I recently joined twitter. Now, if you're thinking, "Gosh, I need to follow Audrey", which I'm sure all of you are...let me just say this...there is no one more boring on twitter than yours truly. Save your time. I currently have four followers (without a clue who two of them are), and to date I've "tweeted" seven times (four of those tweets done by my one year old). Did you know that Kim Kardashain has over 11,000,000 followers?! Don't worry, I'm not one of them, but I hardly think anyone is THAT interesting! The truth is I've never seen the point of twitter if you're on Facebook. It's basically the same thing right? As it is, I already have a somewhat love hate relationship with Facebook. There are things about it that are good. It allows people to stay involved and share life with friends and family that live far away. I love that I've reconnected with family I haven't seen in years, gotten to talk to friends I haven't spoken to since we left Mexico, caught up with high school friends, etc. However, I feel there is a negative side to Facebook as well. I find it gives people the tendency to portray their lives in a distorted way. It's so easy to post a certain status or photo to draw attention and get those "5 minutes of fame". News feeds are chock-full of perfect kids, perfect weddings, perfect marriages, perfect vacations...perfect lives. Why? That's so far from reality. I've seen Facebook connect people in good ways sure, but I've also seen it hurt relationships and break up friendships. It has a way of tapping into people's insecurities and making it seem like the grass is always greener on the other side. It's hard to find a balance of sharing life with family and friends and not succumbing to the artificiality of it all.
So no denying I was reluctant to add yet another social media with twitter. But a good friend of mine joined twitter right about the time the Boston Marathon bombings occurred. She was using twitter as a way to stay up to date on current events. That's what sold me on the idea. I'm not one to watch the news or read the paper. I enjoy doing both, but it rarely happens. So I made the jump, and admittedly really like it. I have a few friends I follow, but most of my feed is filled with local and world wide news. Wow! It's true what they say, "ignorance is bliss". Twitter for me is like the opposite of Facebook. It's nothing but real life...and real life is scary. It can be heavy reading about kidnapped children, collapsed buildings, and current events in Syria all the time. It seems like there's always some sort of "death count". Have you guys been following the coverage on the Gosnell trial? Sickening! We live in such a fallen and terrifying world! I'm always thankful to find some comedic relief in Jim Gaffigan's tweets. He's a good one to follow if you need a good laugh from time to time.
So we definitely live in the age of social media, and if I'm going to participate I'll have to accept the disadvantages right along with the benefits. If I've learned anything, it's this...
Hahahahaha!! That last one was just to mess with you.
So no denying I was reluctant to add yet another social media with twitter. But a good friend of mine joined twitter right about the time the Boston Marathon bombings occurred. She was using twitter as a way to stay up to date on current events. That's what sold me on the idea. I'm not one to watch the news or read the paper. I enjoy doing both, but it rarely happens. So I made the jump, and admittedly really like it. I have a few friends I follow, but most of my feed is filled with local and world wide news. Wow! It's true what they say, "ignorance is bliss". Twitter for me is like the opposite of Facebook. It's nothing but real life...and real life is scary. It can be heavy reading about kidnapped children, collapsed buildings, and current events in Syria all the time. It seems like there's always some sort of "death count". Have you guys been following the coverage on the Gosnell trial? Sickening! We live in such a fallen and terrifying world! I'm always thankful to find some comedic relief in Jim Gaffigan's tweets. He's a good one to follow if you need a good laugh from time to time.
So we definitely live in the age of social media, and if I'm going to participate I'll have to accept the disadvantages right along with the benefits. If I've learned anything, it's this...
- I waste too much time on Facebook and Twitter.
- I like genuine.
- I hate fake.
- We live in a small world...wow! I have mutual friends with people all over the world.
- Depth in friendships can only occur when we are vulnerable and admit our own short comings, not by only posting/seeing the good parts.
- There is always a different truth behind the mislead perfection.
- I'm grateful I get to participate in the lives of far away friends/family and watch them become parents to beautiful babies (some that I may never get to meet).
- My kids are definitely cuter than yours.
Hahahahaha!! That last one was just to mess with you.
