Twitter, I love you but yr bringing me down.

I’m a twitter fan girl. Seriously. I think it’s amazing that you can have conversations, however shortened, with celebrities, people you went to high with, the girl in the next room, people’s pets…. You can quickly spread information to all your social networks in 140 characters (or less!). And it’s downright fun!

Sometimes I use twitter to contact people about upcoming gatherings, usually just to confirm time or location, sometimes because I know it’ll be faster than texting or calling, because certain of my friends leave their cellphones at home or forget to charge them. And I’m OK with using twitter in that capacity, because it’s rare that I’m actually inviting people en masse to events that I haven’t told them about otherwise. And typically I’m tweeting at them with an @ reply or a direct message. I wouldn’t just throw a tweet out, not directed to any specific person, saying something like “drinks tonight at such and such a place” or “hey, let’s all go see this movie at this time.” Because sometimes people don’t check twitter, and other times, people who do check twitter but aren’t really your IRL friends will get annoyed by such antics.

But more than once in the recent days, people I know have been using twitter in just that way. And it’s really bothering me. I’ve missed out on several things I would’ve liked to do lately because people haven’t actually been contacting me, they’ve been tweeting at nobody in particular about their plans. Or if they do decide to call or text me, it’s too late for me to join them in their outings because I’m already snug as a bug in my non-Manhattan-located apartment. Look, if you want me to come out with you for drinks or to watch a movie, or do whatever, that’s great, I’d love to. Just make sure I know that you want me to do these things with you, otherwise I can’t do them!

On a positive twitter-related note, Kathleen and I want to start a hashtag. #shitYAYAs say, because apparently we all say ridiculous things at all times.

Edited: March 12th, 2010