I may need to go to Twitter rehab!
20 Signs You Twitter Too Much
20. You've lost friends because they have chosen not to join Twitter.
19. You've Twittered during a speech about Twitter.
18. You've said the phrase "I'm big on Twitter."
17. Your significant other never worries about you cheating on him/her because your brightkite tweets are better than GPS.
16. Something goes wrong in your day and you respond "Fail Whale!"
15. You decide not to argue a point with someone because it will take more than 140 characters to respond.
14. You can write a consumer review of more than 10 Twitter Applications
13. You go to more Tweet-ups than dates
12. Your child's first word was "Tweet"
11. You know what FTW means.
10. When you forward something, you add RT in the subject line.
9. You refer to people by @. "My @mom went to @starbucks and forgot my latte."
8. You categorize life events by fake hashtags. "My @mom went to @starbucks and forgot my latte. #thatwomanhaslostherfreakingmind"
7. You add a "tw" to the beginning of every word. "I Twittered my friends from twurch about the tweetup at the twoffee house twonight."
6. You live life in 140 character increments.
5. You stay up hours after you planned on going to sleep because you have Twitter F.O.MO (Fear of Missing Out).
4. You're more concerned about improving your Twitter Grade than your performance review.
3. You believe you are close and personal friends with @guykawasaki @jasoncalcanishttp://www.twitter.com/scobleizer and @chrisbrogan
2. You tell your fiance you will save money on wedding invites because you plan to DM most of them.
1. Your grandma logs on to Twitter because that's the only way she can get a hold of you!
Bonus signs:
- You sold your soul to @NEENZ and @guykawasaki to get on http://twitterati.alltop.com (I did- and I'm not ashamed to admit it!)
- Your home page is http://twitter.alltop.com
Twitter friends- what signs am I missing?
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21. Your Twitter network knew you had just got married before ANYone else.
Yep - our Twitter followers were the first to know about our secret wedding this summer. It was fun. Not sure how the family felt about that. They're not on Twitter :o)
FTMFW!
You refer to a g string sticking out above a woman's jeans as a "fail whale".
PS-@guykawasaki IS my best friend, how dare you imply otherwise. ;)
For twitter addicts, I literally just created @tweet_trends.
It posts the trends emerging on twitter to it's feed...
Really good if you want to know what's happening in the world.
Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Why am I now counting my characters...
Too Funny!
Superb. I wish I'd written.
22. Every time your blackberry buzzes, your significant other says "tweet tweet!"
You read a list of "20 Signs You Twitter Too much" hoping none of them strike too close to home; they do and then you twitter about it #shameface
You start counting characters when leaving someone a Facebook message.
Holy crap! You just made me realize I have of course informed my real life, aka Twitter friends, I got a puppy last night, but forgot to call and tell my Mother. Oops. (If she were on Twitter, she would know this already!)
It's a good thing alot of my IRL friends are on twitter, because that seems to be my main method of communication.
I still can't convince my Mom to signup though. Oh well. Her loss :p
Whaaaa!!!??? @guykawasaki, @chrisbrogan, and I (aka @drewmaniac) aren't BFF's? I'm devastated.
In all seriousness, excellent post! I loved all of these... and they are all so very true, but I can quit when I want to. I don't have a problem... ;)
You guys are hilarious!!!
#20-something: You realize your Twitter friends are way more funny that your IRL friends!
whhaaa? You mean I'm NOT close personal friends with @guykawasaki @jasoncalcanis @scobleizer and @chrisbrogan ???
20 (whatever) You get annoyed when you're away from a computer because you can't tweet.
20 (whatever) Your spouse keeps asking you when you're getting off twitter.
20 (whatever) You get annoyed at talking because it requires more than 140 characters.
You have and actually use more than ONE Twitter account (umm, #blush)!
