So you're a part of the online community called twitter. Hmm? Yeah? And you're finally getting pretty good at tweeting and replies and DM's and making url's tiny, etc. Right? But now there's something else that's happened that you weren't really expecting - and you didn't even know the potential existed that this could happen to you, quite frankly. And the truth is you've never been one given to addictions (like some other people you know) except now it's you that's gotten hooked. It's you! And you're addicted to/can't live without twitter. (Is there a 12-step program somewhere to help?) And you just might be a tweet-a-holic if...#1: Your last intimate conversation with your husband/wife was about your latest tweet.
#2: You're referring to/thinking of people by their tweet names instead of their real names.
#3: You're thinking about your next tweet(s) while you're jogging/exercising.
#4: You're writing down future tweets during a seminar at work.
#5: You're neglecting other important duties because you're tweeting so much.
#6: Your emails are now done in tweet format (140 characters or less, lower case, etc.).
#7: You're very concerned with how many are following you versus how many are following somebody else.
#8: You get semi-depressed when someone unfollows you or when no one replies to your short, pithy tweet/saying.
#9: You are elated/your ego gets a boost when someone with more followers follows you first.
#10: The thought of going without twitter for even just one single, solitary day (check out @tweetfast) causes you to go into a withdrawal ("please, when/where can I get my next twitter fix?").
#11: You've become a twitter evangelist - everyone you know you introduce them to twitter/tweeting.
#12: The bulk of your conversations when you're not on twitter are about: _________ (fill in the blank). (Three choices: a. twitter; b. twitter; c. twitter).
So what do you think?...have anymore "you might be a tweet-a-holic if's" to contribute?...send them my way...I might add to post?...oops There I go again showing signs of my own addiction?! ;)
Good job! I agree with every one of these. I have actually experienced a few myself. Maybe you should also add- you know your a twitter-a-holic
ReplyDeleteif.... You actually post a blog about what makes you a twitter-a-holic. Thanks for the blog Mike.
See ya in Twitterland!!!!
Lolol I guess next thing will be Twitterholic anonymous :D Sign me up
ReplyDeleteI use Tweetdeck for Twitter. When you are done typing you just hit ENTER and it goes. I now do that in Word, and in my e-mail program - hit Enter...and then sit frowning when nothing happens until it occurs to me to click SEND!
ReplyDeleteAlright, I confess - I am a Tweet-a-holic!!
ReplyDeleteI recognise a good many of these signs in myself!!
However, I have no intention of going into Tweehab!
I LOVE Twitter!!
Annette
(@annttkerr)
Yep, I'm hooked!
ReplyDeletehow true is this, yes i suffer from the symtoms
ReplyDeleteMinor illness right now. Just showing symptoms of the tweet-a-holic!
ReplyDelete2nd monitor only has Tweetdeck and will be on board for the 12-step program soon.
ReplyDeletemy tweet-o-holism is still on a manageable level.. hehe..
ReplyDeleteI'm not addicted, I can quit at any time---just choose not to....
ReplyDeleteexcellent job. i am a psychiatrist who specializes in social network addictions. anyone may contact me for consultation. please limit request to 140 characters or less.
ReplyDeleteWe may need to start a support group! :)
ReplyDeleteSupport Group....but only on Twitter, please! No other format allowed!
DeleteLike Susi, just installed a dual monitor this week for tweetdeck, facebook, etc...and teaching others this am how to become addicted as well! Great Blog.
ReplyDeleteWhew! #2 is the only one that I am blatantly guilty of. Great list!
ReplyDeleteBRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO! I laughed all the way through...now I am a bit nervous because I realized I am TOTALLY addicted! Twitter rocks!
ReplyDeleteI am YOSEXI. I am a Tweet-a-holic.
ReplyDeleteI am starting to become one. For me the content of tweets is more important than the number of tweets per day. So, I have the impression that I still control the addiction. But, I might be wrong. Have a great day. Juan
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm not a tweet-a-holic... If I deny is not the first sign of being a tweet-a-holic? Right?
ReplyDeleteforgot to mention withdrawal symptoms at the site of a fail whale
ReplyDeleteHow about the guy that was "debating" me that sent me about 25 tweets while I was away watching TV, and then he claimed to have won the "debate"? As Ace Ventura said, "Luh-HOO zuh-HUR!"
ReplyDeleteI am a self confessed tweet-o-holic!!
ReplyDeleteI am in Tweenial. Guess the next stage is around the corner. Thx for the twarning.
ReplyDeleteYou might be a twitter-holic when you're creating hashtags in your head about what someone is saying to you.
ReplyDeleteYou might be a twitter-holic when you're creating hashtags in your head about what someone is saying to you.
ReplyDeleteYes, and you type hashtags in your e-mail and blog and facebook posts, and that "pound-sign" key is getting faded.
ReplyDeleteWhen I go to sleep instead of counting sheep I'm re-sighting my tweets ... Surely somethings wrong ! I'm a tweeter holic ... ?
ReplyDeletenice post. now every time i am on twitter this will serve as my tweet-a-holic meter..:)
ReplyDeleteCame on twitter recently but now I know why some people always talked about their tweets!But some of your comments here are hilarious.can't stop laughing!
ReplyDeleteHey I'm not Twitter-addicted. In fact, I just can't be. I am always off during weekends..:)
ReplyDeleteHi I do not recognize myself at all here and I don't have any symptoms of a twitter addicted. olivier_jasko I follow back 100%
ReplyDeleteNot addicted to Twitter. Still learning.
ReplyDeleteI'm guilty of numbers 2, 7 and 8. Follow me @DaveVerney. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHey it can also happen that once you sit on your laptop and by default you open the twitter page on your browser or even on your phone, I have begun to enjoy this addiction, maybe will be one soon. But this was good stuff written
ReplyDeleteHi,well i could very well become addicted,but im new here and still learning.Saying tweet was hard for me at first ,but its ok now.Oh im addicted to singsnap..
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ReplyDeleteHi thanks for sharing this topics.Nice Post!
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Very creative and insightful blog, Mike!
ReplyDeleteGives us all food for thought....Thank you....
Christopher
If I could reduce my email to 'tweet format' now that would be an addiction to savour - timewise :)
ReplyDeleteam not a twitter addict but getting attracted all the time
ReplyDelete#interesting #post. #hopefully #I #see #no #signs #of #addiction. #thanks @god #Im #safe
ReplyDeleteHi.Me name is bob and I'm a tweet-a-holic.
ReplyDeleteI am not much addicted, I am just beginning to think of using twitter for promotional activities.
ReplyDelete#OMG looks #like I should get #professional #help...
ReplyDeleteI'm actually starting to #think in #hastags, too TFTA (thaxs4 the article)
Im addicted through twitter but with something else anyway thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBusted!
ReplyDelete...future tweet-a-holic here
ReplyDeleteI must admit to some, and I have one more:
ReplyDeleteI email many, many Tweets to my adult daughters. So many that they know I Tweeeeet a lot
@CanadasCoach
Another one: What's the first thing you do in the mornng and last thing before bed? Tweet
ReplyDeletelol :)this made my day. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a great list already. Will add to your list for sure. Luckily for me, I don't have an addictive personality.
ReplyDeleteI once tweeted so much my fingers were too sore to play the guitar.
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