So me and Gena (aka @Gigi_Kiara) were talking about today's "tweet-out" and we realized we may possibly be addicted to Twitter. 140 characters to say what you need, can cause so much heartache when it's out for two hours and you are incredibly bored. Thing is, we're not alone; CNN posted a story about the Twitter situation and even admitted that people felt like their lives were missing a chunk:
Some Twitter and Facebook users expressed near-panic that the sites were not working properly. Others reacted with ambivalence.
So Gena and I came up with the 10 ways you KNOW you're addicted to Twitter
You're addicted to Twitter if:
10) You actually felt that your world was crumbling when Twitter was out today. If you checked EVERY Twitter app that you have (UberTwitter, Twitterific, Social Scope, TwitterFon, Tweetdeck, Tweetie, Seesmic, etc. ) on your phone AND computer every five minutes to "see if it was back." you have a problem.
9) The first thing you do in the morning, even before washing your butt or at least getting the crust out of your eyes is grab your phone or computer and check your @mentions...you may be addicted.
8) Twitter is your homepage/most visited site AND bookmarked on your desktop.
7) Do you consider Twitter a 'movement'? You are addicted.
6) You start one trending topic a week; either you have just that many followers or you tweet that much to the point it IS a trending topic.
5) You have just been pulled over by the police, held up at the bank/ATM, or just been robbed (or in the instance of @PerezHilton you get punched by pop star's bodyguard) and you tweet it before calling 911...you're dumb AND are addicted.
4) You Tweet someone (via your phone) instead of texting/calling/BBMing them as the main source of communication with them.
3) Talk to your Tweeps and Twiggas more than you talk to your real friends. (kind of lame actually....)
2) You keep tally of how many followers you have on Twitter and if you lose even one it results in a tweet such as.
Oh well, I just lost a follower must be too real for these Twitches.
1) You refer to people by their Twitter names and use the '@' symbol before names/places that DO NOT even have Twitter pages. You are REALLY addicted if you use that symbol in your blog, Facebook status, text messages, reference letters or actually say : atMom, do you need help with anything?
*EDIT (8:12 p.m.) - You are also addicted if you are offended by any of this, do any of this, and actually took the time to evaluate what is being said here.
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