Twitter Redux

[UPDATE: An alternet.org story on Twitter that's worth considering.]

Ronni so wearied herself – on several levels – writing Sunday’s post that she’s resting now and leaving it to Crabby Old Lady to take up the slack today. But even Crabby can muster only a half-hearted response to Frank Paynter of listics in a comment here, and Betsy Devine at her blog who both tweaked her about her Twitter twitter.

“Whoa!” says Frank. “Twitter has value beyond dim witted presence announcements.”

“Ok, and she’s right, it does sound really stupid. But it’s also fun and rewarding,” says Betsy, “in ways that would be hard to justify to somebody who hasn’t yet moved past the silly part into the wow, amazing! part.”

Far be it from Crabby to pour cold water on the flames of others’ social media joy. Plus, Frank and Betsy are of the ilk that their recommendations should not be given short shrift. But for Crabby, even instant messaging which - in comparison to Twitter’s 140-character limit - is profoundly intellectual, is twitch inducing.

Maybe Crabby Old Lady is just slower than everyone else: her Netflix queue overfloweth, there are 30-odd books on the unread shelf, 10 or 15 emails that require more than a slapdash response, a cat beating up on her for more playtime and a stack of New York Times Book Review sections that date back to Christmas.

Crabby has never got the hang of multi-tasking and perhaps those who are more adept at simultaneous, multiple, communication input are eager so have an additional feed, so if Twitter is your cup of tea – go for it.

Ronni says to remind you that there’s a new entry at The Elder Storytelling Place today.