Why I Qwitter
I love Twitter. Over the past year, it has allowed me to share my thoughts, meet some great people and learn things I would not have learned without it. Those are all valuable and enjoyable functions.
But I had to quit.
There comes a point when the signal is surpassed by the noise. Over the past few months I’ve realized two facts: 1) Twitter was interfering with my getting work completed and 2) Twitter was a large contributing factor in my need to constantly be connected and up-to-date1.
The costs have begun to outweigh the benefits.
So for the past seven days I’ve been without Twitter (mostly). And so far, so good. Less distractions while working and more time offline made for a pretty satisfying week. You may feel this is an extreme reaction to this particular problem, but I’m a strong proponent of the idea that reduction doesn’t work. I could check Twitter less (reduction), but in the end my usage always creeps back up.
Stopping altogether is the better solution for now. Maybe I’l use this service again in future, but for now I’m happy with the quiet.
- What my wife refers to as the ‘just checks’ [↩]
