How to use Twitter for procrastination

With so many articles out there about “How to Use Twitter for Business,” or “How to Use Twitter for Customer Service” or “How to Use Twitter to Spy on Your Spouse,” you might be wondering: can I just use Twitter to waste time? Why, yes you can!

Twitter has added a feature on its personalized home page where the newest Tweets are displayed automatically. Just stare at the screen for a few moments, and you’re bound to see something new. Of course, if you’re only following fifteen people, you may have to wait a while. Why not follow more users?

Look at the friends you already have and see to whom they’re talking. Follow the links to those people and read what they have to say. Once you’ve found someone to your liking, follow them, and let your screen fill with chatter.

If you just aren’t finding that special, tweetable someone, perhaps you’re not casting a wide-enough net. Try the “Public timeline” and see what everyone in the world is Twittering.

Of course, there are all kinds of Twitter derivatives (Twitterivatives?) that allow you to niche-tweet or analyze your Tweet-worthiness. Of course, they have to somehow incorporate “Tw” into their name somehow. Twibes lets you find friends with similar interests. TwitterFriends analyzes your value and cost to the community and looks at connections among your friends. TweetMeme aggregates the most tweeted links. Twitterholic can recommend friends near you and display your rank among other Twitterers in your area.

So, to sum up, don’t sweat the work, just spend your day on Twitter. There are plenty of ways to find new people and read meaningless drivel. But, because each thought is short, you feel like you’re accomplishing many things. Multi-twasking, perhaps?

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