Twittering away my life
I signed up for a Twitter account at the beginning of June, and since then I’ve been Twittering my life away. Actually the verb is “tweeting,” as Twitter updates are officially called “tweets.” You can read my updates in the column on the right side of this page, but you’ve probably already figured that out.
Twitter works on a very simple concept: you provide the answer to the question, “What are you doing?” That answer must be less than 140 characters, including spaces. (This is what’s known as “microblogging.”) Whatever you write becomes part of your followers’ news feed, which is updated every time someone writes new post.
So why did I join this ridiculous craze? Someone told me only celebrities are on Twitter, and this is as close as I’ll probably ever get to being a celebrity.
Actually, I had been thinking about creating a Twitter account for some time when, during a worship service, my pastor mentioned that he enjoys reading United Pentecostal Church International Assistant General Superintendent Paul Mooney’s Twitter updates. I began following Mooney too, and soon discovered that other prominent (and not-so-prominent) ministers also used Twitter. That led to me spending more time on the site following the heroes of the faith, so I decided to start using the service myself.
Now I’m a follower of 83 different Twitter feeds, and I have amassed a following of 43 disciples, including Karl Rove and Bobby Jindal. Yes, these two prominent political figures have nothing better to do than sit around breathlessly waiting for the latest word from Camp Mohr. And we wonder why the Republican Party is in trouble?
(Actually, Governor Jindal is following more than 24,000 feeds, while Rove is following nearly 63,000. Chances are good they’ve never seen anything I’ve ever posted.)
The real fun of Twitter is reading updates posted by the people you follow. For those of you who care, here are a few of the ministers I’m following. Click on their name to see their Twitter page.
Nate Binion
Paul Mooney
Jared Arango
Mark Driscoll
Kenneth Haney
Matthew Barnett
Mark Johnston
Art Hodges III
Doug Klinedinst
Tommy Tenney
Kenneth Phillips
Rodney Shaw
Perry Noble
This is by no means an exhaustive list. I also follow plenty of men in secular vocations, including athletes, journalists, politicians and marketing experts, and even a few friends.
Stupid, you say? Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. Just don’t forget to sign up as one of my followers.
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