of minutes ago. Maybe it's a daily planner; writing something down an hour at a time on what you did, what you will do and what you have done. So, once we signed up and logged in for the first time, we kept coming back because it was constantly addicting. We wanted to let others know what we were doing/thinking and we wanted to read what others were doing at this very moment. It's a live feed that gets generated so you and I can view what other people are thinking/doing. Hence, the reason why so many of us follow our favourite bands, celebrities, actors, or professional athletes. How do you think Gaga, Bieber and Obama got so many followers? (Quite ironic how a Canadian and two Americans lead with the most followers on a world-opened website.)
But when do we have time for reading everyone, or anyone's tweets for that matter? And, when do we have the time to update our statuses? No matter who we are, a businessman, a newscaster, a musician, or a world figure, we are all very busy during the day, (which I guess is the case if most of us have jobs or are using our likes and dislikes to make a living.), but for the most part, we should be usually busy. But think now, it doesn't take long to tweet. Most of us take less than a minute to type and send it off, and then get on with the rest of the day. That's a small time between ME time and EVERYBODY ELSE time, but it's still the perfect amount of time. But now say, when do we have time to read everyone elses' tweet? For people who are constantly updating their tweets: news sources, everyday people, these updates go quite fast during the day, and what's this morning's news may not be tonight's news. Well, I can relate it to news stories because the media business is exactly like that; news is constantly changing. Let's go back for a minute. What's the average number people like you and I follow? 100? Maybe a little more? And say if most of them tweet almost everyday, sometimes they even tweet more than just once a day, it's more like 20 times a day. Well, how easy is it for us to check every tweet they make during the day AND follow the other 100 tweeters? It's kind of difficult when you have tweets to make yourself and, possibly, a job. And it may become a complication. Is it getting in the way of everyday life? Does this question have an answer?
Well, if you had a phone that has internet service, or just simply a twitter app, then you can access your tweets and read everyone elses' at any time of the day. You could make it so that your phone let's you know when you have a tweet, but that will get annoying, trust me. And what news outlets are doing now are creating apps for iPhones or iPads and giving you access to information you could only receive on TV or on the web. So it kind of helps when you get stuck in that traffic jam or you get bored on your way to work/school. And I'm sure, without a doubt they've made Twitter the exact same way. In other words, Twitter is made available to anyone, anyhwere. So whether or not it is taking away from everyday social life, is the question I'd be willing to answer in more than just a blog post. In my opinion, Twitter hasn't taking anything away, but it does make social interaction that much closer and much more easier to "be there" than what it had been before Twitter was invented. And simply posting a tweet takes less than just a few seconds and it's not like we are going to get fired over it. In fact, most companies out there today rely on Twitter to keep the business growing. These businesses use Twitter as Ads to reach across to the general public. And is it selling? Is anyone following Coca-Cola on Twitter? You bet cha. So it has become a past time. And it has developed a sense of it's own presence.
Personal preference: For example, this past weekend, I was out of town for three days without a laptop and didn't have any signal because we were camping in the middle of nowhere. But it was the first time in a while I've been out of reach from Twitter and Facebook, so I couldn't update my status nor read any one else's. So I was out of luck (just cause I have an old phone...), but it was different. When I came home and opened my laptop, I didn't take anytime to scroll down and read everyone's tweets. 1. Because all of the previous tweets were in the past; only that day's tweets seemed interesting at that minute. Usually I come home and take the time to scroll all the way down until I last read up to, but this time, it didn't really mean much to me if I didn't read on anything. I rather stick to the current time than go back in time and recall when that tweet was posted and so on. From a Journalistic perspective, you have to stay in the present; you can never go back to the past because what was news yesterday may not be news today. And at that moment, I didn't want to live the past again. I'm living at the present future and that's what matters and that's what I want to read about.
So do we have time to read everyone's tweets? No. Not everyone has the time to do so. (Most of you won't even know I posted this post because you would've missed it in my Twitter feed.) We are all efficiently busy most of the time and if we weren't working for Twitter, there would be no reason why we should be on all the time. We follow people who we WANT to follow. We read tweets of those we WANT to read. We don't follow tweeters just for fun or to have more followers than anyone else. And though, if we have the time, then it's good to stay up to date with everyone in the universe.
New post coming later this week - music update + Canada on the world stage.
For now,
-Drew
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