Twitter

I've started using Twitter. Upon doing so, I was congratulated by a friend for having supposedly "grown up." I asked her to elaborate on her fairly condescending comment. She said that Facebook was going the way of Bebo. People go through a year-long phase of loving it, then before you know it everyone's moved on to the 'next big thing'. Which my friend seems to think is Twitter. It is true that in terms of Facebook, I'm rather over it. It's lost its appeal. Honestly, I have absolutely NO idea how I used to spend hours browsing that site. Other than for Farmville (yes, I was one of those people) it is unclear what could use up so much of  my time. It boggles my mind.

These days I hop on Facebook once a day, twice a day maximum. I have a very quick browse of my live feed, say "Happy birthday x" to my loserish friends, reply to any wall posts, maybe throw up a status or change my dp- Then I'm off! Flash back about 2 years, and I would go online for hours at a time. I would dilligently study the live feed, comment wherever I felt my comment was needed, browse through friends' photo albums, stalk good looking guys, stalk good looking girls if I was especially bored, add anyone who I'd ever so much as walked past in my life, mail secrets to friends, chat to acquaintances.. The list goes on. How on Earth did I not get bored outta my mind?

Some aspects of Facebook are still cool and appealing to me. I like the new chat, regardless of what others are complaining about. It's faster and clearer and better. I like that you can 'like' things, whether that be photographs or statuses or people's comments. I like that you can keep in contact with people on the other side of the world. I like that I've used the word 'like' six times in this paragraph.

Twitter is hard to get used to. At first, I saw 'RT' and thought it might mean 'Reckless Thomas' or 'Raining Trains' or 'Rooftop Telescope'. But no, geniuses of the world, it means 'Retweet', and is used when you like what someone else has said and want to put it out again. Then there's the 'hashtags'. When you want to put a thought out under a heading, you do so by placing a hash symbol (aka #) before the keyword that sums up your tweet. For example:
Ugh, I don't wanna get outta bed! #ihatemondays
I just met Paul Henry.. #controversy #racistdouche
First day of my new job today #nerves

I'm glad I've "grown up". Twitter is fun. And I feel closer to Kim Kardashian than ever before.

I hope I have enlightened you a little, all four of my followers. MAKE A BLOGGER ACCOUNT AND FOLLOW ME. I'm not desperate. Peace out!