Me? Twitter-pated? Huh!

Yes, I know it was just a few or fewer weeks ago that I totally dissed on Twitter.  And yes, I started doing that twit thing a few days ago.  Quite frankly, I'm not ready to eat my words quite yet because I'm still deciding whether I should be twitter-pated.   Whatever.

I firmly believe, for example, that I have no clue what it's all about.  Seriously.  I toss out a bit of twittish verbiage and read that of others and...there it is. Reply @ or DM?  Okay.  I'm...lost.

And I'm still trying to figure out how, suddenly, people I have never met before in all my life are following me like I'm Verizon's newest wireless customer or something.  Hello. I use AT&T.  And twit from my new iPhone.  Nice to meet you.  Maybe.

The people I do know? They're a little tough to find.  You have to know their Twitter screen name or find them accidentally as you check out who is following whom.  It's more complicated than my Christmas card list!

Do you know, some of my long-time blog buddies are Twitter super-stars?  Or Twitter super-snobs.  I'm not sure which.  But if they're blog friends, they can be snobs if they want to.  I said so.

Does Jack Bauer tweet?  I'll ask him next time we take on terrorists together.

I figure I should to learn Twitter-fied etiquette because I'm all about etiquette. So, I go to the twitsperts, which is pretty much anyone who has been tweeting longer than me - which is just about everyone.  I'm slow like that.

I have no idea what this guy is talking about.  Still trying to figure it out.
I think this lady makes sense.  But I can't be certain.
Don't be a Twitter spammer seems like good advice.
A very helpful post.  (Thank you!)
This one's a little more specific.    Very helpful!

Okay.  I'm beginning to get it now.   I think.  I'll keep working on it.

Meanwhile, if you read my blog and want to follow me or want me to follow you, or even if you're totally indifferent to the whole twittin' thing, let me know and we'll follow each other.  Which makes for an interesting visual. 

 SheLives on Twitter.  (Let's hope that's not prophetic.)

Comments

[Susan]

Funny, I was thinking about setting up a twitter account to go with my blog, so I could get to know some of the bloggers I follow/visit and who follow/visit me better!

I'm going to go create it now! My blog
http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/
but my twitter name will have to be less than 15 characters ...so perhaps I will go with SouthDaydreamer???.... "see" you soon!

Thanks for the idea!

[frogmama]

You read my mind. I signed up for twitter but I don't really know why. It's another thing to keep up with and do people really want updates that often?? I don't get it. At all.

[Linda - Heart of a Ready Writer]

Merry CHRISTmas!

Blessings,
Linda

PS: We are reading through the entire Bible in chronological order in 2009. Would you like to join us?
HEART OF A READY WRITER – Bible reading and devotional

[Natural]

twitter is fun. i like reading the chatter and tweeting what i'm doing, even if it is lame. sometimes its nice to read the thoughts of other people.

[Carol]

Yay, Susan! You did it.

Frogmama, I know. But you can limit how many folks you follow, so you don't get overwhelmed. And you don't have to check it often if you don't want to. It's sort of fun to take a peek a few times/day to see what's what.

Linda, Sounds like a great endeavor!

Natural, it is sort of fun. I'm still trying to figure out how it works for me.

[Jennifer]

I can't believe you did so much research! And I can't believe I just sat here and read it all!!! Tweeting is really boring until you get, like, 100 followers. And you don't have to approve everyone. In fact, I tend to not approve people that only seem to send out links to stuff (it looks like spam to me) or folks who are following 5,000 people, but only have 2,000 followers. Again, they look like spammers.

[Leanne]

I can't figure out twitter either. I'm on it but I can't seem to really have a conversation on it. Sigh.

I got an IPhone for Christmas - it's another thing I need to figure out! I think I should move back to the stone ages. Sad that.

I'm gonna go and try and figure out how to follow you now on Twitter. I'd let you know if it works, or if it does I won't need to I guess - does that make sense? Sigh (again) :).

[Cindi ~ Moomettesgram]

I luv Twitter! Much of my traffic is generated through Twitter.

You can also join groups such as "Twittermoms" (link on my site) as there's a lot of groups and other fun things to get you into the swing of things.

There's some terrific Twitter Tips on my blog, just do a search for "Twitter" and they should pull up to help you!

[PaulsHealthBlog.com]

I set up a Twitter account two weeks ago, and now have 1,100 followers. Yup.

My wife kinda led me in that direction, since she is so techie. And since she's the boss of our house, I just do as I'm told.

It can be a way to get more traffic to your blog.

[Three Bay B Chicks]

I am yet to figure out Twitter, but whole-heartedly agree with everything you have to say in this post. We have people who follow our twitter feed, but do not follow our blog. It makes no sense to me. Why would anyone do that? The character limitations alone make it difficult to be funny and interesting in 102 clicks or less, right?

Hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday. Happy New Year!

F.

[Carol]

Jennifer, I'm beginning to catch on to what you're saying. But, with only 48 followers, I'm hardly bored. Some folks tweet every time they exhale.

Leanne, we'll learn together.

Cindi, I signed up for TwitterMoms, but it looks to me like one more thing to keep up with. I'm torn.

Paul, what's your secret, man? C'mon! Cough it up.

F, It is definitely forcing me to be more concise - something I definitely need to learn.