Twitter

I have to admit I am not a fan of Twitter, and actually agree with Kanye West’s thoughts on Twitter. In the article Kanye West lashes out against Twitter, Imposters, he states
“he's "too busy actually being creative most of the time" and that "everything that Twitter offers I need less of."

I would rather have my favorite artist working on their career than Twittering all the time.

The concept of constantly telling people where you are and what you are doing is just not something I want to be apart of. People don’t need to know where I am at all times, and I don’t need to know where my friends are at all times.

When talking back in fourth with a future employer about setting up a time to interview, he actually asked me to send him my Twitter account, Facebook page, and a photo of my self. He told me not to worry about social content in anything and that he just wanted to get a feel for who I was. I was really taken back by the request to say the least. The job was in public relations for a promotional company, so I guess he wanted to see how I would fit into the social scene by seeing what I was like. I didn’t even have a Twitter account to send him, and at that point I felt like the job wasn’t for me. I did not think it was appropriate to ask someone for such personal information prior to an interview and I could tell the job was not in fit with my career goals.

I guess I am finding out as I get older that I am valuing real face to face interactions/relationships more than the social networking interactions with people. I would rather talk to some over the phone or visit with them than connect on online. I do however think that it’s nice to be able to talk online when someone is living far away and you can’t see them in person. There is good and bad to all of the social networking sites. Although I do not like the concept of Twitter, I do like Facebook. I like that Facebook allows you to share pictures with friends and re-connect with people you have not seen in along time.