I used Twitter. It was exciting for about a month. I was too lazy to constantly update others on my nonsense. I'm better with text messages, IM's and emails.

I read a couple months back about a blogger that was using Twitter to post her erotic escapades. I can't remember who the blogger was or where I read about it. Hopefully one of your readers has the name.

SS,

I actually have an account on Twitter that I'm using actively. But it's a lot of work to maintain multiple accounts on the same service, so I don't think I will use it as Sinner.

I was initially self-conscious on Twitter, but it's the same basic principle as blogging. Either you believe you have something to say, or you don't. The primary difference is that you have to learn to be less verbose, which is an important skill to have. By design, I think Twitter's more about status changes and current location changes and bits of news, but I know there are already those bending it to their own nefarious purposes. And this is good. I'm not at all shocked that the technology was sexualized. It's frankly perfect for it.

And like I said, the simplicity is wonderful. No post titles. No categories, links, or tags. The small amount of text means you learn to re-word yourself to say what you mean, or you learn to serialize and use multiple sequential tweets.

And again, it's perfect for the browser on your phone. And you can text to it or from it. It is shockingly clever.

~Sinner

"Thump thump"

"Who's there?"

"Sinner!"

>>

I just couldn't help myself, Emperor Sinner.

Aw! It's not like I'm The Big Bad Wolf!

~Sinner

No, you are the Emperor. With big white teeth. " Hellooo little girls..."

Teasing. Don't boot me out the Kingdom.

Liras, hiding from the Royal Forces

Pay no attention to my gleaming incisors...

Of course I have mentioned that I do like to bite.

~Sinner

Sinner,
I'm twitterpated!
I haven't used it for anything other than posting my idiot phrases but I've seriously thought about it.
Thing is everyone on Twitter knows me personally, so I'll post something risque and get 20 phone calls 10 minutes later.
And don't suggest a different screen name, I can't do it. I'm filthyrotten. Period. ~g~

FRA,

I hear you. It took me a long time to move away from my original pen-name.

It's funny how it goes. Between one social service and the next, I have some overlap, but it's not at all like I have one place when everyone is. And in that regard, it's very much like Real Life (tm). One is a part of many circles, but sometimes the only commonality between them all is one's self. and once you established yourself in a certain way in a certain place, it's hard to change that inertia.

~S

I just started Twittering. It's actually way more enjoyable than I thought it would be.

NM,

I agree completely. I didn't understand at first, and I'm not sure that I can explain why it works, but I do like it a lot.

Do you Tweet as NudeMuse or other?

~Sinner

Twitter is a very cool tool, but still developing into its full potential. I agree that it's a bit confusing to comprehend, but once you start using it then it starts to make sense.

I had the same experience: using twitter was fun and interesting for about a week, then it began to get overwhelming and I wasn't quite clear what was being accomplished.

I'm holding off on it for now, but keeping my eyes on it: keep me posted as to how it's working for you.

Cheers,

BB

BB,

I think it works if you have geeky friends who also enjoy texting and instant messaging, and it works if you consider it things you might say in conversation with those friends or it works as a simple way to update your status for folks who might actually care. It's also a handy way to gather a quick bit of opinion or to take an informal pol or to seek consensus.

I don't understand the accounts of people who follow 600 or 42,000 people. That makes no sense to me and I block all of the random people and corporate shills who glom onto my account. I don't follow any celebrity Tweets, though there are a few who I have been told use the tool well and are entertaining.

I also like being able to subscribe to mobile notifications for a specific few, and further, the Direct Tweet feature works well for me, too. In all, I think the service is fully formed. I see it as a way to hang out with your friends when you can't be together.

As with all social services, the group of friends who Tweets is difference the the group on Facebook, and is different than the group who relies on MySpace. There is of course some overlap, but as a rule, those are pretty distinct for me.

Does my experience jibe with yours?

~Sinner