Comments on: The Twitter Debate: To Use or Not to Use?

By: JT Caldwell

JT Caldwell — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:17:27 +0000

Enjoyed this (old) post, and the one before. Interesting to see who’s for Twitter or Facebook, and their reasons why. Definitely agree with you concerning the majority of needless tweeted material for public browsing.

By: ::: b l o g • s h o t ::: #3 « T h e o • p h i l o g u e

::: b l o g • s h o t ::: #3 « T h e o • p h i l o g u e — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:56:16 +0000

[...] Strachan is accused of “Legalism,” because of his post “The Twitter Debate,” on how he doesn’t think Twitter is a good use of his time. He defends himself [...]

By: Blake White

Blake White — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:36 +0000

Thanks for these thoughtful posts bro. I recently pulled the plug on facebook, and don’t miss it a bit. It was just one more un-needed distraction. Twitter. . . call me old school, but I just don’t get it.

By: Thou shalt not use Twitter? | BrianD blog

Thou shalt not use Twitter? | BrianD blog — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:15:04 +0000

[...] and After a while of thinking about Christianity and culture, I’m not one to say that all things are worthy of engagement by Christians. I’m in no hurry to see a movement of Christians embrace jello-wrestling as a means of evangelism, for example. Can Twitter be used for good? Yes, it can. I think it will take some effort and intentionality to do so, though, because I think it’s inherently structured to share generally needless information. I’ve done some research in thinking about this, reading various folks’ Twitter accounts, and I can say that rarely do I find them edifying or meaningful. They’re sometimes funny, sometimes amusing, but rarely are they really edifying. Often–most often, I would say–they focus on mundane things that in my opinion do not need to be shared. I have yet to see a good case for why you, the reader, need to know that I just drank a hot chocolate and that I like hot chocolate. Why do you, the reader, need to know this? [...]

By: A Great Night’s Sleep « Diary of a Seminary Student

A Great Night’s Sleep « Diary of a Seminary Student — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:25:19 +0000

[...] other night I read a great post about not twittering by Owen Strachan. What is funny is that I am just now starting to Twitter because some of my [...]

By: Al

Al — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:09:38 +0000

Yes, I use facebook, and I do try to add a new comment each day. However, I try to state, at least some of my comments, in a way that would show my connection to my God. I have avoided add-ons,for the most part, and doing games.

I am turned off by the number of Christians you do post regarding the need for coffee, for example, and how great their day is going because of the coffee. (Is this really their testimony??) Etc.

Thoughts of quitting it have crossed my mind. Yet also here are opportunities to be a light.

I do pray that I might do this well.