I deleted my Twitter account today.
I don’t need any encouragement to post every minute detail of my life: where I am, what I’m eating/cooking/buying/planning - and even worse, what is irritating me at any given point. My Twitter was inches away from becoming a place where I vented about the latest Qantas delay. Horrific!
The Internet for me is supposed to be about exploring and learning about the world, ideas and other people, being creative, always trying to be better.
Tumblr, Facebook and Flickr help develop what I like about myself (exploration, openness, friendship-building, analysis) while Twitter, through no fault of its own of of its community’s, brought out my worst qualities (like self centredness and laziness).
Naturally I’ll still read all my old and new friends’ Twitters. I loved hearing observations from, and meeting, so many cool new people- but that can always happen via RSS, blog comments or email!
