The anti-Twitter-feed forces are mobilizing.

[penk]

I'm seeing folks getting more and more annoyed about twitter feeds into Livejournal, to the point where people are defriending people who are doing it, and it's puzzling me.

I've heard various arguments for this behavior, but I want to hear folks' actual thoughts on it.

Here's where I stand.

Twitter is a micro-blogging service. It allows very quick comments about things that are going on in my life, and allows me to see what others are doing. I feed my tweets into LJ because I thought others might like to hear what I'm up to.

For instance, if I'm sitting and enjoying a break from skiing, I post a tweet about it while sitting in the lodge. That evening, folks see that I was out skiing today, and they have a little more visibility into what I'm doing with my days.

I am not blind to the fact that some twitter feeds can be annoying and lack context, in particular when there are conversations going on that LJ people are only hearing one side of - I personally try to limit how much I do this.

But I'm curious what is really driving this anti-twitter-feed sentiment, so, natch, here's a poll!

[Poll #1337757]

Comments

[dbang.livejournal.com]

I see yours as one line blog posts.

Thing is, I have no interest in reading one line blog posts, nor cluttering up my LJ friends page with them.

At least, as you note, one line blog posts are better than other even more annoying uses of twitter.

But...why would you want to post one line blog posts? And why would I want to read them?

What they said..

[sarahshevett.livejournal.com]

I gotta agree with all of this.

[wotw]

Agreed with all of what dbang said.

I haven't noticed yours being surreal.

On the other hand, the word "twitter" instantly puts me
in "I think something annoying is about to happen" mode,
so I've probably skipped reading most of yours.