All a-Twitter for St. John Chrysostom
The first time I heard about Twitter, I thought it was ridiculous.
Then, when the buzz didn’t die down, I signed up for an account. No one I knew was on it, and it seemed silly. Twitter asks the question, “What are you doing right now?” I took it literally, thinking I needed to broadcast to the world every boring, stupid, and embarrassing detail of my life.
Then, I discovered Facebook. I really like it. It can be a major timewaster (Hello? Mob Wars?), but I love being able to keep up with parishioners, family members, and friends I otherwise would rarely see or talk with. And I enjoy reading the humorous, angry, snarky, and occasionally uplifting status updates of others. It’s a massive cooperative blog.
A few weeks ago, I decided to give Twitter another try. You’re supposed to do status updates, but it’s really more like a free-flowing conversation, and I love it. I’m also getting news updates and daily Bible verses, so it’s not unlike combining Google Reader, Facebook, and email into one. Once I understood that, I was hooked.
But it just got way better. Behold: this is awesome. St. John Chrysostom’s prayers for each hour of the day (blog link here), tweeted at me each hour. Fantastic.
Maybe Twitter is not for you. But if it is, won’t you be my follower? (That sounds a little cultish, doesn’t it? Creepy.)
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I thought it ridiculous when I heard about it, but some companies are using it to keep their brand in front of people (I can’t figure out why anyone would subscribe to a company tweet. I have enough ads) so I signed up to keep up, then abandoned the account, in favor of Facebook’s what are you doing now?
Maybe I will give it a try again.
I am your follower! (Yup, doesn’t sound right)
Tweet, tweet. (That doesn’t sound right either)
I have taken up my Tweetie and I will follow you! (Nope doesn’t sound good either)
Later! (Now that sounds better, guess I am old)
@Tom-
You can rig it so your Twitter posts automagically go to Facebook status as well. There’s a way to do the reverse–an app called fb2twitter–but I couldn’t get it to work for me.
Does it have Mob Wars?
Okay, I’m trying. I was flattered out of my indignance.
You make me laugh, too. So, thanks for being my follower (you’re right. That does seem a little cultish. Kinda cool)
I just got Twitter today myself. Now everyone can read my little gripes about homework and stuff. *heh*
I’m one of your followers now! (that sounds so funny)
Well, I personally would hope that no one would argue that facebook, etc. would be a substitute for facetime. I would argue that facebook is a worthwhile supplement to facetime and certainly not a waste of time.
Quite right – it is addicting (more than Facebook, imho).