State of the interwebs
There are approximately three sides in the war for the interwebs - which are you on?
- Non-participant - “what’s a twitter?” Also found: absorbing rays of sunshine.
- Solipsist - “blah blah blah here are way more details of my life than anyone could possibly care about but I’ll keep on going any way because then maybe SOMEONE WILL NOTICE ME AND GIVE A SHIT!!!” Also found: waiting in line for tix to the Alkaline Trio show and thinking of witty adjectives to call him/herself.
- Circular referentialist / credit obsessivist - “Check out this sweet link to someone who talks about something in a link from this guy that I found via @ronald http://is.gd/f00” Also found: within the top 5 commenters on random blogs demanding credit for having tweeted the topic 5 seconds before it showed up elsewhere.
I’m straddling the fence of solipsist and non-participant.
Joe said,
March 19, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
hmmmmm, let me think…
Scott Sorheim said,
March 20, 2009 @ 5:49 am
THE most bizarre thing I can’t figure out lately on Twitter is “@so-and-so is only 4 short of 600 followers…help him out”
huh?
although, in this case, i’m quite the hypocrite since i did offer a t-shirt to my 100th follower.
but it’s gotten really irritating.
“i’m at 597″
“okay, only 1 to go!”
puhleaze.
E said,
April 3, 2009 @ 9:32 am
I’m on the side of “I rely on my hermanito to keep me informed, so I know what I’m missing.” You’re an advanced participant.
E said,
April 3, 2009 @ 9:33 am
How did Scott get the emoticon? I want to insert a smiley face:
:o)
Patrick said,
April 3, 2009 @ 9:52 am
Way to try :o) . . . You know you’re the only one on the planet who uses that as a smiley, right? It’s about as common as (: