<\/a>Twitter is starting to annoy me.<\/p>\n

It actually annoyed me from the start. When I first heard of Twitter I thought it was narcissistic, restrictive and destructive to the structure of the web. Example, all those shortened URLs aren’t only a security risk – you could click through to a phishing page, thank god for Macs! – they’re also reliant on a third party to serve up your link. Take it out and there will be millions of broken links to piss off search engines and anal retentive SysAdmins.<\/p>\n

Twitter is the junk food of the internet.<\/p>\n

With all this in mind I started to Twitter anyway. I followed celebrities and news journos and did enjoy getting their tweets. Still do. Some people post things that are the best of the web. It’s a great way to know when someone updates a blog\/video\/image etc. It’s great for information<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But lately as my private, non “professional” base of following\/followers grows, I’m finding Twitter a lot like something familiar, something 1999…<\/p>\n

Oh that’s right! Gay.com’s chat widget.<\/p>\n

The majority of the people I follow on Twitter have started to use it as a chat program. I don’t know if this is a trend or if it’s just the type of person I follow. In the morning, I’m shifting through “HI! GOOD MORNING TWEEPS!” “HEY HOW YOU DOING?” posts and their equally important “HEYWAZTUP?” responses – meaningless manusia. During the day I have to skip past “EWWW! NO!” posts when someone mentions feminine hygiene. Or requests to add things to my avatar in the name of some social cause.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me started on FollowFriday. On second thought, lets: #FF is utterly useless. If I want to know who you’re following I’ll take the time and click your profile. With the new Twitter page and other slick apps, it’s dead easy. Stop sending out your entire 150 names in 4-5 posts, filling my timeline with garbage!<\/p>\n

This crap has no meaning to me. And I like it when Twitter has meaning. Has value. Now, to me, it’s becoming a really slow and irritating IRC channel.<\/p>\n

Rant over. Back to your lives, humans.<\/p>\n

(posted to Twitter 11:28am, Friday November 5th)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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