I once misused twitter (opinion)

I deleted all my tweets posted with @xiaolai, and stopped using it anymore. I was once delighted using twitter as the extension of my eyes and ears, receiving much more information than I could ever before. I was hooked, and kept a twitter specialized browser window opened all day long, rendering it as an indispensable part of my body. (I didn’t deactivate the account in case others might assume my identity. It already happened: one twitter user always proclaims she is the shadow ID of @xiaolai. It’s annoying, and what’s even more irritating is the fact that many idiots bought her.)

However, I finally found myself not capable of affording time and efforts. 99.9% of tweets pushed to me were meaningless, especially those in Chinese. The worst of all, even my own tweets gradually turned into garbage, after all, no one could write meaningfully every day, every hour, or every minute. I had 34,550 followers, I followed 18,959 users, and posted 19,122 tweets. I once enjoyed encountering serendipities twitter brought to me. But now it turns out that the cost is too expensive, compared to the nearly zero outcome. Time is precious, efforts are limited, and good moods are rare in this isolated country, all of which I have less.

Most important of all, I found SNS boring. Formulated circles populate politics, and the atmosphere will be in no way not contaminated by subtle yet influential relationships among circle members, which is especially true in Chinese twitter users. As a result, facts are distorted, opinions are misinterpreted, and nothing is left simple and elegant. I didn’t mean to stop using twitter, I just want to use it in another more comfortable way. In fact, it is quite a sophisticated modern “radio”, as long as I can keep channels clean and well sorted. I have another account, which is set as protected. In the past several days, I’ve been living quite a different life, showering myself with an altered stream of information. It’s pretty good for me.

这段中文补充，是后来加进来的（原本只是把豆瓣上的一个“点评”转帖在下面）。因为想了想，如若不补充，很多读者可能会被误导（这还真是一个很尴尬的补充，因为越描越黑是很常见的）。

• 我英文确实不好，从来没好过，只是考试牛屄，仅此而已。
• 其实，我的中文（母语之一）也不好，写出来的文章，如若需要正式发表，需要编辑大量修改。
• 我以后会多写英文文章，英文会越来越好的。
• 文字不好，不丢人。有错就改，改了就进步。
• 我写中文也常有错误，但因为是自己的博客，随写随发，并不在乎。可这英文，却不一样了。以后会尽量多审几遍，然后再发。
• 谢谢指正。

A reader gave me a link, an interesting post (most I don’t agree with, and few do have merits || 这句话里面的few被认为是错误，其实不是。2 used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is: [ as adj. ] : he had few friends | [ as pronoun ] : few thought to challenge these assumptions):

I deleted all my tweets posted with（正确介词） @xiaolai, and stopped using it any more（不可以stop…any more, 而是not… any more || 这个确实有错，可错误并非所指出的那样。错误在于，我敲错，手误，应该是anymore，而不是any more。）. I was once delighted（once delighted, 尴尬 || ?） using（to use更好 || 更好在哪儿？） twitter as the（用an || 用the没错，注意后面的eyes and ears之前的my） extension of my eyes and ears, receiving much more information than I could ever before. I was hooked, and kept a twitter specialized （specialised twitter browser更顺 || 这是感觉错了，更不顺）browser window opened（open形容词不用ed记得吗？初中语法经常考的 || 呃……这是形容词性的过去分词。还有，open本身可用为形容词没错，没有语法规定不允许用opened这个open的动词词性的过去分词吧？） all day long, rendering it as（as多余 || 参见这个链接） an indispensable part of my body（奇怪 || 奇怪什么？）. (I didn’t deactivate the account in case others might assume my identity. It（加has? || 不用加） already happened: one twitter user always proclaims（我深深觉得用错了，claims? || 没用错。proclaim verb, announce officially or publicly, declare something one considers important with due emphasis. ） she is the shadow ID of @xiaolai. It’s annoying, and what’s even more irritating is the fact（is the fact没错，但是80%都是多余的，这里也是 || 确实可以把“the fact”删掉。） that many idiots bought her（加个words? || 不加也没问题）.)

However, I finally（突然就finally了，突兀 || finally不止有“最后（一个）”的意思。 finally: after a long time, typically involving difficulty or delay） found myself not capable（incapable） of affording (加the? || 不用加) time and efforts (energy? || 这个确实用得不好). 99.9% of tweets pushed to me were meaningless, especially those (written? || 加上written才多余) in Chinese. The(the 多余 || 同意) worst of all（而且这个东西起码要有俩递进才能用的吧，比如you looks fat, and you looks thick, worst of all, you looks like a piece of shit）, even my own tweets gradually turned into garbage,（记得用句号这里） after all, no one could write meaningfully （我深深觉得少个介词 || every day可做副词词性使用，为什么要加介词？）every day, every hour, or every minute.（这是哪门子的cliche || ？什么情况？） I had 34,550 followers, I followed 18,959 users, and posted 19,122 tweets. I once enjoyed encountering（前面这个动词似乎多余 || 同意，删掉也可以） serendipities twitter brought to me. But now it turns out that the cost is too expensive（costs much, price is expensive || 这个错了）, compared to the nearly zero outcome (恩，this just looks terribly wrong || 没错). Time is precious, efforts（想说energy？） are（所以is？） limited, and good moods are rare（什么话.. || ？） in this isolated country（奇怪的reference, 这是什么国家，还是农村）, all of which I have less（我觉得这说法很不对劲.. || 没啥不对劲。）.

Most important of all, I found SNS boring. Formulated circles populate（你想说的是politics populate the discussions of formulated circles吧？ || 不是，重看。） politics, and the atmosphere will be in no way not（这什么意思.. || 就是语言习惯不好，常用双重否定） contaminated by subtle yet influential relationships among（between?不过也可以啦 || 说的又不是两个人之间，用among） circle members, which is especially true in（among） Chinese twitter users. As a result, facts are distorted, opinions are misinterpreted, and nothing is left simple and elegant（…）. I didn’t（前后时态，后面怎么就又现代时了 || 时态没错） mean to stop using twitter, I just want to use it in another（加逗号 || 为啥？） more comfortable way. In fact, it is quite a sophisticated（a 和 quite 调个位置？|| ？为什么？看这里。） morden（拼错了… || 是。用mac还能这样，我真笨蛋。） “radio”, as long as I can keep （the || 也行）channels clean and well sorted. I have another account, which is set as protected (‘which is protected’). In the past several days, I’ve been living quite a different life, showering myself with an altered(different就好 || 有规定不能用altered? 要表达的是，不是不用了，但要改变用的方法。) stream of information. It’s pretty good for me.