Trying to Participate in the Brave New World
posted by Lynn HanessianFriday, January 9th, 2009
I signed up for Twitter. Like many, I want to understand this new sensation taking over the globe. I found some folks to follow and some folks (largely the Zeno Group Digital Lifestyle Team) started following me. But, my world didn’t change. I check my page every now and then. New headlines from the Chicago Trib, PR Week, an occasional missive from CNN’s Rick Sanchez, or a thoughtful insight from my wittily named colleague, aquahombre. And so, I became obsessed with how to describe someone like me (who is generally a lurker on chat boards (from CafePharma to LTHForum) and who rarely spouts off online.)
So, it is with this background that I dip a toe into the social media world and propose a term for those who sign up to explore Twitter, catch glimpses of new stuff, but who rarely tweet themselves: twitless. In context, “I am addicted to Google News, keep an eye on foodie boards, and I twitter (http://twitter.com/lynnhanessian), but am generally twitless.” I think this is growing on me.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
And, if your postings aren’t interesting, will the responses make them “shredded tweet?”
August 17th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
[...] a direct message back, but can’t until that person follows me. (This frustration further confirms my earlier blog that I am twitless.) At the root of my health care reform post was that we need to consider the quantity of health [...]