Giving a tweet about Twitter

I’m a social media junkie. I’m addicted to Twitter.

I use it to follow all kinds of people and learn amazing things, keeping up with news as it’s happening. Yes, I admit, I love the celebrity gossip too. And with just 140 characters per tweet, everything is about grabbing your attention. Sometimes, I’ll click through and read a whole article — Twitter is like a personalized newspaper with the headlines I’m interested in, about people and organizations I’m interested in.

Twitter is less interactive than Facebook, where you’re expecting comments or interactions from your friends or followers. Twitter is a world of non-sequiturs. You can, and I often do, reply to tweets, but it is not expected and I don’t personally know most of the people I follow. It’s like a cocktail party conversation — just people being witty and charming, sharing small observations or “did you hears?” Then move on.

I actually have two Twitter accounts. One is where I share things in connection to my spiritual self. The second, @TheLesSocialite, is where I share social events and commentary, celebrate everything LGBT and talk things fashionable and funny. I share stories about women, music, restaurants and anything food related, persons of color, home, weddings (another obsession of mine), movies, sports — you name it. It’s not necessary to be an expert in any of these subjects; I just have to know where to look and pass it on.

I know some people want to be off the grid, striving to completely unplug from the information age we live in. I understand this. I too require some unplugging. This is usually when I go camping. I just give people fair warning and then turn off my phone and computer. Otherwise, my favorite thing to do is plug in and see what’s going on.

This brings us back to why I love Twitter. If you don’t want to engage, you don’t have to — you can check out for a few days. When you’re ready, there are plenty of things on Twitter to easily reconnect to.

When you disconnect from Facebook, on the other hand, you actually run the risk of losing almost all contact with some of your friends. I actually once had a friend admonish me, when we had a chance to sit down for a face-to-face chat, when I asked what was going on in her life. She said “I posted it all over Facebook, so how can you not know?” (Sorry.)

Twitter is filled with blurbs of information you can pick up at any time. No one is expecting you to participate, though you can. They are just giving you glimpses of things that happen along the way.

I invite you to join me in the chatter. If you’ve got something to say, I’ll follow back!