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5 reasons why you won’t see me on Twitter

For the still uninitiated, Twitter.com is a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? In really simple terms, it’s micro-blogging on multiple platforms – the web, your phone or on your IM. So, while a lot of friends and fellow bloggers have already jumped into the bandwagon, and though I sometimes enjoy their twittering, here’s are five reasons why I haven’t joined the fray.
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It’s so like blogging in 1999 all over again. I think I’ve already got past that stage. When I started HTML blogging (meaning I manually code my post/entries) in late 2000, I was already doing the Twitter one-liners. So, how does my Twitter page looked like in April 2003? (see image on the right.)
I’m always invisible (or offline) in all my Instant Messengers. Why would I want to be visible on Twitter? I don’t even respond to emails and text messages on time (talk about a day late!)
I don’t like to be watched. I look at Twitter and I remember Pinoy Big Brother. Something to do with voyeurism. :D
I don’t have enough time. I can’t even write on all my other group blogs regularly. It could also take away my focus on my own personal blog.
Imagine Twittering on your phone. It could get really expensive.

Now, that doesn’t mean you won’t ever see me on Twitter. With the right conditions, I… just… might.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

27 Comments

ManuelV says:

18 years ago

Twittering can help provide additional exposure and traffic for new bloggers and their blogs.

A one-liner intro for your latest post can bring in traffic if it’s intriguing enough.

Hmmm… no time to Twitter? If there are ghostwriters, could ghost twitters be far behind? :-D
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jayvee f. says:

18 years ago

i twitter not to send, but to receive. its always nice to know when cris pirillo and leo laporte release new podcast or video episodes or link to more interesting blog posts
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Noemi says:

18 years ago

aww just twitter. it’s relaxing.
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nightfox says:

18 years ago

same here, i was surprised when I Googled myself and a twitter post was included in the first page of the result. also, it functions like a newsfeed or “gimik feed” – you get to receive updates from all of your contacts. lastly, it’s like a “public chatroom”.
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Sonnie says:

18 years ago

just relax…. and have fun
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Tiffany says:

18 years ago

you just might? lol. with probably the right reasons…? hmm… i wonder what.
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SELaplana says:

18 years ago

i lost my 300PHP load in just one day because of that Twitter. TM charged me eveytime I received updates from my network.
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nightfox says:

18 years ago

@SELaplana: Really? I had emailed Twitter before and they told me that the mobile updatesre free. But if you reply/send via SMS, afaik, you’ll be charged about P10-15 per 140 characters.
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juantanamera says:

18 years ago

I’ve been twittering almost everyday, and it’s fun!!!! It gets you updated for the people you are interested on and fast.

On twitter, people really doesn’t care about privacy at all! In a way, it’s very very very interesting.
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

I think you got #2 the other way around. With Twitter, you have a status message that sticks around even if you disconnect from the Net.
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