Why Twitter Might Not Last

By Author: Mel Joelle
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Okay maybe the title is going a bit too far; Twitter does have the potential to be around just like the other social networking sites (Facebook, Myspace). It is already the third largest in this category. I'm sorry people but I just don't find Twitter beneficial to me in any way. Yes it is fun updating your Twitter status throughout the day, but think about it. Does anyone really care about your blog, what you are doing at the time, who you are, and why your tweets are so important? Or is everyone on Twitter so self indulged with marketing themselves that it has just become a broad network of narcissists who feel that their content and whatever they have to say in their tweets is important enough to spend hours following people who they may never even see on their profile once.

Let's be real, the only reason why most of us follow others is not because we are so moved with a 140 character statement that a stranger posted, it's because we want others to read our tweets as well. I am sure there are exceptions to this of course, but take a step back and look at Twitter from an outsider's perspective. Give yourself another ...
... minute, now doesn't it look like a big waste of time? I am now following so many people that there is no way that I can keep track of any one person's tweets. Is it really that important what some tech blogger in Toronto feels about the economic status of the world, and what they ended up having for dinner? Not to me.

Yes I may sound hypocritical. You are probably asking yourself, if he dislikes Twitter so much why even be involved? This is a great question. Peer pressure. I can't not be involved with Twitter at this point. It is such a large and powerful social movement that I need to be there, just for the sake of being there. Maybe Twitter will take head to others like me who have many complaints (and some suggestions) on the Twitter status quo. Maybe there will be a new Twitter, an amazing updated version that will allow me to really take advantage of the gigantic network that has succumbed to this social phenomenon.

I am not the only one who feels this way about Twitter. John Stewart, host of The Daily Show (who also has a Twitter account) is also reluctant to join the Twitter phase.

Let us hope that we do not turn into a society consumed with what we are doing at any given moment. This might just be a rant about how and why I don't see Twitter going anywhere and that our society as we know it is just wasting their time, but at least I am not alone in this sentiment. So as I go, I'll leave you with a great parody of Twitter, and maybe even a precursor to what Twitter-ers might become. Thank you very much, and please follow me on Twitter @joelleayala.
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