Twitter feat. Procrastination - Work no more (web2.0 remix)
If there was ever anything that could be invented to interrupt me more than email, SMS or the actual phone, I’d have to say that it is Twitter.
I know, you’re probably saying: “Why did you get an account in the first place?” or “If it bugs you so much, just stop using it!“. Well, that’s all good and true, but there is more to this whole Twitter commotion than one may think.
It mixes a couple of concepts that ultimately lure people towards it in pure curiosity. There is the voyeur aspect of following someone’s (a crowd!?) daily motions, the ever spurring of information you think the world should know about - in a sense that it needs validation - and then the community aspect that is more about you (the individual) than the actual group of people (hoards!) that use the website (service!?).
I’m not one to speak because I have in fact registered an account. I did so a few weeks back when I heard about this new fad, but am still trying to conjure up a useful function for this crazed web service.
At the moment, I can find only one function that Twitter actually features: procrastination. And to better illustrate this, here’s a graph I stole borrowed from Creating Passionate Users:
NOTE: It took me a little longer to finish this post cause Darth Vader had something to say and Chewy wouldn’t shutup.
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.. and you just interrupted my reading ;). Tim O’Reilly defended Twitter in a recent blog post. Maybe it does have possible useful applications, like the one you mentioned before (tracking live events) but I am staying clear of it :).
Pedro,
You’re the smart one. Stay clear. I have no idea why I have an account. The only good use … I know where all the local geeks like to hang out on Friday night. The good news, I turn it off while I’m working, so no interruptions.
Lest there be any confusion … I still use it .. just don’t know why :)
Twitter is a time killer. It as no porpuse! It’s not useful! It consumes you! BUT WE LOVE IT =)
I think youtube should bem on that graphic… its a major time killer also!
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I just added you on Twitter. ;)
Likewise :) Thanks!