Eating Crow About Twitter

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OK… OK… I admit it. I may have been wrong about Twitter.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post titled “Twitter Could Make You Stupid(er)”. In it I posted Lisa Nova’s You Tube video “Twitter Whore” (Hilarious) and basically said that Twitter is stupid and has no real value.

While I still don’t get the appeal that it has for some people to sit around and tell the world every little detail of their life, there is no denying that there is some serious web site traffic to be gained from using good Twitter strategies. (My 4th largest traffic source for the last 2 months.)

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Twitter Could Make You Stupid(er) - IMHBAO

My good, long-time friend Rick Butts put up the following Lisa Nova video on his blog earlier this week. I’ve been a Lisa Nova fan for about a year now and I actually turned Rick on to Lisa while living in Denver last summer.

This video shows just how addictive, and stupid, Twitter really is. Honestly I think some of this Web 2.0 stuff is actually making people, myself included, ADD. It’s getting to the point where I can barely put together more than 3 sentences at a time, on the same subject, without having to really concentrate.

In May Mark Butler had this to say about Twitter and I must say I agree with him.

Folks, twitter is stupid. I’ve spent the last two hours trying to find a single redeeming quality to the service, and I have nothing to report. The rest of the story… http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/05/08/twitter-is-stupid/

Now, I must confess I do Twitter and I do get some traffic from Twitter. In fact Twitter was my 4th largest traffic source last month. But, it still doesn’t make it any less stupid. IMHBAO (in my humble but accurate opinion)

It’s summer time. Unplug for a few hours and take the kids to the pool. Free your mind from the clutter for a while.

Oh… But of course, make sure you keep reading my blog and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.

Barry O.