Alright-I did both Plurk and Twitter for three days. Just messing around, seeing what all the chatter was about, who was doing it, folllowed some people, etc. Maybe I need to give this more time, but this seems pretty useless to me. Does anybody really need to know you are "sitting at my desk...still" or "watching The Daily Show @ Kevin's sister's house"? I suppose if you had a really lethargic stalker/ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend and you wanted to torture them by throwing your whereabouts up in their face this would be useful. Sortof.
Call me "old fashioned", but when I'm stalking an "ex" I have a little something called integrity. A little something I like to call "gumption". That's my one-two punch. I go all out. I'm sneaking around in the bushes, peeking in windows, rooting through their trash. I'm not above the tri-weekly slow "ride-by" their place with the headlight off. I will tell you one thing I won't be doing. I won't be sitting at a computer at the public library "following" what they're doing. Hell no. I put those I stalk on a pedestal and I have to believe they appreciate the effort.
There was a guy in Richmond, VA who was Twittering the set list from a My Morning Jacket show he was at, while it was happening. At first I thought that was an interesting use of Twitter but then I thought, "Who needs to know that?" It's not like it's "time-sensitive" information. It's a set list. Ten minutes after the show is over about a hundred people will have blogged about it and also include the entire set list in the post.
I don't know of a way to use this tool "professionally" without coming off looking obsessive/compulsive or egomaniacal (or maybe something worse).
I'm gonna keep an eye on my fellow 16 Thingers to see what they have to say about Twittering/Plurking and how they use, or will use, it.
And then I will berate and belittle them.
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