Well, it seems that at least one celebrity has finally discovered that Twitter just wasn’t worth it. Miley Cyrus has deleted her Twitter account and all we can hope is that it’s a trend that will continue. In my humble opinion, Twitter is not Social Media, it’s Interactive Media. You cannot be social at just 140 characters. I do not know a whole lot about Miley Cyrus. It does appear she is much more talented than her “Achy Breaky” Dad who apparently wants to pimp out his 16 year old daughter for money. She was on some award show recently where she was wearing hot pants doing a pole dance. Ridiculous? You decide.
This poor girl couldn’t even tweet about her pimples because the tabloids made her tweets, celebrity news. I guess if you are a 16 year old girl, pimples can seem important but it’s a glaring example of the stupid ways people use Twitter. Call me a hypocrite, yes I have Twitter accounts that I hardly ever go on anymore. I have a Tweet button on this blog if anyone wants to tweet one of my posts. Not many get re-tweeted and I don’t blame you. Most of my stuff is not butterflies and unicorn material. When I do use Twitter, it’s usually to post a new article. I’m not going to tweet you that my puppy just threw up and I’m taking her to the vet. If you love Social Media, that’s great. If you are earning money from Social Media, I commend you. Twitter is ok and it serves a purpose to a degree but I think Facebook is better at Social Media because it allows true interaction between people.
If you own a sandwich shop and you tweet “buy one, get one free” you have the right idea. If you are a restaurant and you tweet “half price drinks at Happy Hour”, you are on the right track. If you are tweeting your own stuff, that’s good. that’s why I followed you. If you are tweeting for everyone to join the new Problogger.com forum, you lack creativity and should remove your head from Problogger’s ass. If all you do is re-tweet, you should re-evaluate. I’ve been reemed on here before about Twitter so if you feel inclined, let me have it.
If you own a small or large business and you are not on Twitter, I think you would be making a mistake. I call that marketing and that is smart business. The problem is that most people cannot be creative enough to post Tweets that are interesting.
Congratulations Miley.
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I tweeted your post LOL! I am over tweeter myself
@Lis, now that’s funny…you re-tweeting me just after I bash Twitter!! Lol!
I have been trying to piss off a republican spammer on Twitter for two days now and I get nuthin! No reaction, no nuthin! And I totally called this guy out and made him look like an ass-hat… I even used a hashtag… NUTHIN!
I was beginning to think that maybe I was just not a true Twitter Trust Agent. Now I know that Twitter just sucks it.
I do like that song with Miley and her dad singing together though “she’s waitin’ on my blessing til she hits that open road, baby get ready, get set, don’t go” … brings a cotton pickin’ tear to my eye!
LOL … i need bag balm.
AL
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What is a Twitter? I know what a nitwit is but Twitter? I don’t know that one. Is that something that used to be and isn’t anymore? Or is it something brand new that I don’t need to concern myself with? I wonder if you meant Nitwitter instead?
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Oh boohoo. Shaq manages to use twitter so do a bunch of other celebs. She’s 16 and just hasn’t learned to manage what she says in the world. Twitter is just another way to make connections with others. It’s not for everyone. But I doubt she did search.twitter.com for her name all of the time and connected with those people. Twitter is a shovel and Facebook is a hammer. It doesn’t matter if you use them all but they are sittin in the shed.
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