jaycdunn 2010

10 More Reasons You Were Unfollowed On Twitter

"Now why did that person unfollow me?" you might ask. "I thought we were cool". Yes, this topic has been covered, but maybe I can think of one or two new reasons that you
(or I) may have been unfollowed.

1. You keep tweeting music their parents listen to... 70's British rock bands, endless noodling hippie jams, disco, etc... Unacceptable generation gap!


2. You actually are funny, but people in other countries have never heard the aphorism "Bust My Balls" before. They haven't a clue what you're talking about, but they're pretty sure they should be offended.


3. They have no idea who @TheRealSwardson is, or why you just called them "bitches". Once again, you've offended someone with your wry sense of humor.


4. Your avatar sucks. (Yeah I'm working on it)


5. Your blog sucks. (Ditto)


6. You're following @auto_porn_bot. And why wouldn't you? ;)


7. You follow both @iAMolbermann and @glennbeck. WTF?


8. They don't mind food tweets in general, but you eat the same thing every day and continue to tweet about it. Every morning, it's "Ahh, bacon smells so awesome!" Eat a vegetable bro.


9. You simply tweet too damn much for their mobile texting plan to accommodate. This is getting expensive.


10. They're insulted that you don't think their teeth are white enough.

Is Twitter really just a self-serving piece of shit for egomaniacs?

You like that title? Seriously though. The other day I tweeted something to the effect of "Whoa, there is a huge forest fire near my house". Not one of almost 700 followers batted an eye. I find this downright insulting to be perfectly honest. At least one of my Facebook friends noticed and commented, "Hey, I hope it's okay", etc...

So is Twitter just one big ego fest? Yes, it is. People are so absorbed in their own little Twitter world that they can't be bothered to notice when my town is threatened by fire. This is an eye opener for me. Another eye opener, I get more RT's from people who don't follow me. That's right, I'm saying that followers are overrated.

At least maybe I'll get one extra blog view for having a controversial title. Have a lovely day! Oh, and if you have a fire or other natural disaster nearby, please remember that I'm one of the people who actually cares and would give you the shirt off my back. What's that, you can't see your house burning down through the massiveness of my fat belly? Sorry.

* disclaimer - No, I'm not trying to get rid of my followers. I love you all, even #hellspammer ;)

Project Retweet: looks like a 60's game show?

Twitter is planning to implement a retweet feature into it's API. In layman's terms, this means that an option called Retweets will be added to your Twitter page. You can now forward an update from one of your followers to the rest of your flock without having to copy/paste and type "RT @username:", etc...

Many Twitter users are up in arms about this change to something that they created. One of the main complaints is the fact that you won't be able to comment on or modify updates as you retweet them. The below image (from Mashable, hope they don't mind :) shows what the currently planned implementation will look like.

As you can see (click on image for detailed view), the not-so-little column of icons shows the avatar of each person who has retweeted that particular update. It kinda reminds me of Hollywood Squares. One thing I would like to see is the option to display a list of usernames instead of the avatars. It would look a lot less cluttered, though I must admit, the icons probably take up less space than long usernames would.

Let's say that Twitter does add the ability to comment when you retweet someone else's update. They should make it so these comments are hidden, but when you click on the icon of... let's say, Whoopi Goldberg or Paul Lynde "center square", that person's comments on the original update are displayed. This is pretty obvious and they may already be planning it for all we know.

Sorry I couldn't come up with a Hollywood Squares "zinger' to end this. Haven't watched that show since I was a kid.