I tweet. Do you? I don’t know if you do yet or not. Perhaps I just said “tweet” and you muttered “WTF?” Let me catch you up to speed on what’s going on so that we are on the same page. It could be beneficial to you.
Myspace is pretty much dead. If you still use Myspace as a main social networking vehicle you may also have worn hammer pants or a ponytail on the side in 93’ (if you are wearing hammer pants or a ponytail on the side in 2009 you’re probably awesome but not in 93’). “Tweet” is in reference to what you do on Twitter. “I am eating Humus” would be a Tweet—exceptionally boring, yet quite healthy I’m told. Many of the people I follow are quite clever and entertaining in their updates, a bonus but not a requirement. The Gospel is the best thing to be able to tweet about.
Twitter is being used by so many so much because it’s updates are sent and received right from the phone via text message to everyone in your friends (following) network. Translation: we connect instantly to the people we care about and that care about us.
So, that’s Twitter. When I post, It’s me. I update several times a day (usually, but not yesterday). I tell you what I’m thinking, doing, not doing, really, really, really wishing that I was doing but not, that I just locked my keys in the car for the 957th time this month, stuff like that.
What I didn’t know is that, by doing these updates, I am developing a lucrative skill. Apparently, celebrities are paying people to tweet for them. Professional tweeters! New York Times just published an article about this phenomenon. Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Kanye West, and President Barack Obama are some examples. Several of them (Obama being one) pay 2 or more people to update their hundreds of thousands of followers for them. Tweeting must be harder than I thought.
So Tweet! It’s tough times in our economy right now and you never know when you might need a fall back plan. Why not have “Twitter Extraordinaire” in your back pocket for some resume padding just in case right?!
soo… this is officially silly! in keeping with my tradition of verbal vomit as it were, if someone pays you to tweet for them, there are a myriad of things i would like to be paid for as well. it is unreal to me, yet believable at the same time that people don’t have time to send a 140 character text from their fabulous – you could almost use voice text – phones so they pay someone else to do it. i most assureadly have a problem with the proxy tweeting even beyond the market it’s becoming. tweets are instant and often random thoughts we can’t help but say out loud and we are so proud of ourselves for thinking them we have to let all our friends know. granted there are those times when tweets are used in the facilitating capacity – for the 958th time eli locks his keys inside, however most of the time it is used to show our quick wit and showcase our unquenchable need for validation in society. i realze the soapbox i am standing on is growing higher by the word, so let me bring it back down to say that i tweet around 5-10 times a week and i would have to say that some of those times have been out of insecurity and the need to be heard. isn’t it fascinating the need and the thirst we people have been given? this emptiness that nothing sesms to satisfy? – Enter Jesus on the scene.i don’t know what to say after that. the verbal vomit ends here. Jesus.
Wait… Aren’t you a Skorinc artist? I thought @brodyharper did all of your tweets for you…
When it comes to celebrities like Brittney spears, they are mere puppets, a pretty face to looke at. I doubt they are funny or entertaining on their own anyway. However, Obama was voted in based on his talking. If he can’t tweet for himself, then I’m not sure if that was him giving all of those speeches. I feel lied to.
I think it’s kinda lame for celebrities to be paying people to Twitter for them but do we really think that the President of the United States takes out his phone and sends Twitter messages to update us? I Twitter way too much and I’m sure people have probably taken me off their mobile following haha
Luke is on the money. Surely it’s the great @brodyharper doing all the tweets for all @skorinc artists! His fingers would fall off if he did that! Yes, some of us tweet more than others, but many are @ replies. I don’t retweet alot.
I had never heard of twitter until last November. And guess who introduced me to it? Yep, Brody. It has been an awesome experience. And even though you don’t follow me back, I enjoy your daily pursuits with your vehicles and your play dates (guitar-type play dates). And about your wife’s photography. And, yes, especially about your daughter.
All of you (Brody, Kyle, Brody’s mom, Kristin, Colette, etc) bring a smile to my day. Or an appeal for prayer.
I do have one small complaint. My 52 year old eyes have trouble reading your blog. Not sure why, maybe Randy could tweak it a little?
In reference to Brody, all I can say is that my official statement is that I can neither confirm or deny who eventually pushes send on every tweet.
Check out My buddy Luke everybody; http://lukemundy.com/?p=1457#comments
…and Wendy you crack me up. Although putting Jesus and verbal vomit in the same sentence is questionable. Hmmm…
Definitely looking into the readability of my sight Shellie. I have gotten feedback like that before. Anybody else having trouble with the ease of reading the font and style of this blog?
Be nice to Brittney! I will have to sic chris crocker on you (Kyle).
And yeah Emily, you’re right, Obama probably has better, wealth redistributing, things to do than wasting the hours that we spend formulating 140 character or less gems of genius literature for our friends amusement.
“I tweet therefore I am”
“I pay someone else to tweet, therefore I’ve got too much money and need to prove it and/or I’m boring without the help of others”
How come keeping a journal is introspective, but tweeting is narcissistic?
Yes didn’t Descartes say that back in the 1600’s “texto ergo sum”? Clearly, Journaling is far more narcissistic than tweeting because it shows a complete lack of concern for everyone else’s desire to read that journal. Thank you for your compassion toward humanity tweeters.
Since my tweets are protected & you wouldn’t see it:
Oh, no, we’re not discussing “Existentialism” tomorrow, because I not doing research before I can comment! It’s been 30+ years since I took Philosophy. And got a C.
ROFL. I did absolutely love the post on your adorable daughter. My baby is almost 23 & it brought memories back. It’s hard to have her 7 hours away. In a bigger city. I don’t get to see the look in those young mens eyes in the beginning. Let’s see what else? I covered the readability thing earlier, the fact that Brody is a trendsetter, hmmmm. Nope I guess that’s it. I’ll be back someday….
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ps eli… verbal vomit and Jesus were not in the same sentence until now. lol. bobda – i agree journaling is just as narcissitic as tweeting… i kept a journal for years in college and now i tweet and i know no one else gets my mobile updates and i still do it cause – well, i’m narcissitic. and i guess i can’t talk as much as i think so i have to leave it somewhere. there it is, now you all read it! ha now i am validated! jk. but no really
try to read my tone of voice on this one!
What a great blog. Tweeting rocks. Almost as much as Wendy and her verbalvomit! Some would say a tweet is verbal vomit… hmmm I should tweet that