Thursday, September 26, 2013

Twitter - Joys & Pitfalls

I thought it was well past time for another blog. Right? . . . RIGHT?! lol

This one is prompted by my use of Twitter. It gives me news and opinions faster than any TV news channel and keeps me informed of my special interests (eg. West Ham Utd. and the U. of California Golden Bears). And it also keeps me in touch with some friends and acquaintances who either share some of my interests or atleast my sense of humor. Some I've met "in the flesh", in some cases after meeting them online, others only online. It's the latter that will be my subject.

In the past few weeks I've found 2 people to follow - both females, but what's your point? ;-) - who also followed me and with whom I much enjoyed Tweeting. However, the first of them started to comment on Tweets directed to others and then criticised me about some of the people I follow on Twitter. After afew days it became obvious that I had made a big mistake and felt I had to Block her, something I have never done before. All in all it wasn't a pleasant experience.

The second person is quite different - I can definitely tell - and I look forward to an enjoyable and entertaining Twittership (anything's a word now if you use it enough!). She has an imagination -  Thank God - but also lives in the real world. It's that combination of grounding in reality plus a mind that soars above the mundane that really is so important to me. 

I'm really going to have to be more discriminating in future . . . yeah, right. ;-)

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