Comments on: A twitter addiction? Confessions and talk of loss. http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/a-twitter-addiction-confessions-and-talk-of-loss/ Sowing seeds of tomorrow, savoring the fruits of yesterday. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Donna B. http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/a-twitter-addiction-confessions-and-talk-of-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-31614 Donna B. Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:21:37 +0000 http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/?p=4605#comment-31614 The best invention this century IMHO was the answering machine and it's lovely companion, caller ID. I say this because it freed me from the tyranny of the telephone. I no longer HAD to answer to find out who it was, and they could tell me what they wanted without input from me. Cellphones took back a bit of that freedom because now everyone expects your phone to be nearby... but just to keep people from getting used to the idea that I'm always available, I don't always answer. :-) For the same reason -- expectation of my availability -- I've hated any form of instant messaging from the very beginning also. Note that I've been "online" since the mid-80s. Twitter's only saving grace is that apparently no one expects immediate response, but that doesn't take away the annoying distraction of being "intruded upon" incessantly by another's need to communicate. I tried Tweetdeck for a few days, and simply couldn't handle it and I was only following a few people. But, pay no attention to me - I am aware I am a grumpy old lady most of the time! The best invention this century IMHO was the answering machine and it’s lovely companion, caller ID. I say this because it freed me from the tyranny of the telephone. I no longer HAD to answer to find out who it was, and they could tell me what they wanted without input from me.

Cellphones took back a bit of that freedom because now everyone expects your phone to be nearby… but just to keep people from getting used to the idea that I’m always available, I don’t always answer. :-)

For the same reason — expectation of my availability — I’ve hated any form of instant messaging from the very beginning also. Note that I’ve been “online” since the mid-80s. Twitter’s only saving grace is that apparently no one expects immediate response, but that doesn’t take away the annoying distraction of being “intruded upon” incessantly by another’s need to communicate.

I tried Tweetdeck for a few days, and simply couldn’t handle it and I was only following a few people.

But, pay no attention to me – I am aware I am a grumpy old lady most of the time!

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