Twitter at ten: The social network designed for 2006 struggles into a second decade Twitter turns 10 today and I, for one, would like to thank for sustaining my career by connecting me to important people and giving Reg writers an almost-car-wreck to chronicle. Some back story: in 2007 an Alpha Geek friend told me about Twitter as we stood in the playground of a school making sure our kids didn't experience …
Make it so that you can filter out the annoying One Direction and Justin Bieber fans. Sick of those bastards clogging up my trending feed with tweets about how they're so upset one of One Direction's dogs have died and that the dog meant so much to them. They really are the arm pit of the Internet.
And if they can do that, could they please make it so that I can automatically unfollow any clown on Twitter who reposts links to The Daily Fail. The sweaty hair growing out of the arm pit of the internet.
Twitter is most certainly not vox populi. It, and most of the social networks, are echo chambers largely full of banal and inane drivel. There may be the odd island of coherence but I've never had the patience to search. Especially after I set up my own bot to add join the conversation add to the noise.
The brevity suggests spontaneity and encourages speed and quantity over quality. Much as if you were listening to a slanging match at your child's playground.
"The brevity suggests spontaneity and encourages speed and quantity over quality. Much as if you were listening to a slanging match at your child's playground."
#YourNotMyFriend
#IHateYou
#ThisIsShit
Twitter - an outlet for the stupid, in the language of the banal.
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