Then: “What is a blog?”
Now: “What is Twitter?”
Then: “Why would anyone want to read your blog?”
Now: “Why would anyone want to read your Twitter updates?”
Then: “You really think people care enough about your opinion that you should have a blog?”
Now: “You really think people want to read about what you are doing all the time?”
Then: “Blogging is for egomaniacal exhibitionists.”
Now: “Twitter is for egomaniacal exhibitionists.”
Then: “Blog is a funny word. It sounds stupid.”
Now: “Twitter is a funny word. It sounds stupid.”
Then: “Blogging will be the death of legitimate, long-form journalism.”
Now: “Twitter will be the death of legitimate, long-form blogging.”
Then: “I would never have a blog.”
Now: “I would never have a Twitter.”
Then: “Heyyy, I finally got myself a blog, check it out!”
Now: “FormerSkeptic is now following you on Twitter.”
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LOL. That’s great, Brittney.
That is great. You left one out though (between “I would never” and “I now have a”:
Then: I read about that on your blog.
Now: I saw that on your twitter thing.
So true. So very true, says former skeptic of both blogs and Twitter!
@brittneyg WHORE
Yes, Jackson, you are right. Oversight on my part.
HEY HANSON I CAN TAKE YOU
COME ON
I’M READY TA OPEN UP A WHOLE T3 OF DIGITAL WHUPASS
Umm, yeah…I still don’t get Twitter. Am I behind or something?
[…] Isn’t twitter just blogging for lazy people with short attention spans? You know, like some blogs you may read? […]
Guffaw. Good bromide for the irritation I feel at getting the same kind of “are you an alien?” looks from colleagues and friends now re Twitter that I got a few years back re blogs.
@iwilker
Awesome possum! I came here via Beth Kanter, who’s told me stories about hearing “why would I want e-mail, I’ve got a fax machine!”
totally fabulous :D
thanks for the laugh!
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LOL, I can’t wait to twitter this
soooo true! Thanks for the laugh.
I just twittered this…. http://twitter.com/egnilk66
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