This Twitter Thingy Stuff

Many people are really up in a roar about everything happening over at Twitter. I guess I can understand, somewhat. I’m more or less an outsider looking in at the situation. I’ve never tweeted. Not once in my life. Shocking, I know.

If you read my About page, then you should know that I’m not on other social media outlets. Why? Because I totally suck at them. For whatever reason, they have never held my interest. I have tried to be more active on Facebook (under my real name) but it never lasts. I get bored, and that’s it.

Every once in a while I might read tweets from people, or Facebook posts, or Instagram posts of some of my favorite authors, but I have no desire to take part in being an active member of those sites. Honestly, I do not know why. It’s the way I am.

This may change one day. Who knows, I might find a platform I like and that will be it. I’ll be hooked. Stranger things have happened.

Right now, I find it amusing? Interesting? Not sure what the right word is. Many people are frantically searching for a new platform and others are riding the wave to see what happens. I think the ones who are frantically searching for a new platform are doing so because Twitter was their main platform.

MySpace and Google+

Remember MySpace? At one time, it was all the rage. Then Facebook, Twitter and others came along and MySpace faded into the distance. While that situation is a little different from what’s going on at Twitter right now, still there is a lesson we should have learned from MySpace. No platform is forever.

When Google shut down Google+, it surprised everyone at how many people actually used that platform. Again, it should have been a lesson that, hey, your favorite platform could shut down at any moment.

I’m guessing, and this is really just a guess from things I’ve read online, that the people not freaking out are the people who have an online presence on other platforms besides Twitter. Most likely because they lived through the MySpace and Google+ days. They know not to limit themselves to one platform.

Blogging

The humble blog is where I find my home. Everyone says that blogging is dead, but I still read a great deal of blogs. I like them because I don’t have to sign-up or be a member of a certain platform or follow or friend anyone. I can just go to their site, read what they have to say, and get on with my day. Or I can use an RSS reader and get all the posts in one place, sort of like a social media platform only I’m not bombarded with ads. In short, this is the one form of social media I actually enjoy.

Blogging isn’t dead like people say it is, but it reached its peak when other social media outlets became more popular. Will blogging see a resurgence during all this Twitter stuff? Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows? Personally, I’d love to see a resurgence.

The thing with blogging is it’s your own little space on the web. It’s a place of your own. You can do as you wish, mostly. You’re not in the clutches of big tech and all their ads, algorithms, and other nonsense. The thing with blogging is if the platform I’m on shuts down, I can easily move it and point my domain name to the new platform without many hiccups.

The point is, the people whose blogs I read/follow don’t seem to be as worried about Twitter and its future because often their blog is their main platform. And/or they can be found in other places on the web. Or they remember MySpace and Google+ and already had a back-up plan in place.

Do I feel for the people who are worried about Twitter’s uncertain future? Yeah, I do. I get it, I really do. Even if I don’t get the appeal of all these different platforms. I hope this is a lesson well learned by many. Who knows, Twitter might come out of this alive and well in the end. As of now, I’m not hopeful, as I’ve lived through the demise of others.

One Last Thing

Just a reminder for everyone. If you are looking for me on other platforms, I’m not there. Right now, this is the only social media place to find Zetta Hunt. If you find this name on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. It’s not me. I’ve got too much writing to get done to worry about being all over the internet right now.

And there is the lesson for myself in all of this: stop worrying about social media and what’s happening on the internet and get my writing done.