Do you ever feel like this?
Time spent on Twitter, especially, feels like death from a thousand cuts. Ideas dribble out 140 characters at a time and I have no energy left to flesh them out into something substantive...or at least minimally blog-worthy.
Social networks are fun and are a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. I've always been that kind of smart aleck who passed notes in class, so it feels familiar. Could it be that the convenience of sending friends the electronic equivalent is satisfying my need to write on some level?
I certainly don't feel satisfied, but I don't feel the urge to write a whole piece. I always have the feeling that I can never catch up with my friends on Facebook or read all the blogs I follow on Google Reader. I'm not sure what value Twitter has but I'm convinced they (or I) will figure it out someday so I continue to tweet.
I feel pressured to keep up and depressed when I can't. I used to be sad that I had too few outlets for expression. Now I don't know how to handle so many. It's a quality problem.
More social network musings:
Twitter Tuesday: Kanye Against the World
Wisdom of Crowds: WTF?
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