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5 Twitter deuchebags I can do without

It took me a while to understand the point of Twitter, but now that I do I really enjoy it. There are, however, certain individuals whose habits have become more than a little annoying. These are my top five.

1. The Link Dumper. I have no problem with you sharing links on Twitter. If I’m following you, there’s a decent chance I will be interested in the same sites you are. However, that doesn’t mean I followed you hoping that you would share every single URL you find the slightest bit share-worthy.

And please – mix it up a little! Constantly dumping links would go like this in real life:

“Dude, you gotta see this web page.” “Dude, you gotta see this web page.” “Dude…” That kind of crap will get a stapler thrown at you at the office.

2. The blip.fm’er. You know what? I’m glad you’re really into your music. You know what else? If I really wanted to know every song you were listening to RIGHT NOW, I’d probably follow you on Last.fm or Blip.fm itself. Say something between tracks at least.

If a friend of mine called me every three minutes to tell me what song he was listening to, I’d block his phone number and replace all his MP3s with “Afternoon Delight.”

3. The self-promoter. What’s that? You write for a big blog? Hey, great! I actually read your posts fairly regularly. Once in a while, however, it would be nice to see that you like to talk about other things you’ve read, not just your own fabulous post – just so I don’t think you’re a completely self-absorbed prick.

4. The caps locker. Whether you know it or not, most of us are smart enough to tell something has you excited by the words you choose and your punctuation. Perhaps you’ve heard of the exclamation point? You haven’t? It’s two rows up on your keyboard from the caps lock key, and you obviously no where that is.

5. The @spammer. It’s common knowledge that @replies are more likely to get a response than DMs. Still, if you want to @spam me, at least wine and dine me a little first. Make me feel like you actually want to converse, don’t just get up in my face with your unsolicited verbal garbage.

Those are mine…What about yours?

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