Just deleted my Twitter account.
To me, interactions via Twitter have always seemed a lot like what you see when young children are engaged in parallel play. And, honestly, like Cangeloso, I'm not really sure the signal-to-noise ratio really justifies the time required to keep up on one's twitterverse.
I know, I know. Twitter's supposed to be all the rage. To be honest, I never really got a lot out of it. I had about 100 followers or so and hung in there for a year and a half or so, but felt like there was only a smattering of substantive communication going on even after more than 700 tweets on my part. For me Nings (such as Classroom 2.0), participating in online webinars, or blog commenting go deeper and have bigger, long-term relational dividends.
Guess it's just not my Web 2.0 cup of tea, though I know many others truly enjoy it. To each his/her own. Truth revealed even further, I don't really get Second Life, either. ;) Time will tell if I shall do an about face on either of these.
*image titled "parallel play" by semaphoria (Creative Commons License)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Been There, Twittered That
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Never been there, but I'm so new to everything..
ReplyDeleteblessings...
I feel the same way about Twitter. If there were some way to use it only as a professional sharing tool, I would love it, but when there are 4 posts about someone being stuck at the airport before their post about something substantial, I lose interest. I wish there were a way to have a Twitter for "social networking" and then a Twitter for "professional networking." Then we could really take advantage of micro-blogging for whichever purpose we wanted.
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Always good to see someone swimming against the current or taking a different tack! Blog on!
ReplyDeleteCheers, John.
I love Maryanne's idea about separating the work Twits vs the social Twits. My teachers' #1 concern is having inappropriate comments showing up, since there is no way that I know of to filter out comments.
ReplyDeleteBut I am saddened for you to delete your Twitter account. As a technology specialist and teacher this is an awesome tool to ask for help, get others attention to student Web 2.0 creations, share great URL's, blog posts, and more. I think you missed the concept of following LOTS - build your network, build your profile, share and post frequently, but also to update who you are following and remove those you don't like.
I also like to use TweetDeck and find my favorite twitter-folk and filter my columns to see what they have posted recently. Then I just blur out those posting about the grocery store, making soup, etc comments. (Just like I blur out the people in the hallway outside my office talking, only picking up my ears when the conversation interests me.)
This is a fantastic tool for global connections and build you PLN.
Whew! I thought I was the only anti-social one! I look for tools that give me a good return on my time investment. While I have found a few interesting things on Twitter, I don't know that it is a beneficial as finding a few good blogs.
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