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May 14, 2009 / Filed under: Twitter, Random, Reflection

Where is that Twitter?

• The one that nobody knew about.
• The one that felt amazing to connect with new people, each and every day.
• The one where I was excited to get a new follower, knowing it was a legitimate person looking to connect.
• The one where I could act utterly stupid and wouldn't feel intrusive because no one was reading it anyway.
• The one where celebrities did not exist - awash in their one-dimensional updates with no interest in connecting with anyone.
• The one that only local tech geeks used, looking for the best deal on electronics.
• The one where spammers were non-existent, and every account had an actual person behind it.
• The one where A-list bloggers were the "cream of the crop."
• The one where critics were absent (there's nothing to criticize when something is so minute and unimportant).
• The one that felt like a community, and not just a hoard of empty accounts, and default avatars.
• The one where everyone knew your name, and you knew everyone else's name.
• The one where auto-posting from Brightkite felt natural, and people actually looked at it.
• The one where updating and receiving updates via Instant-Message worked.
• The one where I had 2,000 updates and that felt like a lot.

I would like that Twitter back, please.

- Inspired slightly by @MaggieConv's post.