So, my social experiment is complete. I tweeted on paper for 24 hours to try to find out how and why I tweet so much and I’ve come to a few conclusions. My tweets for 12/11 are below.
-I’m about to pee my pants. John Mayer is coming to Atlanta in March.
-This is when being single sucks. I can’t go with my girls. I need a date
-Kem is coming too… I love him. But there’s no one to go with… I’m sad.
- Honestly… 5,159 tweets… who has that much to say?
- This John Mayer Pandora is amazing
-”The rain in New Orleans forgot to stop. But the mouths of the people are dry.” -Joshua Radin “Everything’ll Be Alright”
-”No one wants to be alone during Christmas time… won’t you be my valentine?” -JM
-#notetoself The Fray is amazing. Thank you John Mayer Pandora.
-I don’t want to have anything in my home that can’t be used or touched. Ever. I want my home to be lived in.
-No forbidden rooms. No forbidden objects. I should start now.
-I want to light these candles on my tables center piece… but I can’t bring myself to do it. Grrr!
-#notetoself go to soundcloud.com to embed the media thing
-People are so self-righteous.
-I’m scared of getting carpal tunnel.
-See, this is why i don’t turn on my facebook chat.
-Some weirdo from Egypt just tried to force me to comment something inappropriate on his picture.
-Maybe I should stop skyping too. My South African/Malawian/Mozambiquan friend just pretty much proposed to me.
- I am a habitual status liker.
-To try weave or not to try weave. That is the question.
-I am constantly amazed by the fact that aluminum foil does NOT get hot in the oven! SO COOL!
-I shole am sisterly. Anything they ask of me that I can provide, I do. I like that.
-The don’t all know/understand that though. I hate that… but I digress.
- I’ve already got my godson, now I’m going to have a goddaughter!!! Yay Kaydence!!! I love you already!
-People have hater complexes. I’m totally fine with not being hated, even though I probably am a little… saying that probably got me a hater or two. Sounds like a win win. Touche.
- 1. Why does Emory feel like it’s appropriate to already have my classes up for next semester in Blackboard?
- 2. My importantly, why is there something called “college senior graduation information.”
So, the tweets above total to 27. If that indicates an “average”, then with over 5,300 tweets… I’m no mathmetician, but that just doesn’t add up. So, I’ve been observing, and I know what makes twitter so much fun, so time consuming, and the reason why I tweet so much! (drummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm rollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll) it’s the followers! duh!!! MOST of my tweets, and by most I mean easily 70-80% are responses, comments, or retweets to the people in my timeline. On top of that, I feel compelled to respond to almost every single retweet I get. If I don’t, I feel like I’m ignoring people. So, all in all, I feel better about myself. I no longer think that tweeting is some aimless, ego-boosting, waste of time and that I suck for being addicted to it. It’s really a way to hear and be heard. And as Lil Duval says, “there’s nothing wrong with being a follower, as long as you’re following the right people.”
And with that in mind… I’m satisfied. Tweet on!


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