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Dater Quits Twitter
by Paul on 11/20/09 at 02:30 PM ET
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from Adrian Dater of All Things Avs,
I never liked writing things in under 140 characters anyway. Couldn’t stand writing abbreviated words like “abt” for about or “2″ for too or two. And I didn’t like the “na na, na na na” aspect of how many followers one had. Nobody in the media will admit it, but those who have lots of followers love to sit and feel superior to those with not as many. You can feel it creeping into the zeitgeist some.
Absolutely no one told me to do it, but I just deleted my twitter account and am done with it. Apologies to my dear 1,220 followers at the time of parting, but you’ll find other Pied Pipers of Puck, of that there is no doubt.
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What a blowhard.
Posted by mike from austin on 11/20/09 at 03:21 PM ET
Wasn’t this the same Dater that was begging and pleading with people a few weeks ago so he could get more Twitter followers because he didn’t think he had enough? The aspect of “Who has the most followers?” sure didn’t seem to be an ethical issue with him then.
So not only is he a lousy journalist, he’s a hypocrite as well.
Posted by Primis on 11/20/09 at 03:22 PM ET
Twitter was a way of getting Dater unfiltered and showed he is an class A idiot. At least writing in his “other venues” he has the benefit of editors controlling what he says. No more “Calgary Twiiter” screw ups for him.
However, Dater puts his foot in his mouth often enough that much of his drivel still trickles through in his writing.
Posted by Simian on 11/20/09 at 04:13 PM ET
Wasn’t this the same Dater that was begging and pleading with people a few weeks ago so he could get more Twitter followers because he didn’t think he had enough?
Yes, he was.
So not only is he a lousy journalist, he’s a hypocrite as well.
Yes, he is.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 11/20/09 at 04:40 PM ET
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Seems like he trying to stump for becoming a “Twitter martyr”....
I will agree with him in that, just like email, you need to be careful what you say before you hit that “OK” button….
I also don’t like those that do your basic play-by-play via Twitter, that’s just a little much….
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 11/20/09 at 02:46 PM ET