Take this morning's email from Twitter. They tell me that Jamie Oliver and Steven Fry are 'trending.' Yippee, they're 'trending.' Without this information my day would have been so much bleaker. I'd have sat in a corner, rocking on my haunches and sucking my fist, had I not known that they are 'trending.'
Not satisfied with this useless piece of information Twitter then tells me that Kale Faulkner, Natasha Hughes, Shauna Sever and, wait for it, PepperPeanut, are writing some shit that I'd be interested in.
I have absolutely no idea who these people are and, more to the point, I don't want to know and don't care. They tell me that I shouldn't miss out, "stay up to date on what's happening."
I'm a sentient human being with just about enough intelligence to turn the computer on each morning and figure stuff out for myself without some illiterate, moronic, self interested company telling me what I should do or think.
This man explains how I feel about Twitter.
I'm so with you on this one Alex. I'm actually quite proud that I don't use either Facebook or Twitter. Another big offender is Linked In, which is actually a useful professional network tool. But I was so sick of emails telling me who I should be making contact with (even though I opted out) that I cancelled my account.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that you have probably ruled yourself out of that nice little earner in Italy after that rant.
ReplyDeleteWell said.
ReplyDeleteI get the feeling that half the population are so busy tweeting that they haven't time to have a life or do anything to tweet about.
It's all an amazingly huge con and I am gobsmacked how often things said on facebook or Twitter are mentioned in the national news on telly, giving them a level of credibility they don't deserve. Also huge amounts of money are wasted by otherwise sensible companies and public organisations to employ people to keep their twitter accounts and keep up with what's going on, terrified that they might miss out on some business opportunities. It's completely barmy and I can't help thinking that some day someone will step back, look at what it's all about and realise what a waste of time it all is.
I wonder if blogging is just as daft.......