twitter feeds...bwa?

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I'm seeing these more often on my flist. And I scratch my head at them. What's the point of all these tiny little updates that don't say anything? And they're all time-stamped, too.

Trying to parse them out. I guess it keeps the flist from getting flooded with miniposts?

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I cannot stand the Loud Twitter posts here on LJ. I like Twitter and can see a use for it (such as maybe Twittering the setlist from a concert for all the fans dying for news online), but I hate seeing that gibberish on LJ. I skip over the posts, and am tempted to unfriend everyone who uses it. Keep Twitter away from LJ! hehe

ETA: This is my twitter, most posts from the David Cook concert. I don't think it's to keep the flist from getting flooded with miniposts, so much as a way for people who would not be interested in my LJ to be updated on something like this. If you take a peek, you can see they didn't get much from me. heh I thought I would post at least the set list, but I was too busy screaming and jumping around to text anything from my phone during the concert, and I couldn't remember anything useful after.

So...I don't know. I can see it's usefulness for something like this, because in that fandom, everyone wants to know which songs were played, info on the banter with the audience or other bandmembers, etc. Every concert is like a convention in the sci-fi fandom. Something different happens every night, and everyone (including me) wants to know what happened, what he said, what songs were played and how (acoustic, electric, whatever).

OTOH, I've been following people's twitter accounts, and have yet to find anything all that interesting there--including mine. I'm going to guess that most people, like me, get too involved in what their doing to want to spend time texting about it while they're experiencing it.

Using Twitter for everyday messages...I don't know. I guess it's a way to chat without chatting? I can sign onto Yahoo Messenger (or AIM or MSN) on my phone. Toolman does that everyday, so that I can send him a quick message without having to text him--and the conversation stays open, unlike regular text messages. I hardly ever use it, but it's come in handy a couple of times. I can't imagine posting that stuff to Twitter.

Obviously some people find it useful, but again, I don't get subjecting everyone on your flist to it when it doesn't usually concern them.