Facebook V. Twitter

Aight, so, if you're a loyal Trufe Seeker, you might recall a post from last November entitled "Who's Real? Who's Fake?", which mainly focused on how nowadays, it seems that people rely on social-networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to portray an image of someone not truly reflective of the person they really are. In that post, I mentioned, and I quote, "I really think that most people are only on Facebook becuz the current social networking site trend is 'MySpace is lame, Facebook is where it's at', or something along those lines." Well, folks, inevitably, the time is upon us that the current social networking site trend is "Facebook is lame, Twitter is where it's at." And I knew it would happen.
Lemme get straight to the point, I feel that Twitter is "the dumbest shit ever created", going back to the aforementioned post. I once read a post on Twitter that was somewhere along the lines of "most of the people dissin' Twitter are the people who have no followers", and I won't bullshit cha, I am amongst that bunch. But, I for one am proud of my 41 followers, gat dammit. So tell me, Mr. or Mrs. anyonymous know-it-all-Tweeter, how does one gain a lotta followers? Cuz from what I see, you either have to be a celebrity, have a pic or pics showing more skin than should be allowed on the internet, or have no problem with being "publically" ignorant every 5 minutes. Save for the first option, I'll pass on that.
But, my lack of followers and my cluelessness on how to gain followers is NOT the reason I dislike Twitter. I dislike it because after months of giving it a chance, I still fail to see its purpose. I mean, who really needs to know (or cares) what someone is doing by the minute? Why are people interested in having a play-by-play of someone else's life? And the trending topics are the worst. Just last week, I just so happened to be checking my Twitter and the #1 TT at the time was #ThingsBlackPeopleDo. Like, for real? A trending topic like that has the potential to get ignorant faster than black men run away from fatherhood. <--- See that shit? THAT'S the type of ignorance that reigns supreme on Twitter. But no worries, I could get away with displaying my ignorance as long as I put #ThingsBlackPeopleDo before or after a prejudiced quip like that.
In my opinion, the title of this post is inaccurate; I fail to understand how people can truly compare Facebook to Twitter. It's really an apple and oranges debate, if you think about it (but I get the strange feeling most Tweeters don't think a lot, if at all). I mean, Facebook is a website which, to my knowledge, exists for the purpose of keeping connections intact, as well as reuniting with people from your past, such as people you went to high school with, former co-workers, etc. And Twitter is a website which... well, I still haven't figured out its purpose. So, if you're one of those people who don't keep it real via your Facebook, and merely have one because it was the trend at the time, or you just use it as a source of entertainment, I can understand why you choose to run to Twitter for the obvious reasons. But, if you actually use Facebook for what it was made for; to keep in touch with people when text messages and phone calls get old, you're probably in the same boat as me in this debate.
So, that's that, I guess. I for one, log into my Facebook every single day. With text messaging virtually making phone conversations obsolete, and me not having 1,076 phone numbers in my phone as I have that same amount of friends on Facebook, I still use Facebook as a tool of communication as opposed to entertainment. Even when I feel the need to be entertained through the computer screen, I don't rely on the ignorance that runs amuck on Twitter to be that entertainment. That's what YouTube as well as game websites are for. I also prefer being labeled a "friend" as opposed to a "follower", but with most people on Twitter merely using it due to following a trend anyway, I'm sure the latter title presents no problem with them.
To close, I still think people need to find the courage to be themselves and make their own choices, on and off the internet. Because as long as people lack that courage, I'm pretty sure Twitter, too will be old news in maybe a year and a half, tops. And I leave you with the same question I asked at the end of the "Who's Real? Who's Fake?" post: when will we be comfortable enough with ourselves to BE ourselves? #ThatIsAll.
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~Trufe