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Confessions of a Twitter Addict

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(Newser) – Last Thursday, the Twitterverse flickered and temporarily went blank. And a writer sat there, staring. “It was funny, in a kind of pathetic, soul-crushing way,” Laurel Snyder writes on Salon. “I stared at the blank screen, hitting refresh over and over.” Her withdrawal worsened as she sat on a park bench, "twittering to no one. And that’s when I knew I had a problem.” It was time for her to face her addiction.

It "shouldn't have come as a surprise,” writes Snyder, an “absolute extrovert” stay-at-home mom who spends days "with two people who are just barely verbal." Still, she cried when she realized her addiction had gobbled up family time and left dishes unwashed. Now she posts only a few times a day and always slams her laptop with a wham! "The minute it feels too natural, the minute it feels like a real conversation, is the minute I start to worry."

"Twitter is good," Laurel Snyder writes on Salon. "Twitter is too good. I have, at my fingertips, the world I have sought all my life."   (Twitter)
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Twitter never goes to bed. Twitter is useful. Twitter is good. Twitter is too good. I have, at my fingertips, the world I have sought all my life. ... Why does anyone ever leave the house? - Laurel Snyder

All the ideas meant for mulling. All the words best spoken to an audience of one (or none). It’s the idea that thinking is not a performance, hard as that can be for someone like me to accept. - Laurel Snyder

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RepressedBySociety
Aug 15, 09 6:13 PM CDT
Every time I think I might see what all the fuss is about something slaps me in the face with a DON'T DO IT! Reply
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schmidtkoff
Aug 16, 09 3:20 AM CDT
exactamente. the tweeting twitters are twits.
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cognitivefilter
Aug 15, 09 6:15 PM CDT
ohhhhhhhh sad and boringggg Reply
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Jojo
Aug 15, 09 6:33 PM CDT
That's funny. Especially people reluctant to try Twitter. I used Myspace for about 2 months 5 years ago, never used Facebook, and I love Twitter. There is no hassle with updating statuses, keeping track of anything, adding unnecessary crap, just open, type something and be done. I think the "addiction" is in you whether you use Twitter, drink booze, overeat, or anything else. If you have enough sense to use it in moderation, it's really fun. Reply
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Mad
Aug 15, 09 9:47 PM CDT
On what planet does Twitter "... feel too natural ... feel like a real conversation" ? Reply
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