When Marla joined the Twitterverse, she thought it was great. Quick, short messages from people that mattered to her. As social platforms multiplied, she joined a few more, but Twitter remained her main hangout. Until it became overwhelming with more tweets coming across her feed than she could read even if she spent hours at it each day.
I've never joined it. And, when I read comments or articles about what can be posted, I've never been inspired to try it. Luckily, I have no reason to bother with the frustration.
I begrudgingly joined Twitter about two years ago, because “that’s what writers do.” Like most social media, it is a time waster. And I think Twitter has the most convoluted interface of any social media. It really is hard to follow anything on Twitter.
You can make Lists of you favorites and check those. The main Twitter feed is like Facebook. Full of rants and negativity that it don’t need in my life. Not to mention those ridiculous “writers lifts” and the same writer questions that get asked a million times. I only pop in occasionally. I don’t find much worth my time. Although some really enjoy it. They must see something I don’t. 🤓
I have an Instagram, FB, and Twitter. I rarely use Instagram, but I enjoy it, I suppose. I reactivated my FB a couple weeks ago, but I’m realizing I didn’t miss it. 🤣
I find Twitter to be the most engaging and most meaningful platform for me personally. I like connecting with other writers and tweeting my thoughts sometimes. I tend to crack a few smiles and have a good laugh while on it, so it’s a pretty good indicator that I’ll keep using it. I do find that tweets gets buried (both my own and those who I follow) but I try not to worry too much about it.
I don’t use Twitter, but I occasionally use FB, Insta, Reddit, Nextdoor-but FB frustrated me for the same reason and more, so I rarely check in anymore.
Apr 7, 2022·edited Apr 7, 2022Liked by Dascha Paylor
I've never used Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, tumblr, or most of the mainstream social media apps. I'm still active on Ello (and run a writing community there ... sort of) and Vero. I was on G+ till it died, then on Okuna till it died. (It is relaunching as Somus soon, but I dunno if I'll be there or not.) I recently joined Tiktok 😄 more or less at Kyle Rutkin's suggestion and thoughts on Booktok. I've flirted with the idea of Twitter for let's see 🤔 ... seven years? But something keeps me from joining. I don't have as clear a moral objection to it as I do the Zuckerberg-owned properties. I just don't seem to be able to jump in.
I've never joined it. And, when I read comments or articles about what can be posted, I've never been inspired to try it. Luckily, I have no reason to bother with the frustration.
I begrudgingly joined Twitter about two years ago, because “that’s what writers do.” Like most social media, it is a time waster. And I think Twitter has the most convoluted interface of any social media. It really is hard to follow anything on Twitter.
You can make Lists of you favorites and check those. The main Twitter feed is like Facebook. Full of rants and negativity that it don’t need in my life. Not to mention those ridiculous “writers lifts” and the same writer questions that get asked a million times. I only pop in occasionally. I don’t find much worth my time. Although some really enjoy it. They must see something I don’t. 🤓
I have an Instagram, FB, and Twitter. I rarely use Instagram, but I enjoy it, I suppose. I reactivated my FB a couple weeks ago, but I’m realizing I didn’t miss it. 🤣
I find Twitter to be the most engaging and most meaningful platform for me personally. I like connecting with other writers and tweeting my thoughts sometimes. I tend to crack a few smiles and have a good laugh while on it, so it’s a pretty good indicator that I’ll keep using it. I do find that tweets gets buried (both my own and those who I follow) but I try not to worry too much about it.
I enjoyed your story, by the way! 😀
I don’t use Twitter, but I occasionally use FB, Insta, Reddit, Nextdoor-but FB frustrated me for the same reason and more, so I rarely check in anymore.
I've never used Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, tumblr, or most of the mainstream social media apps. I'm still active on Ello (and run a writing community there ... sort of) and Vero. I was on G+ till it died, then on Okuna till it died. (It is relaunching as Somus soon, but I dunno if I'll be there or not.) I recently joined Tiktok 😄 more or less at Kyle Rutkin's suggestion and thoughts on Booktok. I've flirted with the idea of Twitter for let's see 🤔 ... seven years? But something keeps me from joining. I don't have as clear a moral objection to it as I do the Zuckerberg-owned properties. I just don't seem to be able to jump in.