Not long after that I joined myself to see what all the hype was about. I joined in early May. I began following celebrities and some blogs friends.
Fast forward to now, 5 months later. I.AM.OBSESSED.
Really- twitter is SO fun and I am completely obsessed with it. I tweet all day long. I think in tweets such as, "Oh, I should tweet this outfit." I have twitterfon downloaded on my iPhone and refresh and check tweets all day. The chirp of the tweetdeck notification on my Macbook is like Christmas morning!
Jessica over at "The Love List" shared this funny list she found about the 46 stages of twitter. I laughed out loud reading it.
The list is courtesy of www.shanenickerson.com
the 46 stages of Twitter
1. Hear the word Twitter. Scoff.
2. Hear it again from someone else. Scoff again.
3. Hear about famous celebrity who is apparently "On Twitter." Scoff, but make mental note to check it out.
4. Log into Facebook to comfort self.
5. Sign up for Twitter.
6. Give up because it seems dumb.
7. Loudly criticize others on Twitter.
8. Follow @johncmayer, @aplusk, @rainnwilson, @wilw, @mrskutcher, @oprah, and one other person you actually know.
9. Post tweet that is a variant of: "Trying out this Twitter thing."
10. Attempt to dig a little deeper into Twitter.
11. Notice rampant usage of words: "Tweet," "Twitter," "Twitterverse," "Tweetie," "Tweetdeck," and something called "RT."
12. Scoff again, this time in confusion.
13. Tell friends you "tried that Twitter thing, but didn't get it and it's stupid anyway."
14. Log into Facebook because that site at least makes sense.
15. Read story about Twitter somewhere.
16. Log back into Twitter.
17. Try to avoid saying Tweet, Twitter, Twitterverse, Tweetie, Tweetdeck, and ReTweet.
18. Respond to @rainnwilson.
19. Curse self for fanning out.
20. Log off for 4 months.
21. Come back, just to see.
22. Post something relatively funny.
23. Get RT'd.
24. Discover that RT means ReTweet.
25. Make it your life mission to get RT'd.
26. Install Twitter app on your phone.
27. No longer ashamed to say "I've gotta Twitter that."
28. Attend events with the sole intention of "Tweeting" them.
29. Pray to get RT'd.
30. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
31. Close computer.
32. Open computer. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
33. Think in 140 character sentences.
34. Compulsively check phone all day every day.
35. Tweet that you compulsively check phone all day every day.
36. Alienate actual people in your life in an attempt to impress ones you don't know.
37. Lose weight because you forget to eat.
38. Place phone by bed so you can check first thing in the morning.
39. Defend Twitter to the death from detractors.
40. Hear self, and vaguely recognize that you have become "That Guy."
41. Feel like, and start to behave like River Tam.
42. Vow to quit Twitter to preserve sanity.
43. Read this and change mind.
44. Think to self, "I should twitter that."
45. Recognize irony.
46. Twitter it.
20 comments:
Hahahahahhahaha, this is so true & funny!! Last weekend at a party facebook came up & I said you know facebook is so stupid. I think I may delete my account bc Twitter is more fun & useful. The resounding response from all my IRL friends was like um you tweet?? None us do so who in the world are you friends w on there??? To which I responded, don't worry about it. You really just don't get it!
Cute blog, I have never twittered. My hubs was trying to explain it to me last night.
hi megan, love your blog! i sent you a twitter request i'd love to follow you! my name is hokiehokiehokie
thanks!
You are SO right!! That list was hilarious!!
Loves it! I check Twitter way too often at work, but it's way more fun than work, too. I am getting out of control.
I love it!! Some people just don't get it. The ones that actually try it, love it too!!
I remember a business lunch where I went on and on about how I stupid twitter was. And I'm beyond hooked now.
This is TOO funny! I've got an account, but I haven't made it through the stages yet to wear I become obsessed! Ha-Ha! :)
Totally relate!!! haha
Oh my gosh, soooo funny and so true!!
Hahah - this is SO true! I think I am somewhere in the middle of the "steps" right now! But I totally scoffed at Twitter to beging with and now I'm pretty addicted...come to think about it, I should tweet about it! haha :)
I LOVED this post!! So funny. And so timely--I just bought Alli Worthington's new e-book "Smart Girl's Guide to Twitter." There are so many things about twitter that I didn't know!! Can't wait to start using it more effectively.
BTW-I love reading your tweets. They are too funny!
This is HILARIOUS! And oh so true!
You have convinced me- although I am unsure I just signed up for this twitter business. I am ashamed, but intrigued. Hee.
That is totally hilarious...and oh, so true!
And I follow you on Twitter. You come up with some Sassy tweets! Love it! :)
SO TRUE! I was the same way and then 3 months later, I ended up buying a Blackberry just so I could Tweet on the Go! We are sad little slaves to technology, but it's so much fun!!!
Absolutely. Fabulous.
This is just the best Miss PIPM, I'm going to 'borrow' it and send it off to a few friends!
May your weekend be warm and wonderful!
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I am not a big fan of twitter either but looks like I will join for my blog.
Haha I love it! I think I'm on like step 20, just started out and I'm still trying to feel my way around. I follow some bloggers but mostly celebrities. This was really funny!
lol
I'm at 13.
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