Is Twitter too much?

Twitter has become a utility where we make too much of our private lives public knowledge. We divulge in our sexual escapades, our relationship woes, our employment failures, and our monetary breakdowns; all for a higher number of followers. But when does it cross that line, when do we have to sit back and really think... "ok, let me not put that out there... let me save something for myself." When do you get to that point where you have to say... "I'm not gonna put that online?"

I've recently had a couple conversations with close friends about "Would you ever date someone you met in person, and let them follow you on twitter?" The situation goes that you meet someone in person, you begin to get to know each other, then he wants to follow you on twitter. I've heard a couple of different opinions on it, but here's mine.

Immediately, I say no - and that goes for all social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc). I feel that as a society, we constantly look for the easy way out, or the fast lane to get where we need to be in the least amount of time. There are too many times where I have found people (myself included) saying things like "Oh yeah.. I know you, We're friends on facebook" or "Yeah, I know you, I follow you on twitter." Now for friendships, or people you barely know, this is fine, we can all have glimpses into each others worlds while keeping the understanding that we're not REALLY trying to get to know each other on a romantic level. But, if you're honestly trying to get to know someone on a romantic level, try and avoid social networking sites to save yourself from coming to a misunderstanding about said person - at least until you've known each other for a little while, then you can handle all the other little stuff.

Now on the other hand, if you MEET on a site like twitter or facebook, etc., then all that stuff goes out the window, because there's an impression that you've already gained from that person which makes you feel like you like them. I will say one thing, there's a lot more to know than a cute default and a 140 character limit. We rely on brief bio's and pics to tell us about people that we no longer take the time to get to know people. What ever happened to going out on dates? Having face-to-face conversations? What ever happened to getting to know people for who they really are... and not what they paint themselves to be?

#FoodForThought