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And when I say playground I mean full on, bitchy little kids' playground. Like primary school stuff. Attention seeking, bickering and - much worse - bullying; not to mention the far more serious and vile threatening behaviour that led to the police getting involved. Let's not go there.
It's not that this stuff shouldn't be talked about. It's not that this stuff shouldn't get us #ShoutingBack and shutting down those 'trolls' (worst term ever, trivialises the whole thing… sigh) when they act up but can we please, maybe, at some point, give it a rest? Every day it feels like someone's got their pitchfork ready to do battle and is just waiting for something to leap on. Anybody mention feminism? YELL AT THEM. Someone mention interns? YELL AT THEM. Journalist say the word 'blog'? YELL AT THEM. Someone say they like the Blurred Lines song? YELL AT THEM. And repeat. This is what Twitter's like at the moment and it's really bloody boring. Enough of the drama. Drama is for Facebook.
So instead, I've devised a list of the stuff we should go back to that Twitter is good at:
- LOL cats
- Louis Walsh jokes (at him, not with him)
- Tranzizzling shizzle on Gizoogle and sharing dem crazy ass shizzle
- Telling Katie Hopkins to shut up, Holly Willoughby style
- Praising Willoughby's boobs in that dress
- More cats
- Cats dressed as sharks on hoovers
- Drunk tweeting emotional rubbish
- Telling commuters how to commute like a good commuter, just like you
- Asking inane questions that Google was actually built for
- Posting photos of meals you didn't even make yourself
- Friends quotes
- Tweeting through <insert any TV programme here> and spoiling it for anyone who's planning on watching on +1
- Retweeting a picture of Kate Middleton holding a baby just in case the other million RTs didn't get through
- Ripping X Factor contestants to shreds (metaphorically speaking, obviously) then doing it all again a week later
- Complaining about the Daily Mail
- Breaking news that's already been broken a gazillion times
I could go on. Twitter used to be a happy place full of distraction and fun and in-jokes against those people who think Facebook is the best thing on the internet and that selfies are what Instagram was built for. We need to get back to that brilliant, sarcastic, hilarious place that Twitter used to be.
Until then, I'll rely on Tweetdeck and my list of 'friends' aka 'nice people who don't argue with power users and always make me laugh' to keep me sane.
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