I cheated and I liked it ;)

Have you ever been so in love with something

 that the thought of cheating is revolting?

I have this with my current boyfriend however this is not the relationship in which I am referring to. My relationship with Facebook has been along one. We are about to celebrate 6 healthy loving years together. I enjoy our long statuses and the ability of creep on others in stealth.

 However a little tramp has come along recently and has stared to tempt me TO CHEAT. TWITTER is the name of this temptress, which at a fast glance is only a Facebook status bar, sooo original!!! This fact alone is the reason that until recently I have been faithful to my love, Facebook. However after taking Twitter for a ride or two my heart is now conflicted and confused not knowing what to do.

In Julian Dibbell's article, Future of Social Media: Is the Tweet the New Size of a thought?Julian touches on a draw back of twitter. “The most important thing about it isn't the messages themselves — most of them are admittedly banal — but the form of the message: 140 characters or fewer.” Twitter is meant for short burst of thought and expressions. However to me the 140 character max is very restricting and I myself don’t thing in 140 characters or less. To me twitter is a washed down attempt at a social media site. However this changed after I read this article and this particular paragraph.

            “… by forcing users to commit their thinking to the bite-size form of the public tweet, Twitter maybe giving a powerfully productive new life to a hitherto underexploited quantum of thought: The random, fleeting observation.”

This passage sparked an idea in my head to better understand twitter. I now view twitter as a modern day form of poetry, comparable to short poetic prose. These short burst of thought have to be condensed down in a witty and poetic way for followers to understand the tweets.

So as I continue to use both Facebook and Twitter, my heart grows fonder of both. They both offer different and unique options of communication. However this is becoming an affair to remember with both of them sometimes receiving the same love (status update) from me.

So come and watch the fireworks in this affair to remember @ Luke Charbonneau and LCharbie17