Comments on: Why did you leave Twitter?

By: The Twitter Distraction « Tom Doyle

The Twitter Distraction « Tom Doyle — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:14:08 +0000

[...] Clearly, I’m not the only one feeling this way. In October 2009, the Irish Twitter community was devasted when it appeared that the much loved (and hated) Damien Mulley was no longer using Twitter. How could this be? they asked… One of the most respected online marketing experts in the country had simply given up on Twitter and disappeared into oblivion. It didn’t help of course when he didn’t post on his blog for weeks either. But the reality was, that this wasn’t really the case as he explains on his blog (read here). [...]

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:54:08 +0000

Thanks for leaving the comment James, much appreciated! Hoping Freelance Whales eventually come to this side of the Atlantic too.

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:20:38 +0000

Found your site by accident as I was looking at who was using some of my photos (the marshmallow torch is me). Surprised and gratified to find a post on my new favorite band, the Freelance Whales. Guess I gotta add you to my feed reader, eh?

By: Privacy in this newest digital age « Damien Mulley

Privacy in this newest digital age « Damien Mulley — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:33:26 +0000

[...] previously talked though about not having any privacy in public when I was off Twitter. Despite not being on it, people reported where I was seen, what I was wearing, they talked about [...]

By: Sean Oliver

Sean Oliver — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:34:53 +0000

There is no leaving twitter. Its like the mob.

By: Padraig McKeon

Padraig McKeon — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:33:43 +0000

I assumed that your absence was actually an experiment to benchmark the significance / relevance / value of Twitter, in the same way that trying out a new platform would . It may not have started out that way (or maybe it did) but could be said to have given you some good observations / intelligence in that respect.

By: Darragh

Darragh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:08:35 +0000

You weren’t the only one being asked about why YOU left twitter

It’s fascinating that people feel you have some sort of duty to them because you interact or engage with them, or that because you do something regularly, you have a responsibility to do it every day. I guess you start to fit into people’s daily routines and people like routine.

I reckon you got as much kudos in your absence as you did by tweeting. I just hope it doesn’t start loads of copycat absences.

It also showed that your opinion doesn’t actually matter in the greater scheme of things.

True that. Makes for great fun.

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:01:41 +0000

Oh look, I made you respond!

By: Ian Healy

Ian Healy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:38:58 +0000

A high text bill? Mine were free…. Who’s pushing buttons NOW, Mulley?

By: Maurice

Maurice — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:07 +0000

I’m a recent enough convert to the world of twitter. I am happy following the 45 odd people that I do follow. I may cull some of these, I may not. I like poking about in it and I find it a useful source of information. I also like the personalities. I like the idea of firing a statement into the ether and seeing what you get back. It can be fun.

I can also see the downsides of course and I think it’s necessary to prune every so often – I do it with my YouTube subscriptions and the blogs I follow. Things change over time and certain things interest me at different times so of course I will change how I use twitter too. At the moment I’m enjoying it. I can even see uses for it for work.