Twitter and Loneliness

This is why I like Twitter better than Facebook. In Twitter, people who follow you are really interested on what you want to say while in FB you're forced to listen to your friends (by default).<p>Then when you feel lonely you would just send an update to these people to listen to your feelings. Which are the people who wanted to listen to you to begin with.<p>Some of them might be your friends or acquaintances or just complete strangers. But the best part is they followed you and they want to hear from you.

Please explain twitter to me. I don't get it. I searched #puerh to find interesting links and comments. I found 2 comments per day, 10 in total. What should I do with this? It is not nearly enough. If I go to teachat.com there is a 1700 posts long thread started in 2008, with complex discussions and pictures.<p>I tried other interests, every time I come out empty handed. Is there a trick to searching content on twitter? Is twitter only for gadgets and social stuff? What about obscure hobbies?

biggest factor for this: when you are lonely, you have little or no words to say, twitter encourages you with just the 140 letter limit, to put your feelings forwards.<p>small target seems achievable, and you talk it out, and you feel better. Happy new year mate!