| August 10, 2010 | No comments
Twitter is one of the biggest internet phenomenons in the last few years. Everyone from Ashton Kutcher to your grandmother has a Twitter account. It’s a great way to stay updated on your friends’ lives and get the latest news. However, it is also a great way for people to be annoying. You know what I’m talking about. All those obnoxious, useless, or frustrating tweets that you just want to ignore. There are many different types of annoying tweets, but here is a list of the top 10. Enjoy!
1. Mundane activities
These are the tweets that inform a following of every inconsequential thing a tweeter does. They tell us when he’s at the gym, driving home, eating a bowl of ceral, etc., etc. While we appreciate that you want to keep us all so well-informed, I’m not sure we need to know about every activity you accomplish daily. There is something to be said for leaving a little mystery in life.
2. T.M.I. (Too Much Information
Posts that go into far too much detail about someone’s personal life are hard to ignore and hard to forget. They tend to provoke mental images that we could all live without. These tweets should probably stay between you and your qualified medical professional.
3. Boyfriend-obsessed 
Some tweeters feel the need to express their undying love for their significant others via Twitter. They post every sweet comment their boyfriends make, publish TwitPics of all flowers and gifts received, and repeatedly tell us how lucky they are to have these people in their lives. While we are (or at least pretend to be) happy that you have found true love, a little restraint might be appreciated. Particularly by those of us who are currently single…
4. It’s all about the kids
Some parents use Twitter solely for the purpose of gushing about their children. It’s as if their kindergartners have discovered the cure for cancer or written a symphony to rival the work of Mozart; every new accomplishment warrants a new tweet. Unfortunately, unless Grandma and Grandpa are your main Twitter followers, your tweets are probably being scrolled past on a regular basis.
5. Vacation updates
These are the comments and pictures people insist on posting constantly while traveling to show us all what a fabulous time they’re having. It’s great that they have the time and resources to travel the world, but seeing these tweets while we office drones procrastinate at work may do nothing but inspire us to stab ourselves in the eyes with a ballpoint pen.
6. Quote-happy
Many tweeters post quotes and song lyrics they feel perfectly represent their current emotions or opinions. We all do this from time to time, but some tweeters out there make it a regular habit. They litter your Twitter feed with these quotes until you realize they just don’t have anything original to say.
7. Debbie Downer
Most of us have at least one friend who posts nothing but negative comments on Twitter. They complain about their jobs, the ex-boyfriends they can’t get over, the shoes they want that just won’t go on sale. Apparently not even the starving children of Africa can compare in their suffering. This type of tweet is unfortunately so common, there’s even a Twitter acronym for it: FML, (i.e. F**k My Life).
8. Suzie Sunshine
On the flip side, there are the glass-half-full-of-the-nectar-of-the-gods tweeters. Nothing brings these people down. They tweet about getting rear-ended, but end it with an “LOL” instead of the expected expletive. This positivity is refreshing…until you begin to feel like one of the Debbie Downers in comparison.
9. Spoilers
People like to talk about TV shows right after they air, but these days so many of us watch our shows via DVR or Hulu that they end up ruining the surprise before we even have a chance to watch the shows. An entire season’s worth of building suspense and excitement can be extinguished by an anticlimactic tweet.
10. Self-promoters
Twitter is great for making announcements about all your endeavors since you can reach your entire following with one quick tweet. Some users get a bit overeager with it, though. They constantly post news and event info and urge you to buy into whatever they are selling. They become such shameless and ineffective self-promoters that not only do they fail to gain new fans, they actually scare off all the fans they started with.
So these are my top 10 most annoying tweets. Did I miss your favorite? Comment below if you have another common annoying tweet that would be on your top 10 list!
