Twitter and Me

Is it for me?

Let me start by acknowledging that I think Twitter is a wonderful forum that allows people to share opinions, images and a whole host of other things. I do believe it has many useful applications in business, education etc. but I must admit it’s not for me, not yet anyway! There is an estimated 175 million registered users on Twitter but according to Technolog, of these, “there are 56 million Twitter accounts following zero other accounts, and 90 million Twitter accounts with zero followers.” So it would seem I’m not alone then.

The Big issue

Don’t get me wrong I’m a huge advocate of social media. I’m a keen user of both Face book and LinkedIn. I use them daily. I use Face book for socializing with friends and obviously LinkedIn is for building professional networks. I keep the two separate and I wouldn’t want them linked for any reason. This is my big issue with Twitter personally. I follow friends and perhaps people of interest socially but I also follow organizations and people of interest professionally. This is conflicting for me. I don’t like seeing a page of Tweets from both my social and work life. I like them to be separate, that’s just who I am.

The other issue

Now before this risks turning into an anti-Twitter rant I would encourage you to read the "Why I love Twitter"  blog for a bit of perspective. The other reason I haven’t got Twitter fever is simple. I don’t always have something interesting to say and to be truthful neither do a lot of the people I follow. This means we’re all left with a plethora of, dare I say it, CRAP to read and don’t even get me started on the abuse of hash tags!!!

Finally and on a positive note it has allowed me to follow some very interesting people. It has given me a connection that would never have seemed likely or plausible before. For that reason I won't dismiss Twitter, I just need to learn how I want to use it!