Comments on: Theorizing Twitter: Narratives and Identity

By: The great escape

The great escape — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:49:31 +0000

[...] I think not. Blogging, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube : these are the parts of the web « into which one can ‘write an identity’ into a public arena ». And writing our new, second identity is what we do all along, telling the story we have [...]

By: The great escape « Rheta’s World

The great escape « Rheta’s World — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:40:55 +0000

[...] ? I think not. Blogging, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube : these are the parts of the web « into which one can ‘write an identity’ into a public arena ». And writing our new, second identity is what we do all along, telling the story we have [...]

By: Nav

Nav — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:39:18 +0000

That’s interesting Lauren – that whole idea of intention and how you can mean more/less/something different from what you meant to seems to be one of Twitter’s main benefits and drawbacks. I do think that’s another thing that the compression is good for too – it almost forces a kind of ambiguity.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:23:07 +0000

I love the comic! I’ve had tweets about food before (not poop, but never say never)… but I say, meh, why not? I feel like you can spend 140 characters talking about your laundry, or you can spend 20 minutes thinking of a super clever message to whomever is following you, and the same purpose has been served. It’s true that we construct “artificial authentic selves” on there, and it’s definitely narcissistic (I have hardly any followers, so for me it’s like a mini blog nobody reads), but I like the way it showcases human nature in such a small amount of space. You can be personal or distant; you can be artistic or mundane. Whatever you choose to write about during any given tweet says something about you that you may or may not have intended, since you’re writing it as if someone else actually cares about those particular 140 characters. I like thinking about what people said and wondering what they didn’t (or couldn’t) say, but I also like just writing random thoughts sometimes. So… that’s all a roundabout, extremely rambly way of saying I like twitter. Anyway, thanks for introducing me to it all!