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Little public-service-announcement here. A few months back I created a Twitter account and followed a few friends. I gave it a chance... but personally I think Twitter is a grand waste of time. I know, many people disagree, but for me, it's like walking into a bar at happy hour and hearing every single conversation at the same time. That's not a positive... that's a negative. It's too much effort to get anything of value.

So if you happen to find me on Twitter, you can follow me, but you'll be standing behind someone who isn't going anywhere. As my last twit said it:

Follow me if you like... but you'll be standing around going nowhere. Not using Twitter anymore as this is just a grand waste of time. -AC

posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:03 AM

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# re: Following me on Twitter? I don't recommend doing that... 7/10/2008 10:31 AM Molly
Gravatar That's too bad! Twitter is how I found you via @SharePointMVPs

# re: Following me on Twitter? I don't recommend doing that... 7/10/2008 12:16 PM Randy Drisgill
Gravatar Twitter needs tagging!

# re: Following me on Twitter? I don't recommend doing that... 7/10/2008 2:28 PM Tony Bierman
Gravatar I have to agree, Twitter is a waste of time. Glad to hear some one else thinks so.

# re: Following me on Twitter? I don't recommend doing that... 7/13/2008 2:59 PM Norman Mann
Gravatar I totally agree. There might be circumstance where something like Twitter is useful (like with most technologies). But the thing is that I just don't have the time to constantly mess with something like that.

# re: Following me on Twitter? I don't recommend doing that... 9/12/2008 9:43 AM James Collins
Gravatar When I first used Twitter I thought the same thing. BUT... Once I changed my following I began to hear about new sites launching, great utilities people were finding, and users reviewing products much quicker than through traditional blogs. I think Twitter would be a perfect fit for you (as an author, developer, educator, blogger) but you'll need to shift your expectations a little. If you have an engaged audience why not take advantage of that? Take care!

# re: Following me on Twitter? I don't recommend doing that... 1/16/2009 10:47 AM Stacy Draper
Gravatar Don't listen to a thing he says. He's on twitter making as much noise as everyone else.

Face it AC you're addicted just like everyone else!

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