Twitter Is Useless

Twitter although relatively simple and pointless has successfully achieved something once only thought achievable by William Hung (the no talent contestant of American Idol 2004 that became an international sensation) – the ability to generate a massive load of buzz only to be forgotten later on down the track by everyone that showed the slightest bit of interest.

Much like William Hung, Twitter will eventually fade into the darkness of the Internet and be primarily used by spammers wanting to sell you cheap Viagra in the mistaken belief that people still use the service as religiously as they do now. In time, Twitter will eventually become an online store full of affiliate links offering you the best price on Viagra and other pharmacutical drugs.

By 2011 unless Twitter does something dramatic and interesting, I am predicting the site would have started to lower itself into the fiery pits of spam hell. This will be good news for those of you who may consider purchasing some cheap Viagra off the Internet in 2011. Be honest with yourself, you’re lazy. Twitter requires effort and while it may be the cool thing to do at the moment, it will eventually become a chore to update your Twitter account along with your 150 other accounts on other websites that you simply forget about it.

You hear about growth on Twitter thanks to Oprah and Ashton Kutcher, but what came of that? Oprah successfully helped Twitter inflate it’s visitor count, as well as user count – but do you really think any of those baby making soccer mothers will find the time to come back to Twitter and use it everyday? I doubt it.

You only have to Google or read blogs like TechCrunch or Mashable to know that most Twitter users signup but never return. Twitter is a gimmick, it’s got no substance, it’s boring and a complete time waster. Chances are most of Twitter’s active users are using it during work hours and we all know sites like Twitter fuel procrastination in the work place. This means that most of Twitter’s users that use the service are only using it because it’s a better option than working.

Don’t get me started on the Twitter acquisition rumours, it wouldn’t surprise me if Twitter themselves were starting them in the first place. How many companies have supposedly gone into talks with Twitter to buy it? About 500 million (not literally). A real company like Google even knows that Twitter would be a failed investment, one it can’t afford to make during these though econonomical times.

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