For example, using one for my professional audience (work-related, primarily) - @CheriSigmon - one for IM business @DoxieDenDiva - and another for a charity fund-raiser for the ASPCA and Dachshund Rescue of NA (DRNA) - @LongestWiener - There, I've admitted it... There is one geeky *multi-tasking* person behind all three Twitter handles. So, I tweet too much, not too *often,* but for 3 different reasons to 3 groups of PPL (some cross-over PPL on 2 or 3 accts).
So, you might tweet too much IF you're logged in to one account on the web using one computer monitor and on another computer monitor you're also viewing TweetDeck and another Twitter account. Actually, I prefer using 3 monitors (programmers!).
@me ;-) LOL (@CheriSigmon)
21-25 (I lost count): A publishing company is calling you to write a $15 million memoir of your life
26: Ira Glass is on the line. He wants to air your twitter story with cool soundtracks.
Neat list.
Seeing 18 comments ahead of me, why am I the first to link my name with my Twitter feed and not my blog?
Thoughts?
2 funny
2 true
#30. You rarely leave comments on blogs anymore figuring you'll tweet it instead.
#31. your IRL friends look at you funny when you ask about the speed of their conversation stream
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Ouch! Guilty as charged, for the most part. I love my Twitterverse, though!
Great stuff.
@yoga_mama,
aka LaSara Firefox
27. You ring your Bunco bell everytime you get a new follower.
Oh yes!!!!
kellyinhawaii - that's funny #27 :) - bunco!
I have more:
- You have (or have at least considered) a Twitter account for your pet (this is for you @mrscrubby)
- You submitted your own tweet to the Twitties awards
- Your family says "oh, here s/he goes again" when you try to convince them to get on twitter.
- you've twitted through the birth of your child (I know this happened)
- you know what VagQuake refers to
- At midnight, you've thought "man no one is on here tonight, I need friends in the opposite hemisphere to talk to
I'm out...
When you try and get your parents on to twitter. specially to rece your updates via sms
@mokshjuneja
and my father @papajuneja (he is still not very active)
Such a true and good list! The last one, in particular, is hilarious.
You set up twitter accounts for your doggies! @WoodstockyWocky and @SnoopyGeekDog
me? @crazeegeekchick
I have a strong voice and an important point of view. I am Mr. Scrubby and hear me roar!
Anyone from the northern hemisphere want to add a southern tweeter @sharonharper
Loving this conversation!
I twucking loved this.
i have something to contribute but i'm going to do so via twitter...
;-)
mrw00dy
as with sharon above, also from aotearoa, new zealand in the southern hemisphere
@mrw00dy
:-)
twell done Breanne!
30 something 'er other.
You come back to read this again, after your friends stage an intervention.
After 41,000 tweets I can say I've done everything in that list once.
You know you tweet to much when you tweet tongue twisters cause you can type them faster than u can say them:)
Then your friend tryping you back because they can't say them either @DrivinRyan
23. People don't jog with you anymore, because you stop too often to tweet the thought that just popped into you mind.
Fantastic list!
I unfortunately/fortunately ticked off about 8 of them :)
Oh thank God -- I only checked off one item on this list. So I am not nearly as addicted as my husband thinks :)
You think this video is funny:
http://www.rachelbaker.me/home/2009/1/21/how-twitter-ruined-my-life.html
:-)
This is a great post - funny and TRUE!
But, you know, FTW isn't just Twitter based - that's more internerd/gamer speak spilling over into the Twitterverse. Kinda like LOL, etc.
Yeah, I just said Twitterverse :D
RE: 21. People live tweeted my wedding. FTW!
I came across this post while I was writing a review of my top 10
Twitter apps at a local Tweetup at starbucks. :-p
In defense of
#11 "You know what FTW means."
FTW - for the win, is an expression of internet enthusiasm that has been around much longer than twitter.
All in all good list. Funny too.
It's a new, shiney world (Twittasphere) No room for angry troll teens- FTW means For The WORLD.
You're feeling a strange buzz or are taking notes reading the comments.
You mute the T.V. volume so as not to miss the reply "tweet" from Alyssa Milano (WOW-just sayin)because you know she can' t pass up tweet number 100(just because she ignored 99 in a row)!
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