Thinking about it, these have been ten days within Twitter. Nothing or little of what I tweet would actually surface, except for a small chatroom of interested readers.
My original motivation to start using a Twitter account was to draw more attention to this blog. But I’m beginning to suspect that this isn’t going to happen, for a number of reasons.
One is that there is a certain dialectics at work: you have to keep banging on the same subject, and kicking at the same objects, much of the time, if you want to attract readers. (There are exceptions, of course.)
Much of the news – especially many videos – can hardly be fact-checked.
I find it hard to confine my tweets to one speech bubble only – frequently, a message takes about three bubbles.
Then why should I keep using a Twitter account at all?
Probably because I find Twitter informative (even though my previous impressions may suggest otherwise). Provided that you remain skeptical, you may actually get a lot out of the constant stream of news, maybe-news, and opinion. Looks like promising material for blog posts. You cut yourself off the stream of information if don’t read along where the crowd is.
It used to be the blogosphere which informed readers. Now, to write good, up-to-date blogs, you probably need to follow Twitter users.
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