Animesh Kumar {itsAnimesh}
I'm an IT professional from New Delhi, India. Currently for the most part I work as a Technical Consultant developing Open Source ICT solutions for social and societal inclusion. I'm also pursing PG in Management. Below are the latest updates from a some social networks I subscribe to.
I Tweet, Therefore I Am!!!
About a month ago, i joined the land of Twitteronia, where millions spend time just editing a single line(”what you are currently doing?”) in 140 characters or less. Initially I was skeptical of all this twittering, but now, I “get it.” After about a week of twittering, I was hooked. I’m now connected to my friends and a few celebrities (Lance Armstrong is my favorite :)). These days its like a regular routine to tweet whenever i can and tweet whatever is possible…
I ran across an article at Times Online, that really disappointed me. The article specifically referenced clinical psychologist Oliver James, who stated
“Twittering stems from a lack of identity. It’s a constant update of who you are, what you are, where you are. Nobody would Twitter if they had a strong sense of identity.”
Don’t these people get it, it’s not about Lack of identity. If this is true then there are millions of Twitterers who apparently need psychological help. I believe that Twitter is more than what Oliver James says, its about getting connect to others, brainstorm and share ideas, there are many more advantages/reasons why we all tweet. I know that whoever Tweets gets this fact somehow or the other. I feel that we don’t Tweet because we have a lack of identity, we use Tweet because we individually have a strong identity and want to connect and learn from other Twitterers around the world. I personally feel twitter is far better than other social networking sites like Orkut, Myspace and all..