Twitter and other new stuff

Yes, yes I'm on Twitter. My twitter handle is @GrocerJackUK. Well it seemed as good as any. I originally started off with ChelseaXXXX, where XXXX is my real name but decided after a while that all anybody expected was Chelsea FC related tweets, when in fact like all budding egotist writers, deep down we want to be taken a bit seriously and be seen as having more dimensions that just bloody football. 

Even if football is the thing I seem to tweet and write about more than anything else. So, here's my sort of promise to anyone who has been arsed to lift an eyelid and read this once popular blog, it will be a reasonably football free zone. I say reasonably because sadly I'm now 51 approaching 52 and that means about 42 years of my life have been spent wallowing in despair with regard to Chelsea FC. Even now, just 9 short months after winning the biggest club trophy in European football the idiots in charge at Chelsea have reduced us to a laughing stock and the worst defending European Champions seen to date.

Anyway the point is, I'm on Twitter. I didn't get it, but now I do, and what has struck me is how addictive and powerful it is. It's such a good and quick way to get snippets of news or opinion on things that interest you. I can ask people about a specific item I might be buying and get a view on how good or bad it is. This sort of crowd-sourcing has a genuine chance of putting consumers back in the driving seat instead of believing the marketing bullshit of the manufacturers. Similarly the power of twitter means that governments and people in power can no longer lie to people or try to cover things up. yes, of course Twitter is open to abuse from trolls. yes, people can be falsely branded as criminals, liars etc. But in it's own way that sort of thing is almost self healing. The power of Twitter does show that the majority view, the decent accumulation of opinion from decent people wins in the end.

The silent majority no longer have to be silent.

Try it, you might like it.

Later Mugs, GJ