Breaking up?!?
Posted by Magdelyn on February 11th, 2008. Filed under: Twitter, complaints.
Everyone who knows me knows how much I love Twitter. Its the perfect way of communicating things to your friends in 140 characters or less. But one of the main reasons I love Twitter so much is because I can do many things via SMS like send updates, receive friends’ updates, direct messages and so forth. This is probably the feature I love the most about Twitter because even if I can’t be in front of the computer 24/7, I am still updated as to what is going on while I’m away.
Sure, sometimes all those updates can get annoying, but to be honest the SMS updates are what keeps me from using other platforms such as Jaiku and Pownce more readily.
So, what is with the title breaking up if all I’m doing is raving about their service? Well, here’s the thing: Twitter has been having a lot of problems lately, causing many avid users like myself many frustrations. In the past few days Twitter has been seeming to be more on track. I thought these frustrations were drawing to a close until today, when I deleted my mobile number from the SMS updates. I did this mainly because I thought maybe if I deleted it and then reactivated it, I would solve the SMS issues I was having. I ended up creating more of a headache. Instead of a quick reactivation like I had hoped for, I am now unable to reactivate my number for reasons unknown. I have attempted several times, with different verification codes with no success. I’m stressed: I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I can’t stop worrying about not getting updates (okay exaggerating just a little there).
So I do the next logical thing. I cry and stomp my feet and email Twitter Support for help. So now I keep my fingers crossed and pray to the Twitter gods to please be kind and give me back my SMS updates.
So now comes the even more frustrating, agonizing part: waiting. Will I get my SMS updates back or will I be forced to break up with Twitter as I keep threatening? After all, wouldn’t I be crazy to stay in a relationship in which I was no longer happy?
Twitter, if I can’t have you with SMS updates despite your quirks, then maybe I don’t want you at all.
