A Facebook/Twitter Tiff.

I've been using Twitter a lot, lately. More so than Facebook - the usual social networking site I sit on on a regular basis, scrolling down the so-called 'news feed', reading updated status after status on pointless things I really could not give a monkeys about. Of course, I too (on occassion), have fallen guilty of revealing to the world that I'd 'just made a cracking cuppa', or I had 'just cleaned our extremely grotty kitchen - domestic, goddess of a flatmate' - taken directly from my facebook page. Even though the latter of the two is a little more interesting, it's got to be said that noone cares if I've just made a cup of tea - I mean, why would they?

So why do we feel the need to tell all of our two thousand and odd 'friends' - (another debate), on subjects they probably really don't care about?

And why, even with people posting statuses' like this, do we still continue to scroll down that news feed, reading and reading until we eventually lose interest?

This is a question I don't know the answer to myself, as I'm guilty of it too - I'm on Facebook as I'm writing this...

Somebody posted the other day (not mentioning any names and a little re-wording is required), that they'd just been to Saltburn, had tea with the fam and were now getting on with cleaning the whole house.

Hmm...interesting subject, please do tell me more!

I often wonder whether Facebook's 'what's on your mind' question, was created with the intention that people would have something interesting to say, something creative and engaging they'd like to share with the world and create discussions and debates by commenting on each others' statuses. This does happen, I do see some really interesting things people talk about on Facebook, but when people are writing 'I'm bored', I strongly question the point of it.

Personally, I prefer Twitter at the moment. I don't use it as a platform to tell the world I've just had a ham sandwich or that I've just done the laundry, but as a platform used to directly engage with the media industry - something I hope to be useful to me in the near future in terms of employment. I use it to retweet and post news, fashion and any other type of interesting debate or event going on in the world and through that, I get so much more enjoyment than scrolling down the page and seeing 'Rate me and I'll rate ya back..twice'.

At the moment, I think Twitter's a great platform to use, whether you're trying to get yourself noticed by employers or  using it professionally or as a personal, recreational platform. I just hope the pointless rambles and rants will continue to keep Facebook flowing and not disrupting the traffic of Twitter.