For People That Don’t Get Twitter…

Ask somebody to join Twitter and they will likely look at you like you have a spider crawling out of your nose. Chances are, they signed up for an account and never used it again. It’s because they are ‘Twitter challenged’. They may even tell you “Twitter is for twits”, mocking the people that use it in order to make themselves feel better about the fact that they just don’t get it.

It’s easy to not get Twitter though. I was even one of the people that didn’t get it. After trying it again and reading how others use it, I started to understand it better. Here’s a list of things you should know about Twitter and why it’s so great.

It’s not really about what you are doing right now

Sure, the box on Twitter asks “What are you doing?” but Twitter has become more than a stalker’s best friend. It’s used for people to share information. People use it to show others what they are reading, watching, experiencing. What is Morgan reading right now? Will I find it interesting?

It’s the quickest way to get information

Last week, District 9 debuted. I was one of the people to see the midnight show. I didn’t like it, but I wanted to see what others thought. Searching Twitter was the quickest way to see what normal people like myself thought of the movie. This week’s wait for the Boondock Saints 2 trailer to appear online is another example. A quick search of “Boondock trailer” on Twitter shows me a few people that believe it will be posted today. This is information I couldn’t find easily on Google.

It’s fun for events

A group of my friends Twittered during the MTV Movie Awards. It’s like having people in your living room watching TV with you. You might ask why you can’t do this in a chat room. You can, but Twitter enables your messsages to be searchable and allows others to find the conversation and chime in either live during the even or a year from now.

So give Twitter another try. Tweet often and join in on the conversation. It’s much more fun than a chat room.