Sighhhhh... I had every intention of posting a real update, but yet again I feel the need to post a defensive entry aimed at my readers. This time my entry is directed at my twitter followers; however, it would make for a ton of 140 character tweets, and seeing how people complain that I tweet a lot, that might be a bit much. So I will post here, link to my twitter profile, and just hope that the complainers read this.
I always say that I write whatever I want. I don't write for YOU... I write for ME. And I'm getting quite sick and tired of hearing comments from friends about what I write - or in this case, tweet.
Let me first start off by why I tweet. Plain and simple, I tweet because I have nobody else to talk to. At times, when I get home from work, there are days that I don't talk to anyone. Now that I am in a cubicle in a secluded part of the office, far from my coworkers, I don't really talk at work. Do you know what it's like to not have anyone to talk to for days? There is nobody to ask me how my day went, what's going on at work, how I did at volleyball. I don't have anyone to talk to about current issues, random things I saw/did, t.v. show commentary.
I'm not going to lie - it's a lonely world that I live in. Sometimes I just want to pick up the phone and talk to someone, but everyone has their own thing going on. So I use my twitter to talk to someone without really talking to anyone at all. I broadcast the things I want to say if I had someone to say them to.
The tagline of my twitter profile says "random musing from a random person" and that's just what I tweet - random crap that nobody probably cares about unless they really know me and truly care about what's going on in my life. I tweet random happenings from my life, and right now my life is a bit boring. So yes, my tweets might sound like a broken record at times. I never claimed that I would tweet earth-shattering tidbits.
I was told I tweet "a lot." What is the definition of "a lot?" On average, I will tweet about 4-5 times a day. Depending on what is going on, I might tweet more or less. So is that a lot? Compared to some of my friends who only tweet maybe once a week, then yes, 4-5 times a day might be a lot. Compared to other people who tweet every other hour, then my 4-5 times a day is pretty minimal.
Oh, and apparently my tweets are negative, particularly concerning a certain someone. I have actually stopped tweeting so much about this person. I could seriously put up an angry, negative tweet about CM every single day (twitter followers will know who I'm referring to) because that is honestly what I deal with every.effing.day. However, I knew that my tweets were becoming nothing more than my constant complaining about CM, so I held off. Briefly scrolling through my profile, I see mention of CM twice in the past 2-3 weeks. Again, considering that I could write something about this situation every.effing.day, two posts in 2-3 weeks is pretty amazeballs.
And I find it laughable that certain friends are complaining about me being negative. Considering that some of them have been negative for years - pot, meet kettle. The difference is that some of these friends are constantly negative in person; me, via social media. I haven't seen my friends in person in months. So they are basing my negativity off tweets they read.
Oh, and the best is that people are talking about my tweets to other people who don't even use twitter. I'm curious as to how the conversation turns to my tweets when friends get together. Does a non-twitter friend say, "has anyone heard from Kristy or know what she's up to?" and then a twitter friend says, "no, but I've been reading her tweets" or something like that? I'm very, very confused. Why do people feel the need to talk about my tweets and blog while hanging out? I'm not that entertaining.
Anywho, I could continue rambling on about this, but I'm just going to stop. But let me say this one more time, and only one more time - if you do not like what I write, either on this blog or on my twitter, then STOP FOLLOWING ME. I promise I won't shed any tears if I see that I have one less follower. And if you continue to follow me, then stop complaining about what I write. I'm getting sick of this crap.
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who are these jackasses who care so much what or how often you tweet? that's pretty ridiculous. 99% of tweets are just random thoughts. no one really has all that much significant to say. and when it IS significant (wildfires, bin laden dead, etc), those are usually retweets from a news source.
ReplyDeleteanywho, screw those people who are being judgmental. clearly, they have nothing else interesting going on in their lives and feel the need to latch on to your little social world.
It is getting to be very bothersome. What kills me is that people CHOOSE to follow me on twitter... I did not send them a request asking that they read my random musings.
ReplyDeleteSocial media gossip is fun isn't it?
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