I Gave In...

I did it. I gave in. I finally set up a Twitter account. I even put it right here on my blog (it's on the left side). After so long of telling myself that such an endeavor was a waste of time, I succumbed.

I mean, I already have facebook with its own updates, why would I also need to keep track of updating a Twitter, too? I always thought that the phenomenon of Twitter was ridiculous. You know it would end up being one of those fads like Pogs, Beanie Babies, and Gigapets/Tomagotchis (side note: I did in fact own all of these in their respective time periods of popularity). And who's to say it won't become one?

But, it seems that after three years, Twitter is, instead of dying out, only getting stronger with more and more users everyday. I think one of the reasons Twiter is so popular is because many celebrities (and even politicians) are on it describing their many boring, mundane, and only rarely interesting experiences in less than 140 characters. President Obama, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Jimmy Fallon, Shaquille O'Neal, and Al Gore are on Twitter. There's also many companies and businesses (NPR, The Onion, CNN, Zappos.com, Jet Blue Airways) on as well. The celebrities, however, are why Twitter has become such a big deal.

Despite my resistance in joining Twitter for a while, I started rethinking my stance. Maybe it's not so bad; it could be fun. I even voiced my hesitancy in signing up on my Facebook status to see what people would say. Some said don't do it, facebook was enough, and some just added to the peer pressure and told me I should join because all the cool kids were doing it. I was still undecided on whether or not I should set up a Twitter account. What put the final nail in the coffin?

Threadless was having a contest on Twitter where you could win a gift card. If you know me at all, you know how much I love Threadless. So, as soon as I saw this chance, I created a Twitter account so I could enter. Of course I didn't win, and I don't even think I did it right. (We were supposed to "RT," which means "retweet" their link, but you're supposed to put "RT" before your post. I didn't know to do that, so I did it wrong.) But despite my failed attempt at entering a contest, I had finally signed up for Twitter. Granted my initial reasoning was unexpected, but it had already been done. I had started one, might as well keep it up and go with it.

We'll see how it goes. I'm still trying to learn how to use it and to find people to "follow" and to get "followers" (another reason I think Twitter is big; you feel famous and like royalty because you have followers). I might forget about it after a while after the novely has worn off. (Although, I'll admit after I set up the text feature, I was wanting to text Twitter the most random things every 5 minutes but stopped myself. I didn't want to be one of those annoying constant updaters).

Yup, I did it. I started a Twitter. And like any good Twitterer (Tweeter?) would say, "Come follow me www.twitter.com/missnesbit !"