Comments on: Twitter Lint http://galindo.me/2009/05/twitter-lint/ The observations, experiences and images of David Galindo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Brown http://galindo.me/2009/05/twitter-lint/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Bill Brown Tue, 12 May 2009 05:10:41 +0000 http://galindo.me/wordpress/?p=857#comment-105 Twitter Lint is endemic. If you're posting your thoughts for all to see (no matter the form), there's a certain inherent amount of self-promotion. I think a problem only arises when it becomes predominant. Attempts to deny it inevitably come across as either insincere or <a href="http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=lyrics&lyricid=17" rel="nofollow">self-aggrandizing</a>. I've found that those who are insufferable in person tend to be insufferable on Twitter: I call it the "once a d-bag always a d-bag" hypothesis. Having now met you in person (after reading your tweets), I can say that you're fine in both realms. Twitter Lint is endemic. If you’re posting your thoughts for all to see (no matter the form), there’s a certain inherent amount of self-promotion. I think a problem only arises when it becomes predominant. Attempts to deny it inevitably come across as either insincere or self-aggrandizing.

I’ve found that those who are insufferable in person tend to be insufferable on Twitter: I call it the “once a d-bag always a d-bag” hypothesis. Having now met you in person (after reading your tweets), I can say that you’re fine in both realms.

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