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6 Reasons I'm a Twitter Crack Whore

Posted by Mike Volpe on Fri, Jul 25, 2008
 

  1. Twitter treats me like crap, but I keep coming back.  You would think that after the 3rd sighting of the fail whale, I would just pack up and go. But no, while the whale frustrates me to no end, I still hit the refresh button every 2 minutes to see if I can squeeze in a quick tweet.
  2. I don't pay Twitter with money, I pay with my "time".  The classic difference between a crack addict and complete crack whore is how you pay for your crack. If I paid with money, then I am just an addict. But with Twitter I pay with my time while I do un-natural and un-pleasant things... I read about what someone had for lunch. I learn what your favorite color is. I wait and wait until the whale is gone and I can get my fix.  I even recruit new people to join Twitter and blog about how to use Twitter for Marketing and PR.  What a slut I am!
  3. The more I use Twitter, the more addicted I get.  I first tried Twitter just to see what it was like. Just to experience it.  It was cool, but not addictive. I tried it a couple more times, I followed more people. Then more people followed me. Then somehow, before I knew it, I was hooked.
  4. I can't live for long without Twitter.  I get up in the morning, and one of the first things I do is check my laptop or mobile to get my Twitter fix.  I'm out at dinner and I want to do a quick check. It never stops. I can't go long without my Twitter fix.
  5. I sometimes pretend I don't use Twitter.  When I am talking to the 5 billion people who don't use Twitter or even care about what it is, I don't ever mention Twitter.  I know they would think I am a weak person for taking hits (I mean Tweets).  The classic sign of an addict is not owning up to your addition.
  6. I tell myself I can stop anytime I want to... But I can't!  I'm addicted.  I tell myself I am not addicted.  But I am.  If I tried to stop using Twitter I would go through a painful withdrawal, and I probably wouldn't be able to stop.

Are you a Twitter Crack Whore?  Follow Mike Volpe on Twitter and we can console each other.


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COMMENTS

Yep I'm a Twitter Crack Whore and I don't care! 
 
(sung to the tune of "Jimmy crack corn & I don't care) 
 
Although - I don't exhibit symptoms of #5 & #6 - but perhaps that makes me crazy?

posted @ Friday, July 25, 2008 2:42 AM by @CoachDeb

Love it. It is like an addiction. What scary is I do the same thing. My morning wake up is checking gmail and twitter via my phone. *sigh* We need TA (Twitters Anon)

posted @ Friday, July 25, 2008 10:35 AM by Kate Morris

Mike: 
Looks like it is time set up a 12 Step Program for Recovering Twitterites. I'll get on this right after I check my twitter account @headset....... :D

posted @ Friday, July 25, 2008 12:17 PM by Byron Van Arsdale

You are getting good at this. Thx. for the direction and support with understanding Inbound Mkt. 
 
Regards,

posted @ Friday, July 25, 2008 5:53 PM by mark

Here I am, taking a vacation on the coast of Maine. I'm being good about ignoring work. Ah, but Twitter. Even though I can only successfully send & receive by waving my phone over my head until I get a signal, I just keep doing it... 
 
@adarowski

posted @ Friday, July 25, 2008 10:58 PM by Adam Darowski

I've been using email since the mid 1980's. I've been using Twitter about 6 months. I would take Twitter over email any day! 
 
 
 
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/berniebay

posted @ Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:04 PM by Bernie Borges

Mike- 
 
This just made my day, what a great post! The worse part of it is that you tell yourself over and over again that it's work related.  
 
I swore I'd never become addicted and then about 2 weeks ago I had a mental lapse and here we are now...in the same boat as you described above. :-) 
 
I think I'll further my "itch" and re-tweet this to the other addicts (ahem, users). 
 
-Justin

posted @ Monday, July 28, 2008 4:21 PM by Justin Levy

My name is Ghennipher and I'm a Twitter addict. 
 
Everyone I hang out with uses Twitter. Every event I've attended in the past 3 weeks is with a fellow Twitter user. Ones that I met on Twitter and had no connection with before. I lost my phone for an hour yesterday, and I sent a panic Tweet about it...LOL. 
 
Gosh, it sounds so much worse than it really is...oh wait, denial...ok. Well see you at the next Twitter Anonymous Meeting. 
 
Follow me on Twitter! @ghennipher

posted @ Sunday, August 03, 2008 1:36 PM by Ghennipher

YOU'RE HYSTERICAL!!!

posted @ Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:10 AM by Victoria

That's hilarious!!! I love it, it's so true!

posted @ Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:03 PM by Maria

I see no whale...I see no whale...I see no whale.

posted @ Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:50 AM by Carrie

I knew I was a Twitter Whore when I Tweeted about cereal... 
I love cereal. 
-jen 
@jenharris09

posted @ Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:34 PM by Jen Harris

I like your set up. I want one. all those links in on one page. I want it.

posted @ Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:13 PM by Barbara Kite

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