Twitter is stupid. There I said it. Twitter is f***ing stupid. Twitter is filled with worthless chatter, a bunch of symbols and stupid looking bit.ly links. As one anonymous poster said, “Twitter is for Twits.” Twitter is for brain dead retards, narcissistic teens,  and people with nothing better to do… but I still have an active Twitter account. What gives?

For those of you that have been living under a rock for quite some time, or for those of you who just don’t have time to figure out the “interwebs,” Twitter allows you to post status updates and rants under 160 characters. With the ability to reply to tweets, reference people in tweets and use a variety of programs to share stuff on Twitter, a lot of times you end up with posts that look like this:

@thwmplace should check out the new site http://bit.ly/359ucfn on @AddtoAny

Gibberish right? What is happening to our ability to communicate and write clearly? Is the internet taking this ability away?

So why am I using it? Here’s a few reasons why…

1. It’s not stuffed with advertising like other social networking sites.
Myspace is the place for ads, and Facebook has intrusive ads which take aspects of your profile and serve it to advertisers. Does DoubleClick really need to know what my interests are? Sometimes I think it’s a bit intrusive how far Facebook takes it… although I must admit it’s a great way to increase revenue.

2. No Mafia Wars or Farmville.
No matter how hard I try to block applications I don’t want to see and invites for “events” where people lost their cell phone for the 5th time (seriously, mobile providers can save this crap these days), something always gets through. It’s annoying clicking ignore on all this crap. I don’t care about your stupid cow wondering loose, or your hobbit, or nobbit or whatever. Go away. No I don’t want to see your crappy art gallery… when you got something good in your portfolio, I’ll come see it… but until then, leave me alone.

3. I’ve never heard anyone complain about me not adding them as a Friend on Twitter.
With Facebook, people get mad/sad/angry/depressed if you don’t respond to their friend requests, status updates, new pictures, etc. I’ve never had that happen on Twitter.

4. Twitter is a great business resource.
I use Twitter to promote the new articles I post on this site, as well as share other great web design related articles with my followers. Sometimes people end up finding me on Twitter come over to my site, giving me more traffic. It’s a great way to get new traffic, despite the fact that I don’t care for those bit.ly URLs.

5. It’s quick and easy.
It’s easy to share my thoughts, posts, and other interesting stuff on Twitter. I don’t have to type much… in fact I can’t type much. It’s easy to share and it’s easy for others to share what I share… and I like easy.

So as much as I think Twitter is stupid, I’ll still use it… I mean hell, everyone complains about Facebook changes, but they never defect. So I guess I’m just as much a hypocrite as them? Or is it just that Twitter is the least of the evils? Or am I just bored. I don’t know. What I do know is Twitter is stupid.

Follow me on Twitter @thewmplace

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