Are You Overdosing on Twitter?
According to a survey 60% of Twitter users make a tweet less than once a week. Others though may be making over 200 tweets a day. Like any ‘addictive type’ activity though for some it becomes a habit they just can’t get enough of. It’s a bit like playing the slot machines. You never know when you might get that little reward (the best tweet ever, the latest scoop, a new follower) so you keep going back again and again, just in case. Psychologists tell us that this kind of random reinforced behavior can be the hardest to break.
You know you are addicted to Twitter when:
1. You spend more than 5 hours a day connected to Twitter
2. You tweet and drive – Possibly a dangerous activity.
3. You burn the supper at least once a week because you just have to catch up on that last tweet.
4. You wake up several times during the night just to make sure you haven’t missed anything on Twitter.
5. You are often late for important meetings because you just had to check out one more tweet.
6. You are no longer able to speak to anyone for more than 140 characters (and you KNOW exactly when you have reached that limit)
7. You send a tweet asking whether you should order a Jim Beam or Perrier water and wait at the bar until you get a reply.
8. Your daily shower is never longer than 2 minutes just in case you miss a good tweet – or worse still you only shower every 3rd day!
9. You take your cell with you in the bath so you can stay connected to Twitter.
10. You use the term @ when calling your mother.
11. You have at least 6 Twitter applications working at one time.
12. You don’t answer the door until the caller has sent a tweet letting you know they are coming, and you have checked out their Twitter profile, or seen if they are following you.
Seriously there is nothing wrong with loving Twitter, but if you are over doing it, it might be time to take stock of your twittering habits. Here are a few tips to bring your twitter addiction under control:
1. Turn off the phone and internet for one hour a day
2. Take a long shower.
3. Turn off your Twitter RSS feeds overnight
4. Set yourself a daily tweet limit. Keep that number list with you and cross off each one you make, stop when you have used up your limit. Cut back by 5 tweets a day.
Reward yourself for each thing you do by giving yourself bonus tweets too. You will find that the world hasn’t gone away and you can catch up with all those tweets anyway. Your followers may wonder if you have had an accident, but hey they will be all the happier to see you when you are back in full tweet mode.
In closing – a little light humor from the guys at Youtube Rhett and Link
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Thanks for posting this.. I really enjoyed the video.
I thought I might be addicted to Twitter. You’ve made me realize I’m almost at that point. lol Great post!
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Very light hearted and humorous. I really enjoyed the multiple dimemsions of this post.
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OK- this is totally brilliant and totally sad at the same time.. it means I am nearly twitified!
And seriously… How did you know I burn the supper at least once a week because you just have to catch up on that last tweet? Are you spying on me?? lol.
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I like the hurmous undertone of this piece.