Bandwagon

Don't you just wish that some things would be left alone and not be leaked into the mainstream culture of America? I sure do. Facebook was the first thing I wished stayed within an elite group and now it's Twitter. It used to be the indie thing to microblog about your day, hour, or minute. Yes the purpose was to let your contacts know what you're up to, but it's another thing to just rant about stuff no one really cares to hear. For example, conversations that also should take place elsewhere do not belong on Twitter. A quick "Hey where are you?" and "Oh I'm at _____." is sufficient. When did Twitter pick up the trend of Facebook wall posts and/or statuses? It's annoying, and more importantly, sometimes immature.

No one is really interested about what place you should go eat or what type of pet to buy. If you were to really care about debating an issue with someone(s), go join the Uloop website where they have forums where you can discuss politics or even the mundane topic of which pair of socks you should be wearing tomorrow. Or heck, go for the old school route and set up a chatroom with a few of your friends or peers in AIM. Just don't hang your dirty laundry in Twitter. Those of us that do respect you wish to not read the stupid comments you put up. You're flooding our Twitter pages and pretty soon, the fail whale is going to make the index page its home.

On that note, I also find it irritating that celebrities are trying to make Twitter "the new thing". It's almost as if they've discovered sliced bread and couldn't believe the invention. Get over it. You can pretty much do the same thing if you were on Facebook or were posting some blurb on your personal blog. I found it almost insulting that CNN decided to bring Ashton Kutcher to interview with Larry King about how he "won the Twitter war against CNN". You know that it's hit mainstream when everyone is going bezerk about it.

To the following celebrities: John Mayer, there's a reason why Jennifer Aniston thinks you're nuts. You constantly tweet about the most random things ever and I can only believe that 15 year old girls would want to hang onto your every word. I thought you were going to be witty so I stayed with the "follow" status. Now I'm not so sure. Greg Grunberg, you used to rant about every possible punk you've encountered, it's not a pretty side of you. Ashton Kutcher, you and your wife need to stop sweet talking over Twitter. It was cute the first few tweets, but now it's downright disgusting, leave it in the bedroom. Oprah and I'm sure many other celebrities to come, it's okay to discover something new, but please explore it first before you decide to broadcast to the world about the new fangled thing, it's unprofessional.

My love still goes out to the 404, Natalie De Conte, Ingrid Michaelson, Molly Wood, and many others. You guys still post relevant things to the world and I greatly appreciate you. Don't let Twitter die the way it's going.