So onto the second week of 23 Things. Twitter. I logged onto my long neglected Twitter account with enthusiasm, determined to find some amazing things to comment on, started following a few new people, news organizations and papers, a couple of libraries, a few things I'm interested in and then...big gasp...became overwhelmed and did not know what to say to anyone. Thankfully I found one of my sisters and found my voice again for a moment.
I'm not keen on making mistakes in public and twitter seems very public. Say the wrong thing and strangers could shoot me down for hashtagging (?) the wrong words or something. The fear is real to me. With use maybe I could overcome this irrational fear of that little # symbol. Maybe I haven't found the right things or people to follow yet who would make me want to comment. We'll see.
I'm going back to cutting out some kids craft for storytime for now.
Hi Emma, I think your feelings of being overwhelmed by twitter are quite common. I think you might find twitter quite enjoyable if you change the way you think about it. People refer to twitter as a stream, because it passes by. When you have time, read the tweets that are happening now - don't feel like you need to delve back into the history of twitter, or even what people were tweeting about a few hours ago! If you have a comment, let it fly! You have the choice to delete a tweet if you want to remove it from your timeline (although it is true that some people might happen to read it before you delete). If you ever think you made a real gaff, I find that twitter is quite a casual and sociable space - if you admit a mistake and can have a sense of humour about yourself, people are understanding.....not that you're apt to make a mistake; we are enjoying your blog!
ReplyDeleteI very seldom say anything to anyone on Twitter, but I read my news feed all the time to find articles or book reviews or library events. I think that's okay.
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