My use of Twitter has dropped significantly, practically to nothing. I enjoyed communicating with my friends and family, even though the topics centered on daily fluff. I could easily know what was going on in the world simply by check the latest tweets. I also gained some amount of pleasure from following totally random people. From news to humor, I was able to pick up a lot of useful information. One day that changed.
It was roughly a month ago when I woke up to find myself disheartened with the whole Twitter phenomenon. What was acting as a source of pleasure and enjoyment literally turned into a bother overnight. I don’t know exactly why. Gone was the intrigue of following random thoughts, the humor seemed to be less and less, and the overall useful information appeared to be diminishing.
My perception of twitter followed this evolution:
Novelty -> Communication Tool -> Information Intake Point -> Static and Noise -> Bother
Maybe this is the natural order of product development and delivery in a social networking, on demand, world. I don’t know. I feel, in many ways, Twitter lost me in the Information Intake stage. It was in this state when I felt the quality information I had once depended on twitter for was gone. Maybe this is due to the rapid growth the company is experiencing or maybe it is also due to the people I follow. All I know is the single to noise ratio became so great the service no longer provided a value for me.
I will still use Twitter; however, the usage will be on a limited basis. I am going to experiment with ways I can return to the communication tool/information intake point stages in hopes of removing the sensation of “wow, this is a bother” that I seem to have now because, as of right now, it feels like the love is gone.
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