{"id":2331,"date":"2008-04-10T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T19:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2008-04-10T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T19:30:47","slug":"why-i-deleted-my-gapingvoid-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/04\/10\/why-i-deleted-my-gapingvoid-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I deleted my GapingVoid account"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Hugh Macleod has made a splash in the blogosphere — and the Twitter-sphere, I suppose — by deleting his Twitter account<\/a>. Hugh is the cartoonist\/wine merchant (how many times do you see those words together?) who pens the Gaping Void cartoons, and is reportedly also working on a book<\/a>. Why did he delete his Twitter account? He says it was too easy, and that it got in the way of doing other important things.<\/p>\n

Hugh is entitled to his opinion, obviously. And there’s no question that Twitter can be awfully distracting, like a conversation at a party that is just out of earshot, where you can overhear bits and pieces of what’s going on. Hard to concentrate. But why did he have to make such a big deal out of it? I’m with Rex Hammock<\/a>; you don’t have to cancel your account — just don’t go there as much. I haven’t deleted my Gaping Void bookmark, I just don’t go there quite as often. And sometimes Twitter posts produce ideas, as my friend Tony Hung notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sure, take some time off and do other things — think deeply and blog about it, as Ted Rheingold suggests<\/a>. There’s no question that there are flaws with Twitter, and Misha from Three Minds does a pretty good job<\/a> of enumerating a few (hat tip to Changing Way<\/a>). But why does it have to be all or nothing? Some things deserve a book, some things deserve a magazine article, some things deserve a blog post, and some are perfectly designed for a Twitter message. There’s room for all of them.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

In other news, Ethan Kaplan of blackrimglasses would like everyone to know that he is *not* deleting<\/a> his Twitter account.<\/p>\n

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So Hugh Macleod has made a splash in the blogosphere — and the Twitter-sphere, I suppose — by deleting his Twitter account. Hugh is the cartoonist\/wine merchant (how many times do you see those words together?) who pens the Gaping Void cartoons, and is reportedly also working on a book. Why did he delete his … <\/p>\n

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