Okay, peeps. The world has been turned upside down since the big O entered Twitter-ville. The most common reason I hear for not embracing Twitter is: “No one cares about my life. It just isn’t that interesting.”
But but but…one of the reasons I heart Twitter is just that: your everyday, mundane life is shared by many other everyday folks just trying to get by. And the sense of connectedness that comes from other ________s [insert genre: geeks, moms, crafters, photographers, fashionistas, musicians, life-lovers, business folk] in the world is rather remarkable.
Yesterday, frustrated with my cat’s early-morning antics, I tweeted:
Available: 1 disco rave cat. Enjoys 3AM parties and soccer games with NEW earrings.
And this response from the lovely Karyn Kelbaugh made my day: Trade you one Houdini Cat. Makes toy mice, pens & small bits of paper disappear. Also operates a dunking booth in his bowl.
Suddenly, I laughed. And took Big Kitty off of Ebay.
Okay, fine, it’s not necessarily about being supremely interesting, they concede. Then peeps say: “I like Facebook so much anyway” and scoff at me. That’s fabulous! But some of us [ahem, not me, naturally] get so distracted by group-joining, sheep-throwing, gallery-uploading, chatting, status-updating, and fashion-war-ing that Twitter is the [relatively] simple option, here. If you enjoy Facebook, I promise, you’ll dig Twitter. I can’t promise the love goes the other way around.
Finally, if you like learning stuff, get a Twitter account. I’ve learned more about web 2.0, other fabulous artists, local events, and worldwide movements through my use of Twitter over the past few months than I had in the few years prior to it. Seriously. Sign up. And when you do, swing by Monday to chat about some Twitter do’s and don’ts.
To wrap: connect, learn, and grow on Twitter. To sign up for your very own account, hit up Twitter.com. If you’re already a Twitter maniac, you can follow me here. Woo!
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