Convince Me to Use Twitter

I have never been sold on Twitter, I don’t understand it. To be honest, I have never really tried to understand it. I have used Facebook since senior year of high school and that has been enough to keep me in touch with my friends and updated on their lives. Especially when Facebook changed to be able to add status updates, I definitely had no need for Twitter. I also didn’t like the idea of knowing everything right away, providing your friends tweet as often as Twitter is mocked for. Where is the fun and suspense in life if everything, EVERYTHING is right out there, all the time, and furthermore, how do we know what is true and what is not?

I am not the only one who has these reservations regarding Twitter. Simon Dumenco, who has a Twitter account (@simondumenco) and uses it quite often, seems to agree. In an article he wrote, “10 Things Twitter Taught Mr About Media — and Myself,” he also states that he doesn’t feel he needs to know everything right away and he is not sure what to believe. Though he sees these as negatives regarding Twitter, he admits he LIKES to know things right away, regardless of if he NEEDS to or not, and he finds an adrenalin rush in Twitter.

This all makes me a little curious, maybe even enough to create an account. But where do I start? What do I say? Do I have a theme are just tweet whatever I’m feeling? How often? Before I make any commitment to start a Twitter account I am going to need help. Any suggestions?