Twitter is like Star Trek
More specifically, Twitter is like episode 15 of the original Star Trek series.
In this episode, entitled Shore Leave, the crew encounters strange goings-on on a planet in the Omicron Delta system. They encounter a large white rabbit in a great hurry, an old classmate, a medieval knight, and a katana-wielding samurai.
Turns out the planet is a giant amusement park which creates its attractions on-the-fly, based on the thoughts and memories and expectations of its visitors.
McCoy was thinking about Alice in Wonderland (paging Dr. Freud), Sulu was still mentally weilding a foil from epidode 4 The Naked Time, and tight-ass Kirk just can’t let go of schoolyard rivalries.
They all got back what was in their own minds and hearts.
Twitter is like that. Sort of.
If you think Twitter is going to suck, then most assuredly it will suck.
If you think Twitter is an exciting opportunity to be ignored by celebrities, then you will be excited. And ignored.
If you think Twitter can provide an easy-to-use platform for a network of like-minded individuals to casually share tips, links, and other of-the-moment factoids, then that is how you will perceive it, and that is how you will use it.
The genius of Twitter is that it’s only as interesting as you make it.
Kinda like life.
That’s a brilliant observation. I hear people complain about twitter all the time–they say it’s lame. But I’ve gotten all kinds of positive uses from it, from just chatting, to joking around, to keeping up with others’ blogs & lives, to being directed to interesting/helpful/funny links. Come to think of it, my life is kinda like that, too! Huh.