5 Things Twitter Is Not
Twitter is not…:
- Email- Stop thinking that you you have to answer every tweet, read every tweet; and when you miss some tweets, stop feeling like your twitter inbox is over-flow… Twitter is not email!
- A Chat-room- Don’t think you and your friends can have an open stream of conversations that last 15-20 tweets, take that stuff to DM… Twitter is not a chat-room!
- A Porn Site- Take your soft porn and bikini profile pics somewhere else, everyone knows that you just cropped the pics from some magazine and you really aren’t impressing anyone… Twitter is not a porn site!
- Your Personal Address Book- If you think that you have to personally know everyone that you follow or follows you, you are missing the point of Twitter. You don’t have to personally know all of your tweeps; however you can make some great friendships and connections… Twitter is not your personal address book!
- The Barney Show- Don’t feel like you have to sing the “Barney Song” with everyone in the Tworld: “I follow you, you follow me… we are one big happy twamily, with a great big follow from me to you, won’t you say I’ll follow you to.” You can reciprocate follows if you want to, especially if they seem interesting, seem like someone you want to connect with, a celebrity you like, add value to the conversation, have similar interests/backgrounds, are not spammers etc. Don’t feel compelled to follow-back anybody and everybody, keyword “Compelled”… Twitter is not The Barney Show!
- Bonus (Added 4/18/09): A place for the Mikeyy virus or any other virus/worm for that matter. To all the worm/virus/bug creators: “There are two exits on the side, 1 at the rear and one up front… please exit Twitter now!”
There are so many things that Twitter Is… and even more things that Twitter Is Not! Share your thoughts on any of these 5 Things Twitter Is Not and add some additional things to the Twitter Is Not list.
