I have decided that there are certain types of headlines for which I will never click on the story. They contain the following phrases:
"...the Twitterverse explodes."
"...and Twitter is not having it."
"...and Twitter erupted."
I guess it boils down to any headline with Twitter in it.
What these "stories" usually entail is someone writing a few sentences to introduce the topic, and the remainder of the article is just a bunch of quotes from Twitter.
Who cares?
Why do I care about what a bunch of no-names and non-names are spouting off about on Twitter?
In grade school, I remember learning about the literary concept of personification. Personification is when attributes or qualities of a person are attributed to something non-human. These "stories" are attempting to personify Twitter, as if it is a singular voice (and somehow the final word) on any matter.
I chuckle at people who say they cannot stay focused or productive because they are spending too much time on Twitter. I go there to post a link to my newsletter once a week and then I leave. I don't even pay attention to how many followers I have. I also chuckle at the people who tell me I'm missing out on something. If Twitter suddenly disappeared, I would be no worse for the wear. But the lazy writers would need a new source for their antics.
"...the Twitterverse explodes."
"...and Twitter is not having it."
"...and Twitter erupted."
I guess it boils down to any headline with Twitter in it.
What these "stories" usually entail is someone writing a few sentences to introduce the topic, and the remainder of the article is just a bunch of quotes from Twitter.
Who cares?
Why do I care about what a bunch of no-names and non-names are spouting off about on Twitter?
In grade school, I remember learning about the literary concept of personification. Personification is when attributes or qualities of a person are attributed to something non-human. These "stories" are attempting to personify Twitter, as if it is a singular voice (and somehow the final word) on any matter.
I chuckle at people who say they cannot stay focused or productive because they are spending too much time on Twitter. I go there to post a link to my newsletter once a week and then I leave. I don't even pay attention to how many followers I have. I also chuckle at the people who tell me I'm missing out on something. If Twitter suddenly disappeared, I would be no worse for the wear. But the lazy writers would need a new source for their antics.
I can't recall a succinct term like personification so I made this one up.
It describes how people stop leveraging the thing that makes their message unique -- their perspective -- and instead they defer nearly the entirety of their message to another source. In this case Twitter. They've become a router -- a conduit -- for whatever is happening on Twitter and that's what makes it lazy.