with every 4 hours. The site is free if you agree to let them post their ” Get more followers” advertisements and add certain followers. I wanted people to follow my blog, so thought what a great idea! Um no. Besides, most of the new followers I gained were people trying to sell me something, probably not blog readers. I tweeted back to the complainers my apology and vowed I would remove myself from the site posthaste .
But it didn’t feel good enough.
So I direct messaged one my contrition. I’d hate to upset this fellow because he does the funniest tweets, though I seldom say anything, just read.
I tried to direct message the other dude, but he unfollowed me. :0(
Still not good enough.
So I tweet to the world:
To everyone sorry about that followers site, it was way out of hand…retweeting like every 4 hrs their damn site. Once again pardon about 2 hours ago via web
And yet, still that awful all is not well with the world feeling. Back to tweeting:
Ok, I know this is dumb, but still really feeling awful about that site. I didn’t think about them retweeting their stupid promo evry 4 hrs
Nope….Still feel bad:
I know I’m obsessing here, but upset about that stupid site, said it would get me more followers.i wanted more readers 4 my lame ass blog about 2 hours ago via web
Ackkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
Ok, gonna stop worrying about it, I just don’t want everyone mad at me. It’s my friggin’ OCD eating my brain about 2 hours ago via web
And then…
Fuck an A. It’s still tweeting about getting more followers. Changing my password. Maybe that’ll stop it 3 minutes ago via web
And Firefox flagged the site as a phishing sight, though it could be a false report I guess. Joy. To be fair I read that it would update every 4 hours , but it didn’t register just how old that would get, especially since I don’t update my every move, though I totally think people would be interested in me going outside to get the mail or sitting in my living room.
Every now and then, however, I miss good fodder for the Twitter, little vignettes of what weird-ass people my mom and I are. For instance, the other day my mom came into my room holding a styrofoam cup with her hand on top of the rim. She had been walking down the hall of our apartment building. “Look what I found clinging to the wall out in the hall! I hope he hasn’t got into some poison. “
I looked and gushed my appreciation. “Awwwwwww! I love those!” Now, a normal person when asked which insect is her favorite would say butterfly, ladybug, or dragonfly…..All wonderful critters, mind you, but my favorite is the praying mantis. Look at those big, endearing extraterrestrial eyes, how she sways her giant legs. She’s a real character, but she just might bite off your head if she’s hungry (like Sarah Palin or a televangelist). Yum!
What?
Then my mom took the mantis outside and tried to find her a decent spot somewhere the cats wouldn’t get her. Tweeted, all that condensed would sound like ” Mom found a praying mantis, showed me in a styrofoam cup, then let it go.” Interesting stuff!
The day after my Twitter meltdown, the twitterer I direct messaged , told me “Nothing to be sorry about, my dear. You’re awesome!” He is so cool. My online friend, Sandra, also sent me kind words of comfort, before I heard back from Direct Message Guy, which eased my nerves quite a bit. 🙂
(Mantis photo taken from bestpicuregallery.com w/o permission!)
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That is kind of hilarious about twitter. I have an account but only occasionally use it to promote my blog or something else. I much prefer Facebook because… I don’t know why I just do.
You aren’t weird for loving Praying Mantises. A lot of people do. If you even see one you are supposed to be blessed with incredible luck. I’m not sure what it means if you catch one in a cup. A year of luck…?
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Yay, I can finally say to everyone ‘I got lucky!’ Thanks, Scot 🙂
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You know you can have your posts linked to Twitter. Every time you post here, it will tweet the title and link.
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didn’t know you were a twit as well as a botton dweller, loon 😆
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Hiya Duncan,
Nice to see you!
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I’d love to do that. Will definitely have to look into it, thanks!!!
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The mantis story and photo are charming, and it’s a meaningful contrast to the Twitter story. Though I understand why people do social networking like Twitter, I remain of the opinion that it does more harm than good. People are distanced from each other enough already without spending time engaged in the pretense that sending short text messages about (mostly) insignificant things enriches the experience of life. Everyone’s time on Earth is precious. How much does sending updates really matter? It’s kind of like being a part of crap journalism too. The Enquirer always outsells the Times. People who tweet about celebs or sex get the most followers. Plus, as you pointed out in the post, salespeople are NOT friends.
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Still kinda fun and you hear from people on Facebook you haven’t seen in years. Case in point, my elementary school principal! You know, the poor soul who thought I was going to die. I ain’t got the guts to write something to her though, b/c it will most likely end with her asking me what did I do with myself and I don’t want to tell her I didn’t really do anything at all.
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