When I first heard the word “Twitter”, I thought someone was referring to male talent accidentally arcing a stray batch on a camera guys arm. It turns out that Twitter is actually one of the most narcissistic things I have ever seen online. If you thought my bullshit was annoying, imagine seeing it 40 times a day in smaller doses. That pretty much sums up Twitter.
One of the selling points of the worldwide web was that it was supposed to give EVERYONE a voice. The mighty internet would allow amateur writers the right to be read and amateur musicians the right to be heard. Well, I have to tell you that I have never believed that everyone ultimately deserves the right to be heard or seen in this world. How many fucking real true talented musicians have ever been discovered from YouTube? Who got a book deal as a result of leaving a smart ass comment on a message board? The internet has actually made it a lot more difficult to find a diamond in the rough talent. At the end of the day, talent is in the eye of the beholder, but I haven’t beheld jackshit online.
Okay, I was talking about Twitter…
If someone is going to take the time to actually say something in a public space, you would think that it would be important, or at the very least humorous. Well, that all goes out the window with Twitter.
I don’t want to cast REAL ridicule on anyone specifically, but I have found the writings of Jenna Haze on Twitter to be the most ENTERTAINING.
This is what Jenna had to say at 12:25 PM on February 2nd, “Going shopping for wardrobe and getting my toes done”. And if that didn’t leave you in enough suspense, Jenna dropped this knowledge in the nine o’clock hour this morning, “Waking up.. My puppy is seriously one of the best parts of my life”.
Like I said, I don’t want to beat up on a star who actually takes the time to communicate with her fans. I just think the whole Twitter thing represents the greater amount of lesser quality that is enveloping us all. One of my favorite authors got on Twitter this morning and announced that he was eating toast for breakfast, so it’s not just porn stars. It just is what it is.
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You wrote: I have to tell you that I have never believed that everyone ultimately deserves the right to be heard or seen in this world.
Are you kidding me? That’s the basis of our free society. You’d rather live under Sharia?
You wrote: How many fucking real true talented musicians have ever been discovered from YouTube?
It depends what you mean by *real true*. Like *real true* religion? I think your reasoning is slightly off. It’s a fact that you can find raw talent in youtube. There are even established musicians today who if not for the internet would never have gotten a second wind out of their careers.
You wrote: The internet has actually made it a lot more difficult to find a diamond in the rough talent. At the end of the day, talent is in the eye of the beholder, but I haven’t beheld jackshit online.
This point is clearly debatable. I’m aware of a handful of artists who got discovered on youtube and hit the mainstream consciousness in less time it would have taken them had this new medium not been around.
What is true is that people who post online shouldn’t automatically expect to be the next big thing. Competition and the forces of natural/artificial selection still apply.
Well, this is just making me rethink my whole “I just cleaned the litterbox” Twitter post…
Steve: I Twitter. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of Twittering. I agree there’s a fair amount of cyber-narcissism amongst Twitter users. But everyone doesn’t use Twitter to further their sense of self-importance by Twittering banal thoughts and the most mundane aspects of their lives.
Some use it to network. Others to market. Still others use it heighten social and political awareness. There are many reasons people Tweet.
Here are my last 6 Twitter outbursts.
626,000 jobs lost last week alone! 4.78 million currently collecting unemployment benefits. (8:10 AM yesterday from web)
1/2 day shoot today. I’ve shot the model before and she’s tons ‘o fun to work with. (7:46 AM yesterday from web)
I guess I’m gonna find out if a Craigslist ad will net any side work. I ain’t holding my breath. (9:23 PM Feb 4th from web)
Cheney speaks out against Dems. Claims terrorist nuke attack on US soil in 2 yrs or less and will be Dem’s fault. SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!!!!! (2:44 PM Feb 4th from web)
Self-employment in the US is almost twice the number of unemployed. Where’s the stimulus or help for the self-employed? (10:33 AM Feb 4th from web)
Cuz of all the flak, the gov is now gonna follow the money. Appalling they didn’t think to do so all on their own and from the git-go. (9:42 AM Feb 4th from web)
Thanks for the comment Jimmy. As usual, your residency in Twitterville has increased the value of the neighborhood.
I am the first to admit that life would be boring without a little bit of frivolity thrown into the mix. It’s not like I’m walking around right now with a pipe and smoking jacket on my way to diagram the old testament. I just think my time working in reality television has affected my ability to tune into entertainment or social online stuff for an extended period of time where I see the bar being set so low.
Even though I am in my 30’s, I was raised with an old time sensibility that you only speak when you have something to say. I read the other day that Ashton Kutcher posted a message on Twitter about how he accidentally closed a door on his foot. I actually get embarrassed when I read shit like this. We are a reality nation these days where people believe just living their lives = entertainment value. Perhaps I need to keep extending my vacation.