It's official: Twitter has jumped the shark*
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10:25AM I don't get twitter. I love Facebook, and think it's an amazing business and personal tool, but Twitter is a mystery to me.
If Facebook is a symphony, then Twitter is a bunch of random chords. It just lacks a ryhme or reason that seems obvious with Facebook. Whatever. I just don't get it.
But how do I know it's jumped the shark? Well, this story tells me. Evidently, George Stephanopoulos will be conducting the first interview via twitter with none other than Mr Twitter himself ... John McCain. I love John Mcain. I voted for him. I understand that he can't use a computer or PDA because of his war injuries, and I thought it was disgusting when the Obama campaign attacked him for not being "computer literate."
But the point of Twitter -- as far as I can tell -- is to create, and join-in on, random conversations. Does it seems a bit odd that someone like John McCain -- who probably doesn't tweet himself -- is now jumping on the bandwagon? Just seems a bit contrived, as did GMA's personal finance segment this morning that took "Tweets from our viewers."
* That sound you hear is Alan Danzis hitting the ground after suffering from a stroke
Reader Comments (5)
You're going to call me out, but refuse to link to my Twitter account? It's www.twitter.com/adanzis. I just Tweeted about the irony of Barney Frank talking about reward incompetence, when his constituents reelected him last year despite his own incompetence...
Anyway, McCain actually writes some pretty great Tweets that are designed to push people's buttons. Wish he had the balls he does now back, you know, when he was running for President.
Funny how it's easier to ballsy when you're no longer running for something.
McCain is a criminal
I discovered that Twitter had jumped the shark when I found out James Hetfield has a Twitter feed. (Sigh.)
It jumped the shark when Fernando Rizo's chest hair got its own twitter account