Comments on: why i deleted my twitter account

By: S. P. Gass

S. P. Gass — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:09:35 +0000

I applaud your decision: http://lowtechtimes.com/2008/04/15/stop-twittering-or-never-start/ Best of luck to you!

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:53:30 +0000

I didn’t realise you’d left twitter till I read about in an online subscription this morning…
I totally understand why… its very distracting. But at the same time I really liked getting to know you and enjoyed your distractions.
Susie
(KahunaGirl)

By: Brooks Moses

Brooks Moses — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:34:47 +0000

Hugh, I think there’s should be a “2008″ update to that cartoon: “Ah, Texas….”
‘Cause what I see there is not just the “twitter! twitter! twitter!”, but the fact that all three panels are packed entirely full of things with exclamation points, in exactly the way that your blog this year isn’t.

By: rsomers

rsomers — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:04:09 +0000

I’ll miss your tweets but will continue to follow via the blog and elsewhere. Twitter’s just a medium for ideas, that’s all. If an artist chooses to forsake watercolor and focus on oils, so be it…they haven’t ‘betrayed’ watercolor.
I’m amused by a couple of long comments that question your decision. If they think your decision was a mistake, shouldn’t they be required to say so in I’ll miss your tweets but will continue to follow via the blog and elsewhere. Twitter’s just a medium for ideas, that’s all. If an artist chooses to forsake watercolor and focus on oils, so be it…they haven’t ‘betrayed’ watercolor.
I’m amused by a couple of long comments that question your decision. If they think your decision was a mistake, shouldn’t they be required to say so in <140 characters?

By: Thi

Thi — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:32:03 +0000

I totally agree with Sassy who wrote: “…plus, does anyone really care that I’ve just had a glass of water or that I’m craving chocolate or if I’m writing?”
My sentiments precisely. Many tweets are about these kinds of uninteresting random thought bubbles. I find it interesting that how in reading a person’s tweets they may seem very open and communicative but in person they are actually rather hesitant and secretive. Not always true for everyone, of course.

By: Thib H.

Thib H. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:28:38 +0000

I also deleted my twitter account some months ago. I found it really interesting to see that after a while, Twitter is mostly a tool most of us use for distraction. Instead of concentrating on what we’re doing, we’re talking about talking about whatever it is we’re doing. And often times it’s not necessary or even interesting to tweet so much.
I had an “ex” who insulted me for burying myself in a guidebook to a place we were in. I wasn’t really burying myself in it. I was using it to orient myself to the place. The ex twittered a lot. And come to think of it, I wonder why his criticism of me “burying” myself in a guidebook didn’t apply to himself burying himself in the ephemeral internet as opposed to whatever experience he was going through at that moment. Instead the tweeted about it, thus a step further removed from the experience itself.

By: Sassy

Sassy — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:55:53 +0000

I have a Twitter account – but rarely sign into it, why? I just never remember to (unless one of my followers asks me where I’ve been) plus, does anyone really care that I’ve just had a glass of water or that I’m craving chocolate or if I’m writing? See? Ya I’m totally exciting. Good luck with your book. And I love that cartoon.

By: dc crowley

dc crowley — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:40:50 +0000

Your move shocked me. But it gave me the push I needed to step back. I’m not stopping, just reappraising what I do (blogging) and how I blog. Twitter is ok for me personally. I switch it on when I can and what I miss is OK.
Anyway this is about you. Good move. I could see something was coming via Durham and Alpine. Hope it does you lots of good. Cheers and thanks for your conversation and cartoons. Really enjoy them.

By: Kyle MacRae

Kyle MacRae — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:37:03 +0000

So. Farewell then @gapingvoid
Your Twitter feed many enjoyed
But now you’ve left to write a book
Typical fucking blogger

By: red_fox

red_fox — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:38:16 +0000

noooooo… why?

By: Tim Letscher (let5ch)

Tim Letscher (let5ch) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:19:30 +0000

Hugh, just don’t stop drawing the flippin’ cartoons. You gotta do what works for you. I’ll miss the tweets both from you and the ones you forwarded as well.
Best of luck with the book.
Cheers,
Tim

By: Clive Birnie

Clive Birnie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:02:46 +0000

Jeez. comment 140!
I bet you 8 pints of Guinness (or alternative of your choice) in a bar of your choice in either London or Dublin that you have started a trend and many (lets call it more than 5%) of your Twitter followers, ahem, follow you…

By: Suebob

Suebob — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:53:01 +0000

You can quit me, but I just can’t quit you!

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:34:34 +0000

I switched off for close on 27 months: 2003-5. I know what that was about for me. CYA later.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:18:39 +0000

I hear what you’re saying, Matt. Then again, I had close to 5,000 followers by the time I left Twitter, so I must have been doing something right