hmm
Ya know, in this infinitely weird and wonderful world, there are some things I just don’t understand.
Sure sure, there are some things I find too repulsive to grasp, too stupid to believe, etc. This isn’t one of them.
What I don’t get is why seemingly random people have started following me on twitter.
It doesn’t BOTHER me in the least. Hey, more power to ‘em. I’m still in the “is this thing on?” stages of it so hey, whatever blows your skirt up.
But why? The people I know are people I know I know and that all makes sense (and I’ve usually followed them in kind, though nobody seems to actually… you know… USE the thing, but whatever.) But I get one or two emails a day saying “soandso’s following you.”
I do get the moment of creepoutedness that you might imagine such a phrase would invoke. But I just sorta shrug, crinkle my brow and say (usually outloud to the screen) “hey man, whatever, knock yourself out.”
But not understandin’ nuthin’ makes my hed hurt.
Tags: Twitter
January 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I feel the same way when I see some folks following me. Last week, for instance, I had a rash of “Conservative Christian, devoted husband and father” types. We’re talking well over 2 dozen in just 3 days!
After glancing over most of their profiles, I decided they were far too dull to waste my time reading. I have a feeling, however, quite a few of them quickly unfollowed me after I began spewing vodka-induced obscenities last week.
Or so I hope.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Heh. Sorry I missed that ;-)