# Is there any reason to have Twitter if you are not a celeb stalker? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792 "2012-01-27T00:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792/21 "2012-01-27T20:33:59Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Messages that start out with an “@username” shouldn’t appear in your feed - you have to go out of your way and check out who you’re following’s actual page to see all that noise. The best solution is to simply sign up for an account, add the people you were previously following, and all that goes away. So it sounds like having an account means the one-sided part of it goes away. That’d make sense. I’ll have to think about it and decide if it’s important enough to sign up. Right now, it’s 50/50. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792/22 "2012-01-27T21:27:04Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > So it sounds like having an account means the one-sided part of it goes away. That’d make sense. I’ll have to think about it and decide if it’s important enough to sign up. Right now, it’s 50/50. It’s not that big a decision. You don’t need to agonise over it. Sign up; if you don’t like it, leave. Asking opinions is a poor substitute for just taking a look yourself. Only takes a minute to sign up. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792/23 "2012-01-27T22:03:03Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > It’s not that big a decision. You don’t need to agonise over it. Sign up; if you don’t like it, leave. Asking opinions is a poor substitute for just taking a look yourself. Only takes a minute to sign up. I know it only takes a few minutes, but you should see how long it takes me to decide which shirt to wear! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792/24 "2012-01-27T23:58:10Z")
Interesting you should say that. This morning, after ignoring twitter for years, I finally signed up for a twitter account. There was an interview on NPR of an LA Times techhnology journalist, and he recommended a couple of people to follow on Twitter who have funny yet insightful commentary on political matters. I also signed up for twitter accounts for human rights (namely Amnesty International, which is an organization I have been a member of for many years.) I don’t predict that I will follow any of the people I know IRL. What convinced me to join Twitter was partly the fact that I now have a cell phone with an unlimited data plan. This is my first smartphone, before I used a dumb phone because my iPod touch fulfilled all my portable computer needs. I still use mostly the iPod touch with the cell phone as a wifi hotspot. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792/25 "2012-01-28T00:04:42Z")
I use it to track the food trucks in Chicago to see if any will be in my area for lunch. Other than that I have no use for it. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792/26 "2012-01-28T00:07:03Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Interesting you should say that. That was meant to be addressed to the OP: “funny I should happen to see this thread on the day I joined Twitter.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792.md?page=1)