I May Be 15 Percent Twitter

Why I’m still tweeting

Photo by Souvik Banerjee on Unsplash

How many things do you do consistently for 15 years? For me, it’s not a lot, and if you would’ve told me on March 19, 2007, that my first inconsequential tweet would be the beginning of 15 years of pithy Twitter missives, I know I would’ve laughed in your face.

Where were we in 2007?

• I was still in my 40s
• I was celebrating 15 years of marriage
• I was on my first Editor-in-Chief gig
• George W. Bush was President
• Facebook was three years old

I didn’t realize I’d been Tweeting for 15 years — through four jobs and two layoffs — but Twitter, a much more developed and institutional presence than it was when I signed up, now reminds everyone of their #TwitterAnniversary (and encourages you to share the news on, of course, Twitter).

There are things I’ve started and stopped in the digital space, various fads and trends that I’ve tried and abandoned, but somehow, Twitter stuck. Social media is littered…