I have noticed, and perhaps you have as well, that in order to be one of the “most influential” Twitter users, it requires that you take your days and nights to tweet every last piece of social media “news” that you can get your hopeful little retweeting paws on. It really helps if it is about the latest geeky Twitter application by some big named company promising that it will be their huge social media savior and make them squillions of dollars by knowing this “secret” tidbit of wisdom you have to share with them. Even better … maybe being one of the first to retweet something by Mashable.com or TechCrunch.com. Heck yes, anything by Cashmore or Arrington must be worth dollars in the bank!
Is anybody else out there using Twitter sick to the top of their throat with this phenomenon? I am! In fact, I think I need to go gargle to get that vomit taste out of my mouth. I mean, what is this all about? The people who are purportedly at the top of their Twitter game seem to have nothing but a bunch of journalistic crap about social media to preach, sell, and warn you about. What in the heck is it all about if not for the geeky crowd telling you what to do with it? Do you really not know how to communicate? Do you really not understand that it is important that people like you? Do you really not already know that if you retweet something about Twitter that it makes you a part of the “popular crowd”? What are you really after?
This whole thing has me about sick to the top of my throat, and that is coming from a guy who wrote a book to actually help people understand Twitter and the best use of it. The insane thing about all of this is that if everybody is such an expert, who the hell is actually saying anything useful. I mean, if it is all so damn useful, why do people keep tweeting all of this crap to tell people how it really “works” this week? Ask them if they really get paid for this or if they are just doing it to be the one waving the biggest shiny object to lure the next big sucker.
That is my piece for today. Maybe, since it is a Friday, you may like to learn why in the heck people keep sending all of those damn usernames along with a #ff or #followfriday. Yeah, they are usually waving a shiny object to attract suckers. I am sorry if you don’t like it … unfollow me if it hurts too much. 😉
If you wonder what I have to say about it, I have a couple options. Either take the time to get familiar with my blog, or go buy my book, “Twitter for Business: Twitter for Friends” and find out that there are others who care more about the people than the game of looking popular. Otherwise, maybe a few more thousand tweets about the next jQuery plugin, Twitter application, or other social media advice from the person starving for attention will somehow be useful to you. In that case, good luck!
