Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Ok, now I know why Twitter doesn't appeal to me. I don't know who Neil Gaiman is... I do know the Foo Fighters, but only as a group DS #1 likes.
I am a popular culture idiot. Rarely go to the movies, don't care that much about music, and the celebrity craziness kinda makes me ill. While I do eventually watch some of the current movies at home, I go to the theatre maybe 1-2X a year, usually for an independent film I've read about. Even if I like a song, I couldn't tell you who sings it. I've always been like that, and it was a detriment when I taught at the gym and people would ask "who sings that," about a song on my tapes. I think at the height of the 60s/early 70s music boom, when my friends went to concerts every weekend, I saw maybe 4-5 in high school, college, grad school.
Yeah, get my news from the (gasp) newspaper, which I read in paper form, unless it's freeezing or icy and I can't get down my driveway to get it. Then I resort to the I Pad. I watch local and network news every night, unless I am out for dinner. See, I am turning into my parents!
Well you wouldn't have to follow any pop culture stuff if you didn't want to. Twitter can provide breaking news on a local, national and international level. It has come in handy for me when there was a major Metro (subway) accident a few years back, and when we had to evacuate our office building after an apparent earthquake it was Twitter that told me where the quake was centered and how strong it was (and that I should text my cousin to have her contact her son, who lived near the epicenter). It provides information on power outages and broken water mains in my neighborhood. And it was invaluable during hurricane Sandy.

It's easy to tailor it to your tastes and preferences, and it's also easy to unfollow anyone if you decide you're not interested in their posts.