I need to interrupt all this Saved by the Bell Begins action to explain some tips (as I see them) about the All-New Internet. Some may think these are just pet peeves, but they’re more (as I see it) the best way to get your point/information across.
1) If you have a single thought that can be expressed in 140 characters or less, do it on Twitter. Don’t extend a simple, concise thought into 500 redundant words just so you can put it on your blog.
2) If you have a legit 500-word thought on something, go ahead and write that on your blog – don’t split it up into 20+ separate Tweets. Nobody reads the whole thing, and those same people aren’t glued to your profile page, and if they are, it’s still a pain to read it backward, or down-up, or however that would be. (You can always link to your blog post on your Twitter.)
3) If you want to have a pre-planned extended back and forth conversation with someone, do this on the phone or IM, or even go see them in person, and then try and make-out with them afterward. I saw someone conduct an interview over Twitter once, and it was really just like a big WTF. It came off as a miscalculated gimmick, and was impossible to follow, and the only way this can feasibly work is if you’re a petite brunette who’s under the age of 25, with a cutesy pop/rock singing voice.
You can’t do an interview via Twitter – it’s like punching someone in the wall of their house. (That’s like if you wanted to punch someone, and you punched the wall of their house, and expected it to hurt them on their body. That doesn’t equal anything – it’s an equation for sadness.)
That be all – back to jokes tomorrow.
(I’m right here on Twitter.)
