Doctor I’ve got Twitter fatigue!
30th April 2008 by David North
There is a terrible affliction spreading slowly in some digerati circles and it’s called Twitter fatigue. It tends to creep up slowly on people but eventually means their previous enthusiasm for Twitter is leached away.
So why is this happening to some people, myself included? I think ironically some people’s over-enthusiasm can be the cause for others loss of interest or even annoyance at Twitter. Why people feel the need to Twitter every trivial piece of information is a little beyond me surely they have better things to do…surely?
I do think it does depend on your use of Twitter too. If you are just checking your Twitter feed regularly or using the numerous Twitter applications available to filter the incoming information maybe you stand a chance against the tsunami of useless Tweets. If you use Twitter’s built in filtering and have Tweets coming straight to your mobile I think you’ll get tired of your text tone very quickly.
Paul Bradshaw has an excellent post on the OJB giving a wide range of information about the best use of Twitter. It does have a slant for journalists however as I would expect Journalists to be following a great deal of sources, a guide for help them might help the rest of the Twitterverse.
After cutting off Tweets to my mobile a few weeks ago I think maybe it’s about time I reviewed the alternatives to make my Tweetlife more manageable.
