From the moment I joined Twitter back at the end of ’08 till this very moment I have been asking myself what exactly the point of Twitter is. That question alone has caused me to take month long hiatuses from it and disable my account twice, but I always came back eventually, even with no true answer in sight. The part of me that wants to justify me using it likes to think it’s a place where people can communicate and share 140 character pieces of themselves… but who the fuck am I fooling? Twitter is full of two types of people that I cannot stand: the self righteous and the utterly ridiculous. Sadly, with my continued use, I find that I fit right into that self righteous category the more I tweet, but I think for me, as with most people on Twitter, it is symptomatic of the sense of self importance that causes anyone to use a site like Twitter in the first place.

We are literally signing on to shout out our opinions to the world as though they seriously matter. Where people used to have opinions they may actually keep to themselves, or I don’t know, maybe share with friends and family, now it’s impossible to have an opinion unless you’re near your computer or phone so you can immediately share it with the world, or at least your adoring followers. And all the time we never stop to think: why the fuck is this even necessary? And people (including me) take time out to say the most judgmental shit about everyone else. To read my Twitter timeline you would think many of the people I follow have never made a mistake. Or done the wrong thing knowing it was dead ass wrong. Or heaven forbid they had a typo or misspelled a word. They spend all day pointing everyone else’s mistakes and fuck ups, never really aiming the microscopes at their damn selves.

Or what’s worse, they get bigheaded over the number of followers they have, as though having 10,000 people reading your Tweets makes you elite. How much does Twitter pay per follower again? Nothing you say? So you’re still broke? Oh.

I actually saw a blogger that I followed, who had like 9,000 followers, complaining that too many people were replying to her to agree with a statement she made. As though all these people got together and decided to reply just to annoy her. Bitch you just shouted out your opinion to 9,000 fucking people; you didn’t think some of them would have something to say about it? What the fuck are you sharing your opinion via Twitter for if you don’t want them to say shit about what they are reading? Don’t you have a friend you could call? And I’m not saying getting 100′s of “me too” messages isn’t an annoying thing, but I am saying you decided to blast the shit out to 9,000 people so don’t turn around and complain about something you started. You seriously expected them all to be silent and just make you feel better about yourself by upping your follower count? Word?

And then there are the lovely ignorant ass individuals who post pictures of their half naked asses all over Twitter, talk about the greatness and superiority of their vagina or penis, quote Lil’ Boosie and Gucci Mane all day, and keep hoshit alive 24/7 365. All this while thanking God for his many “wondaful” blessings and posting TwitPics of their children / godchildren / nieces / nephews / mamas / grand mamas. The fact that they can’t see how ridiculous they are is mind-blowing, and even they have the nerve and audacity to make self righteous comments criticizing others!

Now I’ve said all this, and I did leave out the few things that have made my time on the site somewhat enriching. People reaching out to help others, the speed with which breaking news and information can be spread and discussed is unparalleled, and my favorite part of all, the hilarious people who make me literally LMAO daily! I’m talking laughing till my abs ache and tears are falling. If I only followed them maybe I wouldn’t be as done with Twitter as I am right now. It’s not ALL bad, just mostly.

It’s just gotten to the point where I cringe darn near every time I read a Tweet. Twitter is a sad reflection of our society today and I hate what I see. And I hate that I’m becoming part of the problem. I don’t want to be jaded and lose faith in the human race because of stupid shit I see on a website. I’d rather just stop participating, so I’m officially done with Twitter for any purposes other than promotional ones.

I really didn’t intend on writing this much about this topic, lol. It seriously just kinda happened, but I felt the need to say it. Anywho, tell me your thoughts on it.

♥,
Neek