I’m so unhip my bum may just fall off!
Apologies to Douglas Adams.*
But it’s true! Every time I visit the Aussie Bloggers Forum I shake my head at all the people who twitter and stumble and friendfeed and plurk.
How do you find the time?!
I struggle just to keep up with my reader list - admittedly it is lengthy - and blog - which I try to do every day - or rather feel compelled to do every day.
To spend time following twitters and plurks and whatever else seems impossible!
I gather it results in more traffic to your blog. Does it? How much more traffic?
Does the time you spend twittering/plurking etc take time away from blogging or does it inspire you?
I’m a simple soul. I blog. I comment on other blogs. I work. I say hi to my kids on the way to the computer nook. I sleep.
For me, the joys of twitterhood and plurking are heights to which I can only imagine.
In a perfect life.
You know the one, where actual life doesn’t get in the way.
Yes I can feel my bum slipping…
What?
Oh I see. That’s middle aged spread is it?
*Zaphod: “Hand me the Rap Rod, Plate Captain!”
Waiter: “I’m sorry sir?”
Zaphod: “The phone, waiter, the phone. Gee, you guys are so unhip it’s a wonder your bums don’t fall off.”
Waiter: “Our whats, sir?”
Twittering is something that fills in the gaps between things. You don’t sit down to tweet like you would to blog. It doesn’t take away time you didn’t already not have … or something like that
I’m so glad you wrote this. I thought I was the only one who felt like this.
I signed up for Twitter but haven’t really got into it yet. And as for Plurk, stumbling and friendfeed, there just isn’t enough hours in the day. I would rather spend the time on my blog and reading and commenting on others. Admittedly, some days I even struggle with that, how on earth could I fit in more??? Find that perfect life you mentioned I guess
I am another one who is glad you wrote this … I have no idea how people find the time either.
I am flat keeping up with my reads in google ,blogging and returning comments -though I did sign up to twitter and plurk.
I hardly even have to time to visit forums which were my old haunts pre blogging days and even Aussie Bloggers forum. PLus I only work a little from home …not a job like some people.
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I probably have the time to twitter.
I just don’t really get it.
One of my friends does it and I see it on her blog. I don’t really get it.
What are you supposed to do exactly???
Is it fun?
I don’t have the time for tweeting and plurking etc.
I’m another one glad you wrote this.
I also think that those of us who had been around for a while had simply reached saturation point by the time Twitter was released. It was like “Oh, another thing I have to sign up for? Err, no thanks. I’m good.”
I agree with you on this. But I think it’s like Snoskred said. If you’ve been around a while, and the internet isn’t so new to you, then Twitter, Plurk etc are all a little ho-hum really. I had my years of devoting too much time to all things internet about 8 years ago. I’m over all the gimmicky crap.
I don’t tweet, twitter or plurk either………. I do my fair share of lurking though………
Will my bum fall off too? *looks hopeful*
Hang on to your bum Cellobella. I can’t understand how to fit all that stuff in either. I figure there’s only so much social networking I can do as well as write my blog, oh and maintain my digital scrapbooking tutorial program, and deal with everyday life. Nope, no time to Twitter.
Ha Ha So True. I lost my bum years ago by this reckoning.