I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it
I still don&#x27;t get it. Nothing in this article makes sense to me, either. Not to denigrate the author - I&#x27;m sure what he posted makes a ton of sense, just not to me.<p>I made a twitter account shortly after it first started, made a few tweets, and then it languished and I think it&#x27;s probably long deleted by now. Last year my wife made me another one because &quot;you need it to promote your OSS stuff&quot;. Okay so I made a few tweets ... aaaaand it&#x27;s been sitting dormant for months.<p>I just ... I dunno how to even describe it. Can&#x27;t see the point, maybe? Can&#x27;t build any enthusiasm to get involved? Find it about as interesting and engaging as cutting my toenails?<p>But it&#x27;s been the same with facebook and ... I think it was instagram or one of those newer ones - the one with the icon that looks like a ghost. It&#x27;s such a hassle to use them! HN is the only place I ever post anything, and even that&#x27;s a few days of posting stuff and then weeks of nothing.<p>I mean, I do understand how it can be beneficial to work those social networks for your projects and passions and such, but yeeesh what a slog!