Leave, follow, or get out of the way
by Adam Kuban
And I’ll quote from a great essay on Twitter that I just read today [my emphasis]:
“But Rands, I need to follow this person, but they won’t shut up.”
There’s a legitimate complaint here. I’m certain there’s a sensible feature request based on this complaint, like “Please don’t show me tweets contain RT or @” or maybe a feature to put someone you follow on Twitter time-out during that weekend drinking binge where they won’t shut up about their ex-girlfriend. Yes, these features could be added to the base platform, but why complicate a feature you already have? You unfollow. It’s brutally simple and it solves the problem.
I don’t hold it against anyone who might “leave” me on Twitter. I know I can have an abrasive online personality at times—and Twitter is probably where you see me at my most online-crotchety. But to paraphrase what Rands says in his post, Twitter is what you make of it. If having my mini rants in your stream no longer works for you, fine. No hard feelings.
Comments
*Someone* is totally googling about old episodes of Ed. Or that shitty new show with the dude from Will & Grace. Or mid-run Scrubs. Or IDing the small number of hottie Canadian actors that have not yet appeared on BSG.
@helen: Say wha?
I did wiki up on Tom Cavanagh, because I think it’s his presence more than anything that annoys me when Trust Me commercials appear. I had no idea he was Canadian, although I will go so far as to say that he is not a “hottie Canadian actor.” His whole grup thing is wearing thin with me. It was quirky and cute with Ed, but the schtick is getting old now.
PS: I thought all the hot actors on BSG were Brits?
Psh. I’ll grant Jamie Bamber’s epic hotness, but the only other brit is Baltar, who is a timber weasel.
On the other hand, Michael Hogan is hella northern Ontarian, Tahmoh Penikett’s dad is the former premier of the Yukon Territory, and Alessandro Juliani’s character is — shall we say — oot of the closet